For UK sole traders and small teams
Quote it.Book it.Do it.Get paid.
Your paperwork, done before you leave the drive. One simple phone app that speaks your trade, with your prices and your way of working. A Pal for each trade.
See it as:
Four steps, all on your phone
Every Pal works the same way underneath. What changes is the wording and the starter price list, so each trade feels it was made for them.
Quote it
Price the job from your trade's list and send it by text or email. VAT is worked out for you.
Customers accept with one tap, and you get an email straight away.
Book it
Into the diary, onto a regular round, or straight into a time slot. Today shows the day's work with directions.
Regulars come round again without rebooking.
Do it
On site, the whole job is on one page: add extras as it changes, take photos, keep notes and log your costs.
Message the customer in a tap when you're on your way.
Get paid
Turn the job into an invoice the day you finish. Customers pay by card link, QR code, cash or bank transfer.
The Money page shows who still owes you.
And the rest of the paperwork
Every Pal also does the jobs that eat your evenings, so they're done before you get home.
Customers book themselves in
Share your booking link. Customers pick what they want and a free time, and it goes straight in your diary. On the home and mobile Pals.
Know when a quote is opened
You get an email the moment a customer opens your quote. They sign with their finger to accept, and you get one for that too.
Reminders sent for you
Payment chasers, quote follow-ups and the day-before reminder go out each morning in your name, by email or by text. Switch off any you don't want.
Xero and QuickBooks
Download a tax year's invoices as a file Xero or QuickBooks imports, with the right VAT rate on every line.
Ready for Making Tax Digital
Each quarter's figures in HMRC's categories, ready to upload or send on, with a plain English guide. VAT return figures too.
Expenses and receipts
Snap a receipt and log what you spend. The tax-year summary adds it all up, with a guide to your profit.
Send it to your accountant
Email your accountant the year's figures, the spreadsheet and a link to every receipt in one tap.
Photos on every job
Take before and after photos on the job, and put them on the invoice if you like.
Your data, whenever you want it
Download spreadsheets of your money, expenses and tax year, or everything in your account, at any time.
See it in under a minute
Pricing a job, booking it in, getting paid and starting the day on Today.
Or watch 134 short how to videosWhat kind of work do you do?
Every Pal takes you from the first call to getting paid. What changes is how the work comes in. Every one is free for 14 days, with no card needed. Already a member? Tap your Pal, then Log in.
Build trades
Quote first, then do the job
One-off projects on site, priced by measuring up. Quote first, do the work, then invoice, with extras and stage payments.
Home services
Regular visits on a round
Visits to the customer's home or garden, often on a regular round. Priced per visit, with repeat customers who pay as they go.
Work in more than one build trade? BuildPal covers them: £25 a month with one trade, £5 a month for each extra trade, or every trade for £40 a month.
Running bigger jobs with subcontractors? ProBuildPal has every build trade plus job programmes with a chart, weekly reports for the client, stage payments, changes signed off online, prices from subcontractors and CIS, for £50 a month.
Refer a friend
Get £5 off every month for each trade you refer
Know another tradesperson who'd like a Pal? Send them your code. Every month they pay, you get £5 off your own bill, for up to 12 months each. Refer 5 and your £25 a month is covered.
- Open SettingsYour own referral code is waiting there.
- Tap “Copy a message to send”Paste it into a text or WhatsApp. Your code and link are already in it.
- That's itWhen they sign up and pay, £5 comes off your next bill. Extra carries over.
Simple prices, no contract
Free for 14 days with no card needed, then a flat monthly price, the same in every trade's own Pal. BuildPal adds £5 a month for each extra trade, up to £40 for all of them. ProBuildPal, for bigger jobs with subcontractors, is £50 a month with every trade and the Pro tools. No contract, cancel any time. Refer another trade and get £5 off your bill every month they pay. How it works.
£25 /month
Find your PalFair questions
Is it like the big job-management apps?
No. Those suit firms with office staff. A Pal is simple enough to use on the drive before you leave the job, on your own or with a small team.
Do more than one build trade?
BuildPal covers them all: £25 a month with one trade, £5 a month for each extra trade, or every trade for £40 a month.
I run bigger jobs with subcontractors. Is there something for me?
Yes: ProBuildPal, £50 a month with every build trade included. On top of everything BuildPal does, it plans the job as a programme with a week-by-week chart, sends the client a weekly progress report with photos, takes stage payments, gets changes signed off online, asks subcontractors for prices, and works out CIS.
Does it work with my accounting software?
Yes. Download a tax year's invoices for Xero or QuickBooks to import, or send your accountant the figures and a spreadsheet whatever they use. For Making Tax Digital, each quarter's figures come in HMRC's categories, ready for your MTD software or accountant to send. A Pal doesn't file with HMRC itself.
Can I bring my team?
Yes. Each person gets their own login. Add a second tradesperson to work from your price list, or helpers who see the date, address and notes, but no prices.
Can I leave?
Any time. There's no contract, and you can download all your data whenever you like.
Get in touch
Questions about Pal HQ
Thinking of joining, or want to talk about a Pal for your trade? Email hello@palhq.co.uk.
Already a member?
For help with your account or your Pal, email support@palhq.co.uk, or use Send feedback in the app.