Small contractors often run the business across a notes app, a spreadsheet, a separate invoice app and a card reader. BCTM puts those in one place — customers, estimates, jobs, crew time, invoices and payments — and charges $0 per month for it.
Start freeOwner-operators, side businesses going full-time, and crews of a few to a dozen or so people in the trades: plumbing, electrical, HVAC, roofing, landscaping, painting, cleaning, pressure washing, handyman and general contracting, among others. See software by trade for the workflows specific to yours.
| Area | What you can do |
|---|---|
| Customers | Records with contact details, notes, delivery preference and message history; CSV import and export |
| Estimates | Price-book line items, deposits, online approval, one-step conversion to an invoice |
| Jobs | Site address, schedule, assigned crew, notes, photos and documents |
| Crew time | Worker clocks, per-job time entries, time-off requests, labor cost |
| Invoices | Text or email delivery, reminders, recurring and milestone invoices, voice dictation, receipt scanning |
| Payments | Card and ACH online, card readers in person, cash and check recorded, refunds |
$0/mo — no subscription and no per-user seats. Card payments: 3.9% + $0.30 (1% BCTM platform fee + 2.9% + $0.30 Stripe). ACH: 1.8% (1% BCTM platform fee + 0.8% Stripe, Stripe portion capped at $5.00). Cash and check: no fees. There is no paid tier. Why BCTM is free explains the model.
The app is available in English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese (Brazil), Italian, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and Hindi, and each customer can receive documents in their own language.
BCTM is one option: customers, estimates, jobs, crew time, invoices and payments in one app with a $0/month software subscription.
Other tools offer free invoicing or free tiers with limits; the comparison of free contractor invoicing apps lays out what each one publishes, with sources.
A phone is enough. BCTM runs in the browser and installs to the home screen; it also works on a tablet or desktop.
Yes. Nothing requires a team, and a solo operator pays the same $0 per month. Workers can be added later without changing the price.
For most small contractors, yes: invoices, online payments and in-person card readers are all in BCTM. If you rely on accounting sync, note that BCTM does not sync with QuickBooks or Xero today.
$0/mo — no subscription and no per-user seats. Card payments: 3.9% + $0.30 (1% BCTM platform fee + 2.9% + $0.30 Stripe). ACH bank payments: 1.8% (1% BCTM platform fee + 0.8% Stripe, Stripe portion capped at $5.00). Cash and check: no fees. Full fee breakdown.