ToolBerry
ToolBerry is free. No card, no seat limits, no paid tiers.
The honest comparison
ToolBerry vs Workiz
A free, offline app for the truck, next to a full back-office phone-and-payments system. Here is the honest comparison.
No account · No credit card · Works offline
Quick verdict
Workiz is built for the office. It shines when you run a call center, book jobs by phone all day, and want calls, texts, and payments in one paid system. ToolBerry is built for the phone in your pocket. It is free, works with no signal, and you can log your first job in seconds without any signup. If you are a small crew that works in basements, crawl spaces, and dead zones, and you do not want a monthly bill, pick ToolBerry.
At a glance
| What matters in the field | ToolBerry | Workiz |
|---|---|---|
| Price to start | Free, no card | No free plan. Standard, Pro and Ultimate all show "Request pricing". 7-day trial (workiz.com, August 2026) |
| Works with no signal | Full offline, the phone is the database | Mobile app can view and update jobs with no connectivity and syncs later. Desktop needs a connection |
| Time to first job | Seconds, no signup | Account setup, a 7-day trial, and a sales demo just to see prices |
| Spanish, owner to field | English + Spanish, more on demand | English and Spanish on the mobile app, switched per device |
| Best fit | Small trades, the truck | Office-run shops with a call queue and in-house dispatch |
Price to start
ToolBerry Free, no card
Workiz No free plan. Standard, Pro and Ultimate all show "Request pricing". 7-day trial (workiz.com, August 2026)
Works with no signal
ToolBerry Full offline, the phone is the database
Workiz Mobile app can view and update jobs with no connectivity and syncs later. Desktop needs a connection
Time to first job
ToolBerry Seconds, no signup
Workiz Account setup, a 7-day trial, and a sales demo just to see prices
Spanish, owner to field
ToolBerry English + Spanish, more on demand
Workiz English and Spanish on the mobile app, switched per device
Best fit
ToolBerry Small trades, the truck
Workiz Office-run shops with a call queue and in-house dispatch
Why teams choose ToolBerry over Workiz
Free, not a 7-day trial
ToolBerry is free. No card, no seat limits, no per-user fees. Workiz no longer offers a free plan, so today you get a 7-day trial and then a paid subscription whose price you have to ask for. With us, free means free, even as your crew grows.
True offline, because the phone is the database
Your data lives on the phone itself, not in a cloud cache that needs a signal to load. A plumber in a basement, an HVAC tech on a rooftop, or a pool guy in a canyon can open a job, add photos, and write notes with zero bars. Workiz is cloud-first, so weak signal means slow loads or waiting to sync.
No account, no server copy of your jobs
There is no signup, so there is no account and no company copy of your customer list sitting on a server. And there is no recording of your customer calls sitting in a vendor's cloud, because we never touch your phone calls.
Where Workiz is strong
Credit where it is due. Workiz genuinely leads on built-in communications and payments. It has a real integrated phone system: call tracking, call recording, texting, and automated answering for missed calls. Its payment processing is strong too, with card, ACH, and financing options built in. If your business runs on inbound phone calls and you want dispatch, calls, and payments in one office system, Workiz does that well.
Pricing, plainly
Workiz
Workiz no longer offers a free plan. There are three paid tiers (Standard, Pro and Ultimate) and none of them shows a dollar price; every one says "Request pricing". There is a 7-day trial, and add-ons such as the phone system and SMS credits are billed on top (workiz.com/pricing-plans, read August 2026). We previously published a per-user range here from a secondary source and have removed it, because Workiz does not publish one.
Prices can change, so check their site for the current numbers.
Switching from Workiz to ToolBerry
Switching is the easy kind. Keep Workiz running and use ToolBerry on your next few jobs, so there is zero risk. Add your customers and jobs as you go and you are set up in an afternoon, not a migration project. Your data lives on your phone and you can export it anytime, so you are never locked in.
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