Progress photos & daily logs
Snap photos from the jobsite, caption them, tag the room and trade. Before/after sliders make the story easy to show.
For remodelers & general contractors
Run the whole job from your phone. Even with no signal.
Progress photos, schedule, change orders your clients can approve from a link, takeoff from plans, and the numbers — in one simple-priced app. Unlimited users and projects on Pro. No contracts.
Free plan, no card needed. Runs in your browser — add it to your home screen, nothing to download from an app store.
- Offline-first
- Unlimited users on Pro
- No contracts
- Export everything
Everything on one job
Built for how remodels actually run
From the first walkthrough to the final punch list, without a stack of apps or a per-seat bill.
Schedule
List and timeline views, overdue flags, and filters by area or trade, so you can see what's slipping before the client asks.
Change orders with approval links
Send a link. Your client approves, declines or asks a question with a typed signature, and you get a record of it.
Takeoff from plans Pro
Upload a plan, set the scale, trace rooms and walls, count items. Get quantities by room and trade as a printable sheet or CSV.
Full-home & small-job templates
Start a whole-home project with areas and trades, or spin up a kitchen or bath with cabinet layout, selections and a phase checklist.
Owner's View & homeowner update
A clean, read-only page for your client, plus a one-page PDF update you can send on Friday afternoon.
Financials & QuickBooks export Pro
Budget vs. actual, contracts, expenses, sub payments and cash flow. Export to QuickBooks Online CSV, QuickBooks Desktop IIF, or Excel.
Receipt scanning Pro
Snap a receipt and the vendor, date and total are read for you. Check the fields, assign a project and trade, save.
Offline-first
Your data lives on your device first, so the basement, the new build with no service, and the dead zone out on the lake road all work.
Photos & logs
Document the job once. Use it everywhere.
Photos and daily logs feed your weekly report, the Owner's View and the homeowner update, so you aren't retyping the same story three times.
- Camera or library, with captions and area/trade tags
- Before-and-after slider for the "wow" moment
- Mark any photo or note internal only so clients never see it
Schedule & progress
See every room and every trade at a glance.
The areas-by-trades grid shows what's done, in progress or blocked across the whole house. Overall percent complete rolls up from the work, not from a guess.
- Filter the schedule, logs and reports by area or trade
- Per-trade phase checklists with assigned subs
- Overdue and blocked items surface on the dashboard
Change orders
Get change orders approved before the work happens.
Send your client a link. They see the scope, cost and schedule impact, then approve, decline or ask a question with a typed signature. The answer syncs back to the change order with an audit trail.
- No app or account needed on the homeowner's side
- If you edit a change order after sending, the old answer is marked stale instead of silently applying
- Selections (grout, pulls, tile) can be approved right on the screen when you hand over the tabletremote selection links: not yet
Owner's view & update
Keep homeowners calm with one clean page.
The Owner's View is a large-type, read-only page with progress, upcoming milestones, decisions needed and recent photos. Subs' contacts, internal notes and costs stay hidden unless you turn them on.
- One-page homeowner update PDF: progress, last week, next week, photos, decisions needed
- Print, email, or share straight from your phone
- Per-item "Internal only" and "Share with owner" flags
Estimating & takeoff · Pro
Takeoff from the plans you already have.
Upload a PDF or image, set the scale, and trace rooms, walls and openings with touch-friendly tools. Quantities roll up by room and trade into a materials list. No second subscription.
- Area, rectangle, linear, count and opening tools
- Or skip the plan: quick room entry gets you numbers in a minute
- Print it, export CSV, or attach it to the weekly report
Takeoffs are estimates, not bids. Tracing is manual and results depend on the scale you set. Always verify before you order or price.
Templates
Whole-home or one kitchen, set up in a minute.
Pick a full-home template with areas and trades, or a small-job template for a kitchen, bath, basement, deck, flooring or roof job. Small jobs add a cabinet layout, selections board, appliance package, deliveries and a phase checklist.
- Add your own areas, trades and custom sections
- Load example data to try everything risk-free, then remove it in one tap
Financials · Pro
Know your margin before the job ends.
Budget, contracts and POs, expenses, sub payments, owner billing and cash flow in one place. When it's time to hand off to your bookkeeper, export it.
- QuickBooks Online CSV, QuickBooks Desktop IIF and Excel exports
- Editable category-to-account mapping
- Receipt scanning reads the vendor, date and total; you confirm every field
Exports are files you import into QuickBooks. This isn't a live QuickBooks sync.
Offline-first
Built for the places with one bar of service.
The app and your data live on your device. Changes you make with no signal are queued and sent when you're back online, if you've turned on cloud sync.
Install it, then forget the signal
Add it to your home screen once. It opens and works like an app, with no app store.
Sync across devices
Sign in on your phone and tablet to share the same jobs. A status pill always shows whether you're synced, syncing or offline.
Your data stays yours
Export everything at any time, photos included, on any plan. If you leave, you take it with you.
How we're different
Clear pricing, no lock-in
Here's how we handle the things that tend to cost remodelers the most, compared with how contractor software commonly works.
| What you care about | Amberchalk | Typical contractor software |
|---|---|---|
| Per-user fees | No per-seat surprises. Crew includes 3 users, extra users are a flat $10/mo each, and Pro is unlimited. | Many charge per user or tier plans by headcount. Varies. |
| Contracts | No contracts. Month-to-month, cancel any time. Annual billing is optional. | Some require annual terms or set-up fees. Varies. |
| Works offline | Offline-first. Your data is on the device; changes sync when you're back online. | Often needs a connection for most features. Offline support varies. |
| Full data export | Yes, on every plan. Full backup including photos on Free, Crew and Pro; QuickBooks files are part of Pro. | Export options range from full to report-only. Varies. |
| Built-in takeoff from plans | Included in Pro. Trace rooms and walls on your plans, or type rooms in with Quick rooms. | Often a separate product or higher tier. Varies. |
| Client approval links | Change orders by link; no account needed for the client. | Common, sometimes on higher tiers. Varies. |
| Accounting export | QuickBooks Online CSV and Desktop IIF files on Pro, plus Excel. Not a live sync. | Some offer live QuickBooks sync, often on higher tiers. |
Where we're not the right fit: if you need deep accounting, payroll, or a live two-way QuickBooks integration, or a large-company enterprise feature set, a bigger suite may suit you better. This is built for small crews and remodelers who want the field and client tools without the overhead.
Pricing
Start small. Add only what you need.
Free is for one person on one job. Crew covers a small crew, and you can add extra projects or users for $10 a month each. Pro removes the limits and adds the money tools.
Free
$0 /month
Try it on one real job.
- 1 user
- 1 active project
- Progress photos, schedule, change orders & owner updates
- Reports carry a Amberchalk watermark
- 1 GB of photos & plans
- Full data export
Most popular
Crew
$39 /month
or $390/year (two months free)
- 3 users
- 3 active projects
- Progress photos, schedule, change orders & owner updates
- No watermark on reports
- 25 GB of photos & plans
- Add extra projects or users for $10/mo each
- 7-day free trial
Pro
$79 /month
or $790/year (two months free)
- Everything in Crew
- Unlimited users
- Unlimited active projects
- Financials + QuickBooks export
- Receipt scanning
- Estimating & takeoff from plans
- Branded reports with your company name
- 150 GB of photos & plans
Crew add-ons
Need a little more room without jumping to Pro? Add exactly what you need to Crew and change it any time — changes are prorated.
Extra project
+$10 /month each
One more active project at a time. $100/year each if you pay yearly.
Extra user
+$10 /month each
One more person on your team. $100/year each if you pay yearly.
Example: Crew with 2 extra projects and 1 extra user is $39 + $20 + $10 = $69/month (5 projects, 4 users). At around that size Pro — $79 with unlimited users and projects — is usually the better deal. Add-ons are for Crew only; Pro already has no limits.
- Start on Free; upgrade from inside the app when you're ready.
- No contracts. Cancel any time from the billing portal.
- Hit a limit or a Pro feature? Nothing you've already made gets locked or deleted, and you can always export it. You just can't add more until you upgrade or add an add-on.
- Prices in US dollars. Payments handled by Stripe.
FAQ
Questions contractors ask
Do I have to install an app?
No app store. It's a web app you can add to your home screen (iPhone, iPad, Android) or use in any modern desktop browser. Open it once online so it can save itself for offline use.
Does it really work with no signal?
Yes. Your projects, photos, schedule and financials are stored on your device and you can keep working. If you've turned on cloud sync, your changes are queued and sent when you're back online. Approval links and emails need a connection, of course.
How many users and projects do I get?
Free is 1 user and 1 active project. Crew is 3 users and 3 active projects. Pro is unlimited users and unlimited active projects. Projects you mark complete or put on hold don't count as active.
What are add-ons, and who can use them?
On Crew you can add Extra projects (+$10/month each) and Extra users (+$10/month each), in any quantity. Paying yearly it's $100/year each. You can raise or lower the numbers any time in the app under Plan & billing, and changes are prorated. Pro already has no limits, so add-ons are Crew only.
When should I choose Pro instead of adding on?
Crew plus add-ons reaches Pro's $79/month at four add-ons (for example 2 extra projects and 2 extra users). Past that, Pro costs the same or less and also includes Financials with QuickBooks export, receipt scanning, estimating and takeoff, and branded reports. Those money and estimating tools are Pro-only; add-ons only raise the project and user limits.
Does my client need an account to approve a change order?
No. They open the link, review the scope, cost and schedule impact, and approve, decline or ask a question with a typed signature. You'll see the response on the change order.
How accurate is the takeoff? Pro
Takeoffs are estimates, not bids. You trace the plan by hand, so results depend on the scale you set and where you tap. Check the scale label, zoom in for precision, and verify quantities before you order materials or price a job.
Does it sync with QuickBooks? Pro
It exports files you import into QuickBooks: QuickBooks Online CSV (bank transactions, expenses, bills) and QuickBooks Desktop IIF, plus Excel. It isn't a live two-way sync.
How good is the receipt scanning? Pro
It reads printed receipts well when they're flat and well lit, and fills in the vendor, date and total. OCR can misread digits, so the app shows what it read and asks you to check each field before saving. The scan runs on your device.
Can I get my data out?
Yes, on every plan including Free. Export a full backup (photos included) at any time, plus Excel and CSV exports for the numbers. (QuickBooks-format files are part of Pro.) You can also delete your account and data. See the privacy page.
What happens if I cancel?
You keep your account on the Free plan and your data stays accessible. Paid limits, add-ons, no watermark and Pro features stop at the end of your billing period. Nothing existing is locked or deleted; you just can't start more than Free allows.
Try it on your next job.
Sign up here in about a minute (just an email code, no password), add it to your Home Screen, and start on the Free plan. Upgrade only if it earns its keep.
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