Electrician Invoicing & Job Tracking App
Price the service call fairly, quote a panel upgrade or EV-charger install with real line items, and get the photo of what's behind the wall before it closes up. Werkly is the iPhone app built for one person's electrical business, not a crew-dispatch platform sized for teams you don't run.
Estimate
Quote the Job, Whatever Size It Is
A service call and a panel upgrade aren't the same kind of work, and pricing them with the same formula never feels right. In Werkly, each is its own job with editable line items for labor and parts, tax handled per line, so a quick troubleshooting call and a multi-day panel upgrade both come out priced correctly. There's no forced flat-rate pricebook and no takeoff calculator built in. You price the line items your own way, by hand.
Werkly is built for one person's electrical business, not a platform sized for a crew you don't run. Most electrician software online is built to serve a team of one to a hundred; if that's not you, see the Jobber alternatives built for solo work. And if your week leans more toward light-electrical punch-list work (a ceiling fan, an outlet swap, a fixture change) rather than licensed panel and service calls, Werkly for handyman work is probably the closer fit.
Need a deposit before you start a bigger install? Write it on the estimate as a note, something like "$500 deposit due at start." Werkly doesn't calculate or collect that deposit. It's a line you type, not a number the app works out.
Every estimate has a real lifecycle: draft, then sent, then accepted or declined. Accept it and the price carries over to the job itself, ready for time tracking and photos once the work gets underway. It's also worth knowing Werkly has a real free tier and built-in time tracking, two things Joist doesn't offer.
Track
Bill the Service Call Fairly, Get the Shot Before It's Closed Up
Not every call is a panel upgrade. A lot of electrical work is a twenty-minute breaker reset or a tripped GFCI, and billing that hourly at your real rate barely covers the drive. Set a rounding rule and a minimum charge once, in Preferences (round to 15 minutes with a one-hour floor, for example), and every timed job bills against it automatically. The quick fix still covers the trip.
Start the timer when you get on-site, stop it when you're back in the truck. The hours land on the job itself, not a separate app you'd have to check before you invoice.
Get the shot before the panel cover goes back on or the wall closes up. Every photo gets tagged Before, After, Progress, or Other and stays on the job, so if a client, or an inspector, asks what was actually behind that wall, the date-stamped photo is right there.
Invoice
Invoice With the Proof Still Attached
Build the invoice from the same job, and if it was billed hourly, an editable Labor line item is already seeded from the hours you tracked. You're not retyping numbers from a timer into a billing document.
On Pro, pick up to 10 of the job's photos, in your own order, captions included, and they go right on the invoice PDF. The shot of what was inside the panel before it got closed up ends up on the document itself, the one the client or an inspector actually looks at.
Every invoice numbers itself, with the same per-line tax and document discount handling the estimate has. You're not doing separate math between the two documents.
Get Paid
Get Paid However You Already Collect, Then Move to the Next Call
Cash, check, Zelle, Venmo, a check from a GC. Record the payment against the invoice and Werkly tracks a real balance, not just a paid or unpaid flag. Partial payments show up too, so the number on the invoice always matches what's actually still owed.
Mark the invoice paid and a review request goes out automatically.
That's the loop, closed: quote it, do the job, invoice it, and get paid, without needing a dispatch board or a subscription sized for a crew you're not running.
Good to Know
Before You Download
Everything above is live today. Here's where Werkly stops, so there's no surprise after you download it.
- Each job gets priced and billed on its own: a service call, a panel upgrade, an install. A job billed in phases (deposit, rough-in, trim-out, final walkthrough) needs a tool built around that structure. Werkly isn't it.
- Clients pay you the way they already do: cash, check, Zelle, Venmo, a GC's check, and you record it against a running balance. Online payments, e-signature approval, and QuickBooks sync and exports aren't in the app yet. All three are on the roadmap.
- Werkly tracks and bills the work once it's underway, not the booking around it. Standing maintenance contracts (generator checks, scheduled inspections) and a calendar aren't here yet. Both are on the roadmap. Tell us if that's the piece you're waiting on.
- One login, built for one person. A helper pulling wire with you is fine. They just don't get their own access.
- With no signal, in a basement or electrical room, you can still view saved jobs, notes, photos, and hours. Starting the timer, adding an entry, or creating a document needs a connection. It's an iPhone app today; Android is on the roadmap too.
If your week is service calls, panel upgrades, and installs, priced and paid one job at a time, none of this gets in the way. If your business runs multiple crews or bills in phases (deposit, rough-in, trim-out, final), a platform built for dispatching a crew is the better fit.
Electrician Invoicing FAQ
Including where Werkly doesn't fit.
What's the best invoicing app for a solo electrician?
One that treats a service call or an install as one job with real line items, a trip-charge answer, and photos attached, not a crew-dispatch platform. Werkly is built that way, and the real gaps are on this page too, not saved for after you download it.
How do I charge a fair minimum for a quick service call?
Set a rounding rule and a minimum charge once, in Preferences. Round to 15 minutes with a one-hour floor, for example. Every timed job then bills against it automatically, so a 20-minute breaker reset still covers the trip out and back.
Can I quote a panel upgrade or EV-charger install with itemized parts and labor?
Yes. Every estimate is a list of editable line items, tax handled per line, so parts and labor on a bigger install both come out priced right. There's no built-in flat-rate pricebook or takeoff calculator; you price it your own way, by hand.
Should I photograph a panel or wall before I close it up?
Worth doing on every job. Photos get tagged Before, After, Progress, or Other and stay on the job record, and on Pro your pick (up to 10, your order, captions included) goes straight on the estimate or invoice.
Does Werkly handle progress billing for a multi-phase or new-construction job?
Not for phased billing, no. Werkly is built for one-off service calls and installs, not a job billed across deposit, rough-in, trim-out, and final. If that's most of your work, look at a platform built for crews and phased billing instead.
How much does it cost?
Free: 5 jobs a month, 5 photos a job, 1 invoice a job, forever, no card required. Pro is $12.99/mo (or $129.99/yr): unlimited jobs and invoices, 50 photos a job, and up to 10 of those photos on the document itself.
Can I bring on a helper?
Yes, as long as the helper doesn't need their own login. Werkly is one login for one person's jobs, so a helper pulling wire with you is fine; what it won't do is give them their own access to log hours or jobs.
Does Werkly work with no signal in a basement or electrical room?
Saved jobs, notes, photos, and hours are viewable offline. Starting the timer, adding a new entry, or creating a document needs a live connection.
Werkly for other trades
Handyman
Price the punch list fairly, invoice before you're back in the truck, and get paid, all from one job.
Painting
Quote by room or the gallon, track the hours and the color the client picked, and invoice with the finished room right on the bill.
Drywall
Price it by the foot, the board, or the sheet, hold hang, tape, coat, and sand on one job, and invoice with the before-the-mud photo.
What's inside Werkly
Estimates & Invoices
Estimates and invoices built from the job, with tax, discounts, and a real balance tracked to paid.
Time Tracking
One-tap timer, editable entries, and hours that land on the invoice automatically.
Job Tracking
One record per job: client, notes, photos, hours, and billing, plus a badge showing where each job stands.
Photo Documentation
Every job photo tagged, captioned, and tied to the job record, so it doesn't get lost in your camera roll.
