Software for Tradies
Most Australian trades should use ServiceM8 or simPRO — and we'll tell you that. Custom software earns its place when you've outgrown the SaaS limits, your service mix doesn't fit, or per-user pricing has crossed the build-vs-buy line at scale.
What we build for trades businesses
- Field-service mobile apps with offline-first architecture (jobs work without signal)
- Photo capture, before/after, geo-tagged, automatically attached to jobs
- Digital signatures for sign-offs, with audit trail and PDF export
- Quoting and proposal generation with templated line items and markups
- Job dispatch dashboards with live status, GPS, and crew availability
- SWMS, JSA, induction and certificate tracking with auto-renewal alerts
- Equipment service history and utilisation tracking
- Xero / MYOB integration with full reconciliation and progress invoicing
Why offline-first matters more for trades than any other industry
Tradies work in basements, tunnels, regional sites, and behind concrete walls. Mobile signal is unreliable. A cloud-only app that loses everything when signal drops will get rejected by the crew — and rightly. Every system we've built for trades is offline-first: local database, full functionality without internet, automatic background sync when signal returns. The user shouldn't see the difference.
The compliance layer we always build
Australian trades compliance is non-trivial and varies by state. Standard scope for any system we build:
- SWMS templated, generated per job, acknowledged with timestamps
- Daily JSA capture with photos and risk identification
- White card, trade licence, working-at-heights, confined-space, EWP cert tracking
- Equipment service history with next-service alerts
- Asbestos handling tracking where relevant
- Test-and-tag and electrical compliance records
- State variations (QLD/NSW/VIC) baked into the data model
Software for Australian tradies — FAQ
Build vs buy — get an honest answer
Book a free 30-minute call. We'll listen to your situation and tell you honestly whether custom software, ServiceM8, simPRO, or doing nothing is the right call.