Lawn care estimate app for quoting from the truck
The best time to send a quote is while the client still remembers talking to you. Landscapeestimating works as a lawn care estimate app in your phone's browser: trace the property on satellite imagery, price it from your company's rates and send a proposal the client can sign before your truck leaves the driveway.
The situation
Why quoting on site beats quoting at night.
Why quotes written at night lose to quotes sent on site
When the estimate happens back at the office, the client waits a day or three, and in that time another company may already have sent a number. On the phone, the walk-around, the measurement and the price happen in one visit.
- The client is standing next to you and can pick options on the spot.
- Details you noticed on the walk-around go straight into the scope, not into a notebook.
- The measurement, the price and the proposal all come from the same traced map.
On the phone
The steps to measure, price and send.
Estimating on a phone in five steps
Every step is sized for a phone screen and a thumb.
The same estimate opens on a laptop at the office later, with nothing retyped. More on each screen on the landscape estimating app page.
- Search the address, or use the property you are standing on.
- Trace turf, beds and edging with your finger; square feet and linear feet appear as you draw.
- Tap the services: mowing with visits per season, fertilization program, mulch refresh, cleanup.
- Type or dictate short notes, and the AI scope writer turns them into a clean scope of work mapped to library items.
- Review the price and send the proposal by email, or copy its link into a text message.
Worked example
A front yard enhancement quoted from the driveway.
Ten minutes in the driveway, worked example
Worked example of a front-yard enhancement quoted on site, using illustrative rates from a company library.
| Step | What happens on the phone | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Trace | 2,400 sq ft of turf, 640 sq ft of beds, 150 linear ft of edging | 3 min |
| Price | Mulch bed refresh at 3 in.: 640 x 0.25 / 27 = 5.9 cu yd, plus 5 percent waste = 6.2, ordered as 6.5 cu yd | automatic |
| Add-ons | Edging (150 linear ft) and a spring cleanup offered as optional lines | 2 min |
| Scope | Notes "front beds, edge along walk, remove old mulch, trim 4 boxwoods" turned into a written scope | 1 min |
| Send | Proposal link sent while the client is still at the door | 1 min |
The client opens the link on their own phone, selects the cleanup add-on and signs. On the Company plan and above, the signed proposal carries a deposit request link.
Accuracy
What the imagery covers and what to check by eye.
What a satellite measurement on a phone can and cannot replace
Measurements come from aerial imagery. Canopy from large trees can hide bed edges, and the imagery date may be older than the new patio in the backyard. Since you are on site, compare the traced map with what you see and adjust the trace before sending. For hardscape and anything built to a dimension, verify critical measurements with a tape; the landscape construction estimating software page explains how hardscape takeoffs handle that. For a closer look at tracing itself, see the yard measurement tool.
Office and field
The same prices whether quoted in truck or office.
One estimate for the truck and the office
Field estimates use the same cost library as the office, so a quote typed on a phone at 4 pm matches one priced on a desktop at 9 am. Proposals, statuses and job budgets all live in one account, and billing is per company, not per phone. The owner's time and margin case is on lawn care business software, and maintenance pricing across a season is on lawn care software.
- Status updates on each proposal: sent, viewed, signed.
- Accepted jobs export to your calendar and to QuickBooks Online on the Company plan and above.
- Every estimate exports to CSV whenever you want it.
FAQ
- Do I need to install anything?
No. Landscapeestimating runs in the browser on your phone, tablet or computer, so crew leads and estimators sign in with their seat and start quoting.
- Does it work for maintenance contracts from the phone?
Yes. Maintenance lines carry visits per season, so a mowing season, a fertilization program and cleanups go out as one agreement.
- How many people can estimate from the field?
Crew includes two estimator seats, Company six and Operations fifteen. Enterprise sets seats by contract.
- Can the client sign on their phone?
Yes. The proposal opens in any browser, and the client picks an option, adds optional items and e-signs without creating an account.
Get started
Send the quote while you are still in the driveway
Measure, price and send from the phone you already carry.