Apps · built in St. Clairsville
How much does a custom app cost for a small business?
Your own app, with your logo, from $199 a month plus setup. No per-user fee, month to month.
The first visit is free: 30 minutes at your place. You leave with the first three things I’d fix. No obligation.
Blake Porterfield, St. Clairsville Fisher College of Business, Ohio State, 2015. As seen in The Intelligencer and The Times Leader.
The short answer
From $199 a month, plus a $1,500 setup.
Your own app runs on a monthly plan: Office $199, Pro $349 or Full $499 a month, plus a $1,500 setup one time. Every plan covers your whole crew with no per-user fee, and monthly plans are month to month. Or own it outright from $8,000.
- Office plan
- $199/month
- Pro plan
- $349/month
- Full plan
- $499/month
- Setup, any plan
- $1,500
- Own it outright
- from $8,000
What you get for it
One app for the whole job.
- Office. Customers and job history, photos filed on the job, one calendar for the crew, quotes built on your own prices, a link for the customer to approve, sign and pay, and invoices to your books.
- Pro. Adds a morning report by email, online booking for estimates, change orders, service plans, checklists, crew time and profit per job.
- Full. Adds the office help you talk to in the truck, missed-call text-back with a business phone line, and truck stock and parts orders.
- Smaller jobs. A quote calculator for your website starts at $750, a customer portal at $2,500, and other business software at $5,000.
- No app store. It opens in the browser and saves to the home screen, on the phone and the laptop.
Questions.
Is there a fee per user?
No. Every plan covers your whole crew.
Do I have to sign a long contract?
No. Monthly plans are month to month. Yearly plans are $2,000, $3,600 or $5,400 a year.
Can I start small and move up?
Yes. Start on Office and move up any time. Your data comes along.
Can I own the app instead of paying monthly?
Yes. You can own it outright, from $8,000.
Free visit
Tell me what eats your week.
30 minutes at your place or on the phone, anywhere in the Ohio Valley. You leave with the first three things I’d fix.

Blake Porterfield The person who shows up. St. Clairsville, Ohio.