Chalkline: Estimate Maker

Chalkline is an estimate maker and invoice maker for contractors: build a clear, professional quote before you leave the job site, then bill it from the same line items.

◆ PHOTO-ASSISTED JOB BREAKDOWNS
Take job-site photos and let Chalkline organize visible work into editable line items. Review every quantity and task before it enters your estimate.

◆ YOUR PRICES, NOT AI GUESSES
Set your own labor rate, material costs, markup, overhead, and mobilization rules. Chalkline calculates from your price book instead of inventing dollar amounts or pulling national averages from Homewyse.

◆ ESTIMATE AND QUOTE MAKER
Create itemized contractor estimates and quotes with labor, materials, scope, customer details, and totals. Edit every line before sharing — this is an estimate app that prices from your numbers, not a template.

◆ SUGGESTED WORK YOU CONTROL
When a photo shows related work, Chalkline flags it with the reason you can repeat to the homeowner. Suggestions sit in their own section, switched off, and never change your total until you tick them.

◆ INVOICE MAKER
Turn an approved estimate into a numbered invoice with issue date, due date and payment terms. Deposits and part payments are credited on separate lines, so the balance due matches the homeowner's bank record. The invoice bills the work on the estimate — extra work still goes on a change order.

◆ WORK ORDERS
Send your crew the tasks, quantities, estimated hours, schedule date, site contact and access notes — with no prices on the sheet.

◆ SEE HOW THE READING IS DOING
Every quantity you correct before sending is compared with what the app read, trade by trade, so you know whether it runs high or low on your own jobs. That stays on your device.

◆ CHANGE ORDERS
Keep the original estimate intact, document scope changes, and show clients the price before and after each revision.

◆ PDF DOCUMENTS
Preview polished documents, verify required contractor details, and share professional estimates with customers.

◆ BUILT FOR SMALL CONTRACTORS
A lighter alternative to Joist, Contractor Foreman or Buildertrend when all you need is the estimate, the invoice and the change order — no CRM, no scheduling, no per-seat pricing. Useful for general contractors, remodelers, painters, flooring installers, drywall and fence crews, plumbers, electricians, landscapers, roofers, and other home-service professionals.

Chalkline keeps your estimates, invoices and price book local on your device and gives you control over the numbers that reach your customer.

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