The 4 Types of Lawn Care Estimate Apps
Sort the options by how they get measurements and what they do after the quote is accepted. Product details and prices below are from each company's own website as of October 2026.
| Type | How it builds the quote | Built for | Examples (from their sites) | Published price |
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| Aerial measuring and instant quotes | Measures the lawn from aerial imagery and applies your price table | Quoting web leads and properties you haven't walked | Deep Lawn: quoting for lawn and snow businesses, with a quote widget for your website. SiteRecon lists lawn care and landscape maintenance among its industries | Deep Lawn: $120 a month for 40 searches, $2.50 per extra. SiteRecon: from $39 a month (1 user, $20 in credits at $1 an acre) |
| Lawn care business apps | Quotes from your service list; the app also schedules, routes and invoices the recurring work | Mowing and maintenance companies running a route | LawnPro: estimates, scheduling and invoicing on every plan; optimized routes on Grow and up; AI measurements (Deep Lawn) as an add-on. Service Autopilot: route optimization from Pro | LawnPro: $0 (up to 25 customers), then $39, $129 or $249 a month. Service Autopilot: $49, $199 or $499 a month on an annual subscription, plus a sign-up fee |
| Field service platforms | Quote templates for recurring or one-time jobs, with optional add-ons the customer can pick | Service businesses that need quoting, scheduling and billing in one place | Jobber: recurring visits generated automatically, routing, automatic quote follow-ups (Connect and up). Housecall Pro: recurring service plans and route optimization on Max | Jobber: from $29 a month billed annually ($49 month to month), 1 user. Housecall Pro: from $59 a month billed annually ($79 month to month), 1 user |
| AI estimates from a site visit | AI drafts priced line items from photos, a voice walkthrough, notes and your measurements | One-off jobs and season proposals bid from a walkthrough | EstimationPro (details below) | 7-day free trial, then $79 or $149 a month |
Aerial quoting. Deep Lawn's plans run $120 a month (40 searches), $200 (100), $500 (300) and $1,500 (800), month to month with no onboarding fee, and each property you quote uses one search. SiteRecon's Scout plan is $39 a month for one user with $20 in measuring credits; Growth is $250 a month with $200 in credits. Credits cost $1 an acre, and its pricing calculator uses $2 an acre for multi-service estimates.
Lawn care business apps. LawnPro's Solo plan is free for up to 25 customers. Startup is $39 a month ($29 billed annually) for 3 employees, Grow is $129 ($99 annually) for 7, and Plus is $249 ($199 annually) for 15. Service Autopilot lists Startup at $49, Pro at $199 and Pro Plus at $499 a month, all on annual subscription rates plus a sign-up fee, with route optimization from Pro.
Field service platforms. Jobber's lawn care page lists quote templates "built for recurring or one-time jobs," automatic visits for recurring jobs, batch invoicing and automatic reminders about open quotes. On its pricing page, automatic quote follow-ups start on Connect ($99 a month billed annually, $139 month to month) and optional line items on Grow ($149 annually, $199 month to month). Housecall Pro includes estimates on every plan, puts recurring service plans and route optimization on Max ($299 annually, $329 month to month, 8 users), and sells automated follow-ups as its Pipeline add-on.
Price tracks the job. A route of 80 weekly mows needs recurring visits and routing more than it needs a better estimate. A crew that sells cleanups, aeration and installs on top of mowing needs quotes that win.
6 Questions to Ask Before You Pay for a Lawn Care App
Run every option through these during the free trial. The first two decide the type; the rest decide the plan.
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1. Where do your measurements come from?
If you quote web leads sight unseen, aerial measuring (Deep Lawn, SiteRecon, LawnPro's add-on) saves the drive. If you walk every yard before you quote it, you don't need to pay per property search.
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2. Is your money in recurring mowing or one-off jobs?
Weekly mowing lives on recurring visits, routing and batch billing. Cleanups, aeration, seeding and bed work live on accurate one-off quotes. Buy for the side that pays the bills.
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3. Can the quote carry a per-visit price, a minimum and add-ons?
A lawn quote needs a per-visit price, a frequency, a minimum stop charge and optional extras. Jobber puts optional line items on Grow and up, for example. Make sure the customer can say yes to the mow and pick the extras without you rebuilding the quote.
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4. What happens after you send it?
Jobber starts automatic quote follow-ups on Connect. Housecall Pro sells automated follow-ups as its Pipeline add-on. LawnPro's plans start automated invoicing on Startup. Check what the plan you would actually buy includes.
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5. Is it a phone app or a web app?
Jobber and Housecall Pro list iOS and Android apps, and LawnPro lists a mobile app on every plan. Browser-based tools work on a phone too, but if your crews live in an app all day, try it on their phones during the trial.
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6. What does it really cost?
Add the monthly price, per-user charges, sign-up fees and per-property search fees. Deep Lawn charges $2.50 for each search past the 40 on its $120 plan, and Service Autopilot adds a sign-up fee its pricing page doesn't put a number on.
What a Lawn Care Quote Has to Say
Whatever app you use, check the quote against this list before it goes out. Anything left unsaid turns into an argument in July.
- Per-visit price and what it includes: mow, string trim, edge, and blow clippings off hard surfaces. Housecall Pro puts that standard visit at $45 to $90 for standard residential properties.
- Frequency and season: weekly or every two weeks, the start and end months, and the number of visits that adds up to. Housecall Pro's guide says biweekly service runs 15% to 25% more per visit, because the grass is taller each time.
- First cut and overgrowth: a separate price or surcharge for the first visit on an overgrown lawn. Housecall Pro lists $25 to $75 as a first-cut surcharge for lightly overgrown lawns.
- Bagging and haul-off: included or extra. Housecall Pro lists bagging or debris removal at $10 to $30 per visit.
- Minimum stop charge: the least you charge to pull up to any property. Housecall Pro lists $40 to $50 per visit.
- Optional services: spring and fall cleanups, aeration, overseeding and leaf removal, each priced as its own line so the customer can add them.
- Weather and skips: what happens in a drought or a rained-out week, and whether a skipped visit is billed.
- Billing: per visit, monthly, or the season split into equal payments, and when payment is due.
- Chemical work: if you sell weed control, say who applies it and under what license. The EPA notes that many states require applicator certification to use any pesticide commercially, so check your state's rules.
Worked Example: A Season Quote for a 1/4-Acre Lot
Start with cost, not with what the guy down the street charges. Jobber's pricing guide uses the same idea: labor, materials, overhead and equipment, then profit. Here is the math for one weekly stop with a one-person crew.
- Time per stop: 40 minutes on site plus 15 minutes driving to it = 55 minutes. Time your own crew on a few yards this size; that number drives everything.
- Cost per hour: $22 an hour in labor cost (from Jobber's labor-burden example, where a $16 wage works out to about $22 an hour in total labor cost) plus $20 an hour for mower, trimmer, fuel, truck and overhead (an example; use your own) = $42 an hour.
- Cost per visit: 55 ÷ 60 x $42 = $38.50.
- Visits per season: early April to late October is about 30 weeks. Skip a couple of dry or rained-out weeks and that is about 28 visits. Count your own season.
- Price for a 25% margin: $38.50 ÷ 0.75 = $51.33, rounded up to $52. That sits inside Housecall Pro's $50 to $55 for most 1/4-acre lots.
| Line item | Qty | Unit price | Total |
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| Weekly mow, trim, edge and blow (1/4-acre lot) | 28 visits | $52 | $1,456 |
| Spring cleanup: beds, debris, first-cut prep | 1 each | $200 | $200 |
| Core aeration, about 6,000 sq ft of turf | 1 each | $150 | $150 |
| Fall leaf cleanup and haul-off | 1 each | $300 | $300 |
| Season total | $2,106 | ||
Where the add-on prices sit. Housecall Pro lists spring or fall cleanups at $100 to $250, aeration at $75 to $205 and leaf removal at $150 to $600. Jobber's guide puts aeration on a 5,000 sq ft lawn at $125 and on 10,000 sq ft at $175, so $150 for about 6,000 sq ft is on the high side of Jobber's numbers (a small-job premium) and inside Housecall Pro's range. Time these jobs with your own crew and price them the same way as the mow: cost per hour, then margin.
Give the customer three ways to say yes. Mowing only is 28 x $52 = $1,456. Add the spring cleanup and fall leaf cleanup and it is $1,956. The full season with aeration is $2,106, or 7 monthly payments of about $301 from April through October. If the first visit is overgrown, add a first-cut line rather than eating the extra hour.
Markup is not margin. Mark the $38.50 visit up 25% and you charge $48.13, but your margin is $9.63 ÷ $48.13 = 20%. To keep 25% of the price, divide by 0.75 instead, which is how the $52 above was set. The profit margin calculator does this for any job, and the burdened labor rate calculator turns a wage into a real labor cost.
Prices vary by region. These are national ranges for 2026 from published pricing guides. Use your own time per stop, your own costs and what local competitors charge before you send a number.
Where Lawn Care Quotes Lose Money
Pricing the lawn, not the stop
In the example, 15 of the 55 minutes are driving. A small yard across town costs nearly as much to reach as a big one. A minimum stop charge covers it, and quoting the neighbors of customers you already have shortens the drive.
Same price for every-other-week service
Two weeks of growth takes longer to cut and leaves more clippings. At the 15% to 25% bump Housecall Pro's guide describes, the $52 weekly visit becomes about $60 to $65 biweekly.
Never raising the price
Fuel, wages and equipment go up every year whether your price does or not. Housecall Pro suggests raising recurring customers 5% to 10% a year. At 5%, next season's $52 visit is $54.60. Put the review date in the quote so it isn't a surprise.
Sending the quote and never following up
I'm a remodeler, not a lawn guy, but bidding works the same everywhere. A lot of jobs are won on the second or third follow-up, not the first estimate. Most contractors send a bid and never chase it, so the one who follows up stands out. I forget too when I'm busy on a job site, which is why I let software do it.
Where EstimationPro Fits (and Where It Doesn't)
I built EstimationPro because my own remodeling estimates took hours, so here is the straight answer for a lawn business. It is an estimate, proposal and follow-up tool. It fits the jobs you quote one at a time from a walkthrough: cleanups, sod or seeding, mulch and bed work, drainage, and the season proposal for a new customer. Pick Landscaping when you start an estimate, describe the property with photos, a voice walkthrough, notes and your measurements, and AI drafts priced line items with rates adjusted for your region. You edit every line, so a season of mowing can go on as one line: 28 visits at your price. Good-Better-Best tiers fit the mow-only, mow-plus-cleanups and full-season choice above.
Estimates sent from EstimationPro get automatic follow-up: at 24 hours if unopened, 48 hours after opening with no response, and a final one at 7 days. Pro adds e-signatures, deposits and invoices.
What it does not do:
- Measure lawns from aerial images
- Create recurring weekly visits, route crews or dispatch
- Bill the customer automatically after each mow
- Run as an App Store or Google Play app (it works in your phone's browser)
If most of your revenue is a route of weekly mows, a lawn care app or field service platform from the table above fits that work better.
Pricing: 7-day free trial, $0 today, card required. Then Starter at $79 a month (10 estimates) or Pro at $149 a month (25 estimates). No contract. 30-day guarantee: saves you time and beats your spreadsheet, or your money back.
See it work
Watch a real estimate get built. Start to send.
One job-site photo and a few sentences in. A priced, itemized, client-ready estimate out. Real app, real numbers.
Real screen recording. Photo in, estimate out.
- ✓ It catches the scope a rushed bid forgets, the stuff that turns into a change order.
- ✓ Priced for your market, not some national average.
- ✓ Send it from the truck, before you leave the driveway.
More Lawn and Landscape Estimating Resources
Landscaping Estimating Software
Tools for install bids, with a worked patio, sod and irrigation bid.
Landscaping Estimate Template
Site prep, softscape, hardscape and labor lines. Print or save as PDF.
Grass Seed Calculator
Pounds and bags of seed for a new lawn or overseeding, plus cost.
Sod Calculator
Square footage to pallets and pieces, plus cost.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is there a free lawn care estimate app?
LawnPro has a Solo plan at $0 a month for one user and up to 25 customers, with estimates, scheduling and invoicing included. Jobber and Housecall Pro both offer a 14-day free trial with no credit card. EstimationPro gives you a 7-day free trial ($0 today, card required). After the trial, every option on this page is a monthly subscription.
Should I price mowing by the visit, by the hour or by the square foot?
Housecall Pro's pricing guide recommends a flat per-visit rate for most residential mowing, hourly for overgrown lawns, cleanups, steep yards and properties you don't know yet, and per square foot for properties of an acre or more, HOAs and commercial lawns. A common mix is a flat base rate with separate lines for overgrowth, bagging and leaf cleanup. Whichever you use, build it from your cost per hour so the flat rate still pays on the slow yards.
Do I need an app that measures lawns from aerial imagery?
It pays off when you quote a lot of properties you haven't walked, like web leads, HOAs or a route you are trying to fill on one street. Deep Lawn starts at $120 a month for 40 property searches, SiteRecon starts at $39 a month with $20 in measuring credits at $1 an acre, and LawnPro sells AI measurements as an add-on. If most of your quotes come from walking the yard with a measuring wheel, the imagery is a convenience, not a need.
Can I put fertilizer and weed control on the same quote as mowing?
You can, but check your license first. Federal law requires certification to apply restricted use pesticides, and the EPA notes that many state pesticide agencies require applicator certification to use any pesticide commercially. Check your state's rules before you sell weed control or a fertilizer product with herbicide in it.
Does EstimationPro have an iPhone or Android app?
No. There is no App Store or Google Play app. EstimationPro is a web app that runs in the browser on your phone, tablet or computer, so you can take photos and record the walkthrough from your phone in the yard.
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Sources
- Deep Lawn pricing page (opened October 2026): deeplawn.com/pricing
- SiteRecon pricing page (opened October 2026): order.siterecon.ai/pricing
- LawnPro pricing page (opened October 2026): lawnprosoftware.com/pricing
- Service Autopilot pricing page (opened October 2026): serviceautopilot.com/pricing
- Jobber pricing page (opened October 2026): getjobber.com/pricing
- Jobber lawn care software page (opened October 2026): getjobber.com/industries/lawn-care-software
- Jobber, "How Much to Charge for Lawn Mowing" (last updated March 11, 2026; opened October 2026): getjobber.com/academy/lawn-care/how-to-price-out-lawn-care-services
- Housecall Pro pricing page (opened October 2026): housecallpro.com/pricing
- Housecall Pro, "How much to charge for lawn mowing" (updated October 12, 2026; opened October 2026): housecallpro.com/resources/how-much-charge-lawn-mowing
- EPA, certification standards for pesticide applicators (opened October 2026): epa.gov/pesticide-worker-safety/certification-standards-pesticide-applicators