Joist App for Contractors Software
Company Name: Joist Software Inc.
About: Contractor Estimating and Invoicing Tool
Headquarters: Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Joist App Overview
What is Joist App?
Joist is a free app designed for contractors to create quick, professional estimates and invoices, accept payments, and manage projects from anywhere. It helps contractors save time, win more jobs, and stay organized. The app is available on iPhone, iPad, and the web.
Features
- Customize estimates and invoices with company info, logo, etc.
- Attach a client contract and collect a signature directly on the spot.
- Accept credit card and PayPal payments directly through the app.
- Build a list of commonly used items/services/materials.
- Attach photos to estimates and invoices.
- Preview estimates and invoices before sending.
- Print or email estimates and invoices on the spot.
- Create a personal message for clients.
- Convert estimates into invoices.
- Keep track of customer payments and how much is owed.
- Manage and save client information.
- Set tax rates.
- Export everything into accounting program.
- Access all information from any device or the web.
- In-app purchases available for Quickbooks Sync and JoistPro.
Joist is used by all types of contractors, estimators, and service companies, such as general contractors, handymen, electricians, plumbers, builders, landscapers, roofers, painters, carpenters, heating and air conditioning, flooring, siding, tile, concrete, paving, bathroom and kitchen remodeling, renovators, deck builders, drywallers, pest control, and more. The app has received positive reviews from contractors who appreciate the convenience and time-saving features.
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Product Details and Description of
Create quick, professional estimates and invoices, accept payments, and manage projects from anywhere! Joist is a FREE tool for contractors that helps you SAVE TIME, WIN MORE JOBS, and STAY ORGANIZED. ------------------ ► CONTRACTORS LOVE JOIST • SAVES TIME - Complete work at the jobsite or in the truck, rather than spending your evenings and weekends catching up on paperwork after a long day • WIN MORE JOBS - Send your client an estimate before you leave. Be the first to get an estimate in their hands, and give them the opportunity to say YES on the spot • REMOVE THE BOTTLENECK OF ESTIMATING & INVOICING - Build estimates and invoices quicker by creating and selecting from your list of commonly used materials and labor rates • ACCEPT PAYMENTS FROM CLIENTS - accept Credit Card and PayPal payments from your clients directly through Joist, so you can stop wasting hours driving around to pick up checks and deposit them at the bank • EASILY MANAGE CLIENTS - Create, organize, and store valuable client info, so you can access their info anytime, on the go • LOOK PROFESSIONAL - Show your clients that you’re the contractor they should trust for the job; with customized, professional looking estimates and invoices ------------------ ► FEATURES - Customize your estimates & invoices with your company info, logo, etc - Attach a client contract and collect a signature directly on the spot - Accept Credit Card and PayPal Payments directly through the app - Build a list of commonly used items/services/materials - Attach photos to your estimates and invoices - Preview estimates & invoices before you send - Print or email estimates & invoices on the spot - Create a personal message for your clients - Convert estimates into invoices - Keep track of customer payments and how much you're owed - Manage and save your clients information - Set your tax rates - Export everything into your accounting program (reduce bookkeeping costs) *Access all your info from any device or the web - Joist is a cloud application ------------------ ► WHO USES JOIST All types of contractors, estimators, and service companies use the app, such as: general contractors, handymen, electricians, plumbers, builders, landscapers, roofers, painters, carpenters, heating and air conditioning, flooring, siding, tile, concrete, paving, bathroom and kitchen remodeling, renovators, deck builders, drywallers, pest control, and more! ------------------ ► WHAT OTHER CONTRACTORS ARE SAYING "Now I can do quotes on the fly I don't have to walk through the job and write everything down its all programmed in to my iPad right from material cost to cost per square foot! This app is so awesome." "This app is better than any pc software I have ever wasted money on. And the kicker is joist is free" ------------------ ► IN-APP PURCHASES You can subscribe to Quickbooks Sync Monthly for $9.99 US, Quickbooks Sync Annual for $90.99 US, JoistPro Monthly for $11.99 US or JoistPro Annual for $119.99 US. Subscription payments will be charged to your iTunes Account at the purchase confirmation. Monthly and annual subscriptions will automatically renew after 30 or 365 days for the prices listed above, respectively, and account will be charged within 24 hrs of the end of the current subscription period, unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hrs before the end of the current subscription period. Subscriptions can be managed in App Store or iTunes account settings after subscribing. Unused portions of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. ------------------ Joist is FREE to Download and FREE to use - available on iPhone, iPad, & the web. Contact our live support team anytime! support@this app.com In-app live chat ------------------ Terms of Service: https://www.this app.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.this app.com/privacy
Top Reviews
By GarrensBane
A level head
So im a small town handyman. I’ve had joist since nearly their beginning and now. . . Long after their “update” that started billing. It was dirty to me at first but you could still use 90% of the app for free, so I kept using it. It still had all my clients on it. It still had my entire billing history on it. It had all my tasks and all my billing info. And dates, locations.. yup, all there. I started thinking that an accountant would charge me a fortune to keep all that, or search it easily when needed, or how valuable it was to have every task and the caveats that would arise at my fingertips as long as I’d billed at least once for the, and I paid for the year. The extra long hold on the first few transactions is them checking and double checking and triple checking all data before they involve your money. I say thank you. At around the fourth or third, I started getting my payments in two days at midnight of the second. And that was many many payments ago. And it shows at the bank that it is pending on the first of the two. So pay the paltry fee and use the easiest app around for billing. They deserve something. I’d give them one hell of a deal if they needed my services. And it’s the only app Ive ever rated 5 stars.
By Lucius lucky
Joist now charges
Justin nailed it right on the head. Well said my friend. How can we trust a company who out of nowhere decides to charge me for something I've been using to run my small business for years? If I was never offered these amenedies from the beginning, I would not have a problem... In my eyes it's no different than this scenario. If I saw someone walking to work every day in the snow and I offered them a free car to use for 5 years, then at the start of the 6th year I said you can still use the car but you have to start paying me a monthly fee. If you don't like it, you can still use the car but I'm taking two of the tires, the steering wheel, and the headlights. This is what I feel is happening with the joist app right now. I asked numerous times when I first signed up " there will never be a fee in the future right"? Again and again I was told nope, this is totally free. I feel my business would look unprofessional if I uprooted my estimate and invoicing software out of the blue. I hope the joist team reconsiders this move as I've loved the app since day 1.
By CAZARES ELECTRIC LLC
LITERALLY MULTIPLIED MY BUSINESS
When I first started out it was just me. Didn’t know too much about anything although I always strived for professionalism. I use to do bids through text messages until somebody asked me for a “formal bid”....I freaked since I hadn’t a clue. To the day the least, I lost that job. Shortly after a buddy introduced me to Joist.....since I’m not tech savvy, I was skeptical but thought “why not?” Now looking back, I am truly grateful for my friend. This app single handedly taught me the entire process on how to do estimates, invoices, paid invoices,...it showed me the difference between those three, it also taught me in so many ways basic formats on how to bid projects for my business all the while looking extremely professional. Now days I get 90-95% of all bids that I submit all thanks to the joist app that literally takes me 5 min to complete from inside of my truck and from my phone. Thank you joist! MOST IMPORTANTLY, THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS ALL FREE OF NO COST!!!!!
