Bid in ten seconds
Pick the customer, say what the job is, add the price. Bigger job? Break it into lines from your price list, with tax only where it belongs.
Replace garbage disposal
$285.00 · 50% deposit
$285.00 · 50% deposit
Coming soon for iPhone · from Plainwork
Bid it. Get the yes. Get paid.
Plain Jobs is the paperwork app for one-person trades. Send a bid from the driveway. Your customer approves it and pays the deposit with one tap. You always know who owes you.
14 days free, then $19 a month. No per-user fees, no cut of your payments.
What you won’t find in it
One job, start to paid
Every job is one record that moves along. You never type the same thing twice.
They say yes and pay the deposit
Your customer gets a text with a link. They tick any add-ons they want, then approve and pay the deposit with Apple Pay in one tap. No app, no account.
“Approve and pay with Apple Pay”
Do the work
Dates go on your calendar. Snap before and after photos. When they ask for one more thing, add it as a change and it lands on the final invoice.
+ Add stair rail, $380
Dana OK’d by text
Dana OK’d by text
Invoice and get paid
One tap turns the job into an invoice, deposit already subtracted. They pay from the text with Apple Pay, a card or their bank, or by Zelle, Venmo or check. Late? Reminders go out on their own.
Paid in full · $3,127.81
Getting paid
Text. Tap. Paid.
Your customer gets a text with a link. They tap it, see what they owe, and pay with Apple Pay or Google Pay. No app, no account, no password.
Big job? They can pay from their bank instead, where your processing fee tops out at $5. On a $5,000 deck, that’s $5 instead of about $145 by card.
Apple PayGoogle PayCardBank · $5 max feeZelleVenmo
Four numbers, every morning.
Open the app and you know where your money is: what’s out for bid, what you’re owed, what’s late, and what you’ve made this year. Most small shops can’t answer those without a shoebox and an afternoon.
Out for bid$12,4804 bids waiting
Owed to you$4,917.813 invoices out
Overdue$640.001 invoice late
Paid this year$48,21531 jobs
Your price list
Your prices, one tap away.
Save what you charge once: your labor rate, materials by the square foot, flat-price jobs, trip fees. Tap one into a bid and the price, the unit and the tax setting come with it. Anything new you bid gets saved for next time.
Add what each item costs you, and every bid shows your profit before you send it. Only you see that line.
Small job? One line and a price. Big job? The same screen grows into line items. No mode to pick.
Keep your tools
Plain Jobs does the paperwork and hands the money to what you already use. Every connection is optional.
Getting paid
Apple Pay, card and bank payments run through your own Square or Stripe account, so money lands where it always does. We never hold it and never take a cut.
SquareStripeZelleVenmoCheck
Bookkeeping
Customers, invoices and payments flow one way into QuickBooks Online. At tax time, export everything to a spreadsheet your accountant can use.
QuickBooks OnlineCSV export
Your phone
Customers come from Contacts and job dates go on your calendar. Send texts from your own phone, or turn on business texting and bids, receipts and reminders go out on their own from a business number. Replies come to your cell.
ContactsCalendarMessagesBusiness texting
Built for one truck
The big field-service apps are built for crews with a dispatcher. If it’s just you, you’re paying for things you’ll never open.
| Plain Jobs | Joist | Jobber | Housecall Pro | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $19/mo | $10/mo | $29–$49/mo | $59/mo |
| Bids and invoices | Unlimited | 5 a month on that plan | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Built for | You, plus a helper | Small contractors | Crews and dispatch | Crews and dispatch |
Competitor starting prices are their published monthly list prices as of October 2026 and can change. Plain Jobs pricing is planned for launch.
One price. Everything in.
Plain Jobs
$19 / month
Or $190 a year, two months free. Try it free for 14 days.
- Unlimited bids, jobs and invoices
- Approve-and-pay deposits with Apple Pay, add-ons
- Business texting with automatic reminders
- Price list with your costs and profit per bid
- Square, Stripe and QuickBooks connections
- You plus one helper on the account
The math
One deposit collected on the spot instead of chased for a week pays for the month. One big invoice paid by bank instead of card saves more than a year of Plain Jobs.
Your card processor charges its usual fee. Plain Jobs adds nothing on top.
Questions
Do my customers need the app?
No. They get a text with a link and approve or pay in their phone’s browser. No download, no account, no password.
Can customers pay with Apple Pay?
Yes. The payment page offers Apple Pay and Google Pay first, then card and bank. It all runs through your own Square or Stripe account at their normal rates.
Will texts come from my number?
Your choice. Send from your own phone with the message already written, or turn on business texting, included in the price. Then bids, receipts and payment reminders go out on their own from a local business number, and replies forward to your cell. Carriers require a short registration first, which takes a few days.
Do you take a cut of payments?
No. Card payments run through your own Square or Stripe account at their normal rates. Zelle, Venmo and checks you mark paid yourself.
Is a typed name a real approval?
For most residential jobs a typed name with a date and time stamp is a reasonable record that the customer said yes. Plain Jobs keeps that record on every bid. For big contracts, talk to your attorney about what your state requires.
Does it work with QuickBooks?
Yes. Customers, invoices and payments go one way into QuickBooks Online. Not on QuickBooks? Export a spreadsheet any time.
What if I stop paying?
You keep read-only access to every bid and invoice, and you can export all of it. Your records are yours.
Android?
iPhone first. Your customers can be on any phone, since they never need the app.
Want in early?
We’re putting Plain Jobs in front of a small group of tradespeople before launch. Tell us your trade and how you bid today. The first 100 customers get founding pricing: $12 a month for as long as they stay.
Email us for early accesshello@plainworkllc.com