Receipts in a few taps
Snap the receipt, pick the job, save. The amount, category, tags and photo stay together, and you can find them again by job, date or category.
Job costing for the trades
Know what every job actually made.
JobLit logs receipts, deposits and crew hours against the job they belong to — from your phone, on site, in a few taps. When it’s time to bill, the numbers are already there.
- Free plan for one person, no time limit
- No credit card to start
- Export your data on every plan
9:41
Alvarez kitchen
Alvarez FamilyActive
Spent
$8,412.60
70% of what the client has paid
Received
$12,000.00Left
$3,587.40Latest
- Home Depot $214.37
- Shell $62.10
- Crew labor · 16.5 h $412.50
Built for people who work with their hands
- Remodelers
- Electricians
- Plumbers
- HVAC
- Landscapers
- Painters
- Roofers
- Handymen
Why JobLit
A shoebox of receipts can’t tell you if a job made money.
01
Receipts go missing
A gas-station receipt in the truck door is a cost you’ll never bill for. Snap it the moment you pay and it’s filed under the job before you pull out of the lot.
02
Hours get fuzzy
Friday’s timesheet is a guess about Tuesday. Your crew clocks in on their own phones, and their hours roll into the job’s labor cost at the rate you set.
03
Profit shows up too late
Most small shops find out a job lost money after it’s done. See what’s been spent, what’s come in and what’s left on every job while you can still do something about it.
Features
Everything a job costs, in one place.
Made for the phone in your pocket on site, and for the desk at the end of the week.
Jobs and clients
Every expense, deposit, note and hour belongs to a job, and every job belongs to a client. Nothing is left floating around unfiled.
Money in and money out
Log deposits and payments right next to what you spend. Each job shows spent, received and what’s left. Once it’s finished, it shows your profit or loss.
Crew time clock Pro
Your crew clocks in from their own phones. Hours roll into labor cost at each person’s rate. Tracking your own time is free.
Tasks and job notes
Assign tasks to your crew. Write up each day’s work and file it under the day it happened, so the story of the job sits next to its numbers.
Activity calendar
A month view of what happened on each day, plus a record of who changed what. Free keeps 30 days of history. Paid plans keep all of it.
See where it’s heading
Every plan gets an estimate of where this month’s spending will land. Pro projects where each active job will finish, and what it will make, against the estimate you set.
Export packets
Download one job, or your whole account, as a spreadsheet with every receipt image included. Paid plans add a clean PDF summary for your client or your accountant.
Made for the field
Add it to your home screen and it opens like any other app. Big tap targets work with gloves on, and high contrast holds up in bright sun. Sign in with an email link, so there’s no password to forget.
Crew time tracking · Pro
Hours become job costs, not a Friday guessing game.
Each person clocks in on their own phone and picks the job they’re on. You see who’s on the clock right now, and their hours land on the job at their rate, so labor shows up in the job’s costs alongside materials.
- Clock in and out from any phone, no extra hardware
- Location is recorded only at the moment of clock-in and clock-out, with the worker’s permission. No background tracking.
- Anyone can clock out of a shift they started, even if the plan changes mid-shift
On the clockMarco R.
3:12:08
Alvarez kitchen · since 7:02 AM
GPS captured at clock-in
Clock outToday’s crew hours16.7 h · $435.30
- MR Marco R. 6.5 h$162.50
- JT Jess T. 7.0 h$196.00
- DL Dev L. 3.2 h$76.80
Exports · every plan
Hand your accountant a folder, not a shoebox.
When a job wraps, or tax season comes around, download the whole thing: every expense, deposit, hour and note in one spreadsheet, with every receipt image beside it. Your data is never locked behind an upgrade.
- One job at a time, or a backup of your whole account
- Real numbers and dates in the spreadsheet, ready to sort and total
- Paid plans add a PDF summary you can send straight to a client
alvarez-kitchen.zipReady
- XLS records.xlsx
- PDF summary.pdf
- attachments/
How it works
Set up before your coffee gets cold.
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1
Open a job
Add the client and the job. That’s all the setup there is. Invite your crew by email when you’re ready.
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2
Log as you go
Receipts, deposits, hours and notes get added by whoever is on site, from whatever phone they’re carrying.
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3
Bill and reconcile
Review by job, category or date, see profit or loss, and export the packet for your client or your accountant.
Field notes
A little less paperwork. A clearer job record.
Practical guides to tracking material costs, keeping a daily job log, and assigning crew tasks.
How to track material costs by job before leaving the supply yard
Who it’s for
Start solo. Grow into a crew.
JobLit is built for the small shop taking its next step: the owner-operator adding a first hire, the two-truck outfit juggling more jobs than a notebook can hold.
Free
The one-truck operator
You do the work, buy the materials and send the invoice. You need to know what each job really cost you without sitting down to do bookkeeping.
- Unlimited expenses, receipts, clients and deposits
- Your first 3 jobs, start to finish
- Your own time clock
- No card, and no trial that runs out
Pro
The growing crew
You’ve hired help and you’re running several jobs at once. You need your crew’s hours on the right jobs and a clear view of which jobs are paying.
- Up to 5 people, including you
- Unlimited jobs
- Crew time tracking with labor costs
- Full history, PDF summaries and projections
Start with Essentials, then choose the crew size that fits. Every paid plan has a flat monthly price, with no per-seat charges.
Pricing
Simple pricing for small shops.
Three simple paid plans. No setup fees, no per-seat math, no contract.
Free
For one person tracking their own jobs.
$0no time limit
- Just you, no team members
- 3 jobs
- Unlimited expenses, receipts, clients and deposits
- 100 MB of receipt storage
- Your own time clock
- 30 days of activity history
- Full data export: spreadsheet and receipt images
Essentials
For solo ownersFor an owner who wants unlimited jobs and the complete picture.
$20per month
- Everything in Free, plus:
- Just you, no team members
- Unlimited jobs and 1 GB receipt storage
- Full activity history
- PDF job summaries in exports
- Profit projections on active jobs
Pro
For growing crewsFor a contractor adding a team and tracking labor costs.
$40per month
- Everything in Essentials, plus:
- Up to 5 people, including you
- 10 GB of receipt storage
- Crew time clock with labor costs
Pro+
For established crewsFor a larger team that wants the same clear job costing.
$100per month
- Everything in Essentials, plus:
- Up to 10 people, including you
- 50 GB of receipt storage
- Crew time clock with labor costs
Prices are in USD and do not include applicable taxes. Paid plans are billed monthly in advance and renew automatically each month until you cancel. You can cancel any time in the app and keep your paid plan until the end of the period you’ve paid for. Downgrading never deletes your data. See the Billing & Refund Policy and Terms of Service.
Our promises
Straight answers about your data.
Your records are yours
Export everything on every plan, whenever you want. Getting your own data out will never cost you an upgrade.
Limits never delete anything
A plan limit only stops you from adding the next thing. Nothing you already have is removed, hidden for good or held hostage.
No ads. No selling data.
We make our money from subscriptions. Your jobs, clients and crew are not a product for anyone else.
No tracking on this site
No analytics, no ad pixels and no tracking cookies. The only data we collect is what it takes to run the app.
FAQ
Questions, answered.
Is the Free plan really free?
Yes. There’s no card to enter and no trial countdown. Free is a complete tool for one person for your first 3 jobs. After that, choose Essentials for unlimited solo jobs, or a crew plan if you need employees. Your first 3 jobs and everything in them stay yours either way.
Do I need to download it from an app store?
No. JobLit runs in your phone’s web browser, and you can add it to your home screen so it opens like an app. It works on iPhone, Android, tablets and computers.
Does it track where my crew is?
No, it doesn’t follow anyone around. When a crew member clocks in or out, their phone’s location at that moment is saved with the time entry, but only if they’ve allowed location access. There’s no background tracking, and the clock still works if they say no.
If you employ people, you’re responsible for telling them about this and following local rules. Our Privacy Policy explains more.
What happens if I cancel a paid plan?
You keep your paid plan until the end of the period you’ve paid for. After that, your account moves to Free and nothing is deleted. Anything over the Free limits stays where it is. You just can’t add more until you’re back under the limit or upgrade again.
Can I get my data out?
Yes, on every plan. Download a spreadsheet of your records with every receipt image included, for one job or for your whole account.
Is this accounting or tax software?
No. JobLit is a field tool for tracking job costs. It doesn’t file taxes, run payroll or replace your accountant. What it does is give them clean, organized records to work from.
How does my crew sign in?
You invite them by email. They sign in with a link sent to their inbox, so there are no passwords to share or reset. Each person sees only what their role allows.
Is my data secure?
All connections are encrypted. Sign-in links work once and expire after 15 minutes, and you can sign out of every device at once. Payments go through Stripe, so we never see your card number. Our Security page has the details.
Your next receipt is the easiest one to lose.
Start tracking it now. It’s free, and you won’t need a card.