TradesTimer vs Jobber
What Jobber is
A comprehensive field-service management platform that integrates quoting, scheduling, invoicing, payments, and CRM for service-based businesses.
Best for: Growing service businesses that need to manage client relationships, automate the entire billing cycle, and coordinate complex workflows or multiple employees.
Pricing at a glance
$39 FLAT / MO
Lite plan around $39/mo (1 user); higher tiers scale up. Pricing changes — verify.
Verified 2026-06-08
$0 FREE — FULL APP
Where Jobber is strong
- End-to-end business automation from quote to payment
- Integrated CRM for managing client communication and history
Where Jobber falls short for trades
- Requires manual clocking in and out of specific job sites to track time accurately
- Requires managing a complex, paid subscription ecosystem for simple time and mileage needs
What TradesTimer does differently
- Zero manual input: Automatically detects stops and trips via background GPS without needing to start/stop timers
- Privacy and simplicity: No accounts required, no pre-configured jobsites, and all location data stays on your device
The verdict
Jobber is a robust operational suite for scaling service companies needing CRM and invoicing. TradesTimer is a lightweight, free tool for solo tradespeople who simply need to automate mileage logs and billable hours without manual timers or setup.
Page last verified 2026-06-08. If Jobber has changed pricing or features since then and this page is stale, email support@tradestimer.com and we'll fix it.
Free. The whole app.
The whole time-tracking app is free — no trial, no feature gate, no ads, no per-user fees. (Encrypted cloud backup is on the roadmap.)
- Automatic day reconstruction from background GPS
- Unlimited stops, drives, and days
- Review and edit any block
- Rounded billable-hours summary, shareable as plain text
- Automatic mileage log, exportable for taxes
- 7-day summary view
- All location data stays on your device
Your location history stays on your phone.
There is no TradesTimer server storing your location trails. No account. No sign-up. Your GPS history lives on the device that recorded it — for as long as you want it. The only time anything leaves your phone is when you choose to share your billable-hours summary yourself.
The app does not talk to any third-party service with your location. Nothing about where you've been is uploaded anywhere. See the privacy policy for the full detail.