YellowTradie against Tradify

Tradify is a strong product and it has more users than any other trade job app in the UK and New Zealand. It covers quoting and jobs and invoicing, and it adds team tools and trade certificates and links to accounting. That scale is its strength and this comparison starts there. If you run a team or you need those extra parts today, Tradify is the more set up choice.

Our verdict is that Tradify is the better fit for a small team that wants one suite, and YellowTradie is the better fit for a person on their own who wants the quote to write itself from speech and the records to stay on the phone. The table is for that one person.

Prices checked on 24 October 2026. YellowTradie checked on yellowtradie.com/pricing.html. Tradify UK checked on tradifyhq.com/uk/pricing on the same day.

When YellowTradie is the better fit

Choose YellowTradie if you want:

• to speak the job on site and have the quote fill itself into Materials and Labour and travel and charges
• a single price of £19.99 a month with no count of users, because there is only you
• your jobs and quotes and invoices kept on your phone, with no second login
• the customer's link to approve a quote without an account or a password
• tax figures worked from your records as an estimate, with the note that it is not advice

Side by side

| What you pay and what it gets checked on | YellowTradie | Tradify | |---|---|---| | Price checked on 24 Oct 2026 | £19.99 a month. One plan, everything in the app, no per seat fee. 14 days free, card needed. App not in the shops yet, 14 days start when it opens. Checked on yellowtradie.com/pricing.html | Lite £34 per user per month, Pro £37 per user per month, Plus £44 per user per month. 14 day free trial, card not needed to start. Checked on tradifyhq.com/uk/pricing on 24 Oct 2026 | | How price grows with users | Flat. One person on one phone is the whole plan | Per user. Each extra login adds the same monthly charge | | Cost for one person at the lowest plan checked 24 Oct 2026 | £19.99 a month | £34 a month on Lite | | Cost for two people at the lowest plan checked 24 Oct 2026 | Not a fit. One person on one phone only. No second login | £68 a month on Lite at 2 times £34, 14 day trial on each user | | Quote written by speaking | Yes. Each sentence files into its place while you talk, and the total is worked out. You can still type in the same form | No. Quotes are written by picking items and typing. Tradify also has price lists and kit bundles you can reuse | | Quote to job to invoice chain | The quote becomes the job on approval, and the job becomes the bill in one press. The job keeps the quote and the invoice and the costs and the photos | The quote becomes the job, and the job becomes the invoice. It also supports progress invoicing and deposits | | Jobs on the phone with no signal | Quotes and jobs and invoices are on the phone. A spoken phrase needs a signal to be turned into lines | Cloud app. You need a signal to open jobs. Offline is limited | | Where your records live | On your phone in the app. A sheet export is made for the accountant when you need it | In Tradify cloud. You can use it from phone and desktop | | Customer link to answer a quote | A link per quote and per bill at link.yellowtradie.com. The customer opens it and taps Approve or Decline | An invite link for the customer to view and approve the quote. Online acceptance can also add options and extras | | Chasing what is still owed | A card on Home when a sent invoice is past due. The message asks for the balance and carries the bank details and the reference | Automated reminders on the Pro plan and above, with quote and invoice reminders included on higher plans | | Money paid and still owed | Payment log on the phone with date and method per payment, part payments kept, balance and ageing used by chasing and Home | Payment tracking and bulk invoicing in the app | | Accounting link live today | Sheet export for the accountant. Connections to Xero and QuickBooks and FreeAgent are being built | Xero sync, QuickBooks sync, MYOB sync, plus other links, with bills and payments and contacts | | Diary and assigning work | Diary with busy days and multi day jobs. It moves to In Progress on its start date. No way to give the job to someone else | Scheduler with drag and job tracking, plus subcontractor scheduling and staff activity on higher plans | | Support and free training | Email at support@yellowtradie.com. We answer from Wales | Free setup and training and helpline on every plan, as stated on tradifyhq.com/uk/pricing | | Phone and desktop | Phone first. One app for one person | Phone app plus web app for the office |

What Tradify does better

Tradify has a web app as well as a phone app, so the same jobs can be run from a laptop in the office while the crew is on site. We are phone only, and that is on purpose for a solo trader, but anyone who wants a big screen view will find their way easier there.

Tradify is further along on team work. It can hold extra logins, show who did what, and give work to a subcontractor. YellowTradie has one login and cannot pass a job on. If you have even one other person you pay, that difference will matter most weeks.

It also has parts we do not try to match. Certificates and forms that trades must file, a purchase order page, and live links to Xero and QuickBooks and MYOB. Our links are still being built and the site says so. A bookkeeper who wants a direct feed today will be better served there.

Those are real gaps on our side and they are not small. Tradify has been building them for years and it has more staff answering support calls while we are one address in Wales at support@yellowtradie.com.

Questions

What does Tradify cost for a solo trader today

On the UK page checked on 24 October 2026, Tradify is £34 a month on Lite, £37 on Pro, and £44 on Plus, each per user per month. A solo trader at the lowest plan pays £34 a month. A 14 day trial is offered and needs no card to start. YellowTradie checked the same day is £19.99 a month, one plan, 14 days free with a card.

Can I keep using a laptop in the office

With Tradify you can. It has a web app for the office and a phone app for site. YellowTradie keeps jobs on the phone, with a sheet export for the accountant. The customer link is the only page a customer opens outside the phone.

Does YellowTradie have team features

No. One person on one phone is the whole product. There is no second login and no way to give a job to someone else. If you run a crew of two or more, choose a product that is built for a team.

How does each app handle a deposit

Both do. In YellowTradie you set the deposit on the quote and the bill for it is raised when the customer approves, with the balance on the main bill. In Tradify you can take deposits and do progress billing, which is included on the Pro plan and above.

What happens to my records if I cancel

In YellowTradie the records stay on your phone. Cancelling stops the payment and does not delete a quote or an invoice, because we never held a copy. In Tradify the records are in the cloud, so you need an export if you leave. Check the terms on their site for how long trial data is kept after you stop.

Do I need accounting software with either one

Not to keep the tax figures. Both keep money in and money out. Tradify moves bills and payments and contacts into Xero and QuickBooks and MYOB without typing them again. YellowTradie exports a sheet for the accountant and the live links are being built. If a direct feed is a must today, that will be the deciding point.

Related

• How we compare: what we check and how the price date works.
• YellowTradie against a spreadsheet: where a free sheet wins and where it stops.
• Every part of the app: the full list, one line each.
• What it costs: one plan at £19.99 a month, what happens on day 15, and how to cancel.

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