Scan a job, review the Scope of Work, send the estimate, and get it signed. Free to start.
Field guides
How accurate is iPhone LiDAR for renovation work?
What controlled tests and whole-room studies actually found—and which dimensions still deserve a tape.
How a walkthrough becomes a Scope of Work
Capture the rooms, narrate the decisions, review the work, and price from your own catalog.
Field reports without another crew app or login
How a scheduled link turns crew narration and evidence into a useful project record.
Biltum + JobTread: what moves from the field
What the integration sends to Daily Logs and the Job Budget—and what stays under contractor control.
Drawn e-signatures with a frozen estimate: acceptance that holds up
What gets recorded when your client signs — and why a typed name in a box was never enough.
Client share pages: why "just email the PDF" loses jobs
One link with the Scope of Work, estimate, selected photos, and live progress.
Honest comparisons
Biltum vs Raken, CompanyCam, and Handoff
A sourced workflow comparison with exact-match qualifiers, current plans, and published starting prices.
Joist vs Handoff vs Biltum: estimating apps compared
National cost data, your own price book, or a spreadsheet — a straight comparison with current pricing.
Canvas vs Polycam vs Biltum: iPhone scanning for contractors
Every scanning app measures fine. What happens to the measurement afterward is the real difference.
The real cost of a contractor’s software stack in 2026
The point-tool stack runs $400–900 a month before anyone drives to a jobsite. The math, itemized.
Running the business
Scope creep is a documentation problem, not a client problem
Make the agreed Scope of Work visible, price the difference, and preserve the version the client accepted.
How to price a paint job: a working method with real numbers
A repeatable method from walkthrough to number — no national averages required.
The walkthrough checklist: what to capture on every first visit
What to film, what to photograph, and what to say out loud so the job documents itself.
Why estimates die in the follow-up (and the 48-hour rule)
Most estimates don’t lose — they expire. What the close-rate data says about speed.