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Custom Apps for Tradesmen and small business owners

F*ck the notebook. We'll build you an app.

Still writing job details on paper, punching numbers into a calculator, then doing the paperwork at the kitchen counter after dinner? We'll build you a simple app that does the lot. You won't even need phone reception.

Chuck us your paperwork Sounds like BS
Notebook, 13 Oct
O/T 73   I/T 70   Elev 475
2438 × 8.7 = 21,211
2438 × 9  = 21,942
378 × 8   = 3,024
28.9, 21.9
13.5 … 1429?
On the tablet
Basement21,211
Main21,942
2nd floor3,024
Ceiling area 1+1,429
Ceiling area 2+311
Volume, cu ft
47,917
ACH50
2.73
SparkiesPlumbersChippiesAir-con techsBuilding inspectorsEnergy assessorsLandscapersPest controllers

Hear us out.

Does this sound like you?

Same details, every job

Address, date, readings. You write the same stuff at every site, and some days one of them gets missed.

Maths on the back of a receipt

The sums live in a margin or on a calculator, and one slip makes its way into the final report.

Paperwork after dinner

You've knocked off, you're knackered, and you're still copying notes into forms. That's the bit nobody should have to do.

You're wasting your time. Let us help you.

How it works

Let us help you trim the fat.

  1. 1

    Have a yarn

    A free 20-minute call, by phone or video. Show us your paperwork and tell us what does your head in.

  2. 2

    We build it

    A working app made around your forms and your way of doing things, in about 48 hours.

    About 48 hrs
  3. 3

    Use it on the job

    Phone or tablet, saves as you type, and works with no reception. No lost jobs if the signal drops.

  4. 4

    We keep it humming

    Want a tweak or something's not right? Ring us and we'll sort it. It's covered by a small monthly fee.

Meet Caleb, home energy rater

Caleb used to carry a notebook, a calculator and his phone to every job.

Caleb tests how airtight a house is. At every site he used to write the same details down by hand, work out the trig for cathedral and tray ceilings in the notes box, then check his phone for the outside temp and elevation. After a full day, he'd still have a spreadsheet to fill in.

Now Caleb:

  • Has it all on one screen, instead of the notebook page, the calculator and the phone look-ups.
  • Punches in floor sizes and ceiling heights, adds his ceiling shapes (cathedral, tray, triangle) and watches the house volume and air-change rate update as he types.
  • Taps one button to fill in the address, elevation and outside temperature from his tablet's location.
  • Has every job saved, then opens a report for the day at knock-off: he prints it, saves it as a PDF, or grabs a spreadsheet.
  • Does all of it with no reception on site.
It took no time at all and it's saved me hours of math and data entry each week. I don't bring a notebook or calculator to work anymore, and I don't spend time after my shift inputting my measurements into a spreadsheet. It does it all for me.”Caleb, home energy rater

Caleb works in feet and inches over in the States, so the numbers look different. Yours would be built in metres, m² and °C.

His handwritten notebook page for the job: floor heights and square feet, the notes box with ceiling sums and triangles, and the volume and air-change results
Caleb's notebook page for the job, address cut out.
The Blower Door Log app with the same job entered: site details, three floors with ceiling heights and square feet, two ceiling areas, and results showing volume 47,917 and ACH50 2.73 The Blower Door Log app on a phone with the same job entered: results at the top showing volume 47,917 and ACH50 2.73, then site details and floors
The same job in Caleb's app. Volume and ACH50 work themselves out as he types.
Chuck us your paperworkFree, no strings. We'll tell you what we'd build.

Is it for you?

If any of this is you, we can probably sort it.

Tick what sounds like you

Pricing

Fixed price. No surprises.

DocketNo. 001

Starter build

$250 + GST
  • Made from your own forms and notes
  • Ready in about 48 hours
  • Fixed price, agreed before we start. No hourly billing.
DocketNo. 002

Care plan

$65 / month + GST
  • Hosting and small changes
  • Fixes and support when you ring
  • No lock-in contract
DocketNo. 003

One-off tweak

$100 + GST
  • A change or addition after your first build
  • No monthly plan needed

Your data stays on your own device and you can take it with you whenever you like.

Who's behind this

Hi, I'm JD.

Former mining operator turned full time app building nerd.

Paperless Trades is a business I started with the intention of making blue collar workers lives easier. In an age where apps have never been easier to make, there are still a ton of blue collar contractors and business owners out there doing manual paperwork and tedious sums for their work.

My goal is to make sure those people don't get charged thousands per month for massive SaaS products only for them to require a f*cking IT degree to set up.

Trim the fat. Go Paperless.

Try it

Don't take our word for it. Do a sum.

Here's a quote worked out the way most tradies do it: labour, materials with a markup, then GST. Punch in a job and watch it add up.

Labour
Materials with markup
Call-out fee
Subtotal, ex GST
GST (10%)
Quote, inc GST
Build it around your sumsThat's one line. A real job has a dozen.

Start here

Send us a pic of your notebook, spreadsheet or job sheet.

We'll tell you what we'd build and what it'd cost. Free, no strings.

Email: info@paperlesstrades.com Call or text: 0455 308 214
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