🌱 Grash
$40 a month for you + 2 crew
$20 for you + $10 per crew login. No yearly plan, no contract.
Housecall Pro
$189 a month for 3 logins
Essentials plan. Paying yearly: $149/mo.
Where Housecall Pro is better
- Card payments built into the app (Cards from 2.59%). Grash: Pay buttons to your own Venmo, Cash App, PayPal, Zelle, Square or Stripe link. Their fees; Grash adds 0%
- QuickBooks sync. Grash: CSV export
- Phone app (iOS & Android). Grash: Web app you add to your home screen, not in app stores
Pick Housecall Pro if you want iOS & Android apps, an app in Spanish and card payments built in (from 2.59%), and $189 a month for the Essentials plan (5 users included) fits your budget.
Where Grash is better
- Price: $40 a month vs $189 on Housecall Pro, for you + 2 crew
- Route optimization (Driving order per crew). Housecall Pro: partly (Route grouping; traffic-based on higher plan)
Grash also has these. We could not confirm them on Housecall Pro's official pages, which does not mean Housecall Pro lacks them: Recurring schedules; Custom intervals (like every 10 days); Crew see only their yards, no prices; Required before-work damage photos; Property photo on every visit; Import customers from other apps yourself; Winter pause at $0.
Side by side
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| Feature | 🌱 Grash | Housecall ProEssentials |
|---|---|---|
| Price for you + 2 crew, month to month | $40 | $189 |
| Price if you pay yearly | No yearly plan | $149/mo |
| Recurring schedules | ✅ Yes | ? Service plans on higher plan |
| Custom intervals (like every 10 days) | ✅ Yes | ? |
| Logins for 3 people | ✅ Yes $10 per crew | ✅ Yes 5 users included |
| Crew see only their yards, no prices | ✅ Yes A crew lead can also record cash & checks | ? |
| Route optimization | ✅ Yes Driving order per crew | 🟡 Partly Route grouping; traffic-based on higher plan |
| Invoices | ✅ Yes With your logo | ✅ Yes |
| Online payments & card fees | 🟡 Partly Pay buttons to your own Venmo, Cash App, PayPal, Zelle, Square or Stripe link. Their fees; Grash adds 0% | ✅ Yes Cards from 2.59% |
| Auto-charge a card on file | ❌ No | ? |
| Automatic text/email reminders to customers | ✅ Yes Email (visit tomorrow, On my way, late invoices); no texts yet | ✅ Yes Invoice reminders |
| Quotes / estimates | ✅ Yes Customer taps Accept; becomes a job or regular visits | ✅ Yes |
| Customer portal | ❌ No Invoice link only | ? |
| Photos on jobs | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes Photo reports |
| Required before-work damage photos | ✅ Yes | ? |
| Property photo on every visit | ✅ Yes | ? |
| Import customers from other apps yourself | ✅ Yes Jobber, Yardbook, spreadsheets, photo of a paper list | ? |
| QuickBooks sync | ❌ No CSV export | ✅ Yes |
| Spanish | ✅ Yes Everyone, plus invoices | ✅ Yes App in Spanish |
| Winter pause at $0 | ✅ Yes Up to 3 months | ? |
| Phone app | 🟡 Partly Web app you add to your home screen, not in app stores | ✅ Yes iOS & Android |
| Contract | None. Monthly, cancel anytime | No contracts |
As of Oct 2026. Checked on official pages on Oct 16, 2026: Housecall Pro. ? means we could not confirm it on their official pages, not that they lack it. Prices before tax. Prices and features can change, so check before you buy. Names belong to their owners. Grash is not connected to these companies.
Switching is easy: import your Housecall Pro CSV
- Export your customer list from Housecall Pro as a CSV or spreadsheet file.
- In Grash, tap Clients, then ⬆️ Import clients, and pick the file.
- Grash guesses which column is the name, phone, address and so on. Fix any that look wrong.
- Check the rows, skip duplicates, and tap Import. Made a mistake? Tap Undo this whole import.
Customers on paper? Snap a photo of the list and Grash reads it. See the import guide →
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