Honest comparison

Mechanics Helper vs Jobber

Jobber is a field service platform for many trades. Mechanics Helper is built only for mechanics and repair shops. Here is what each one offers, so you can pick the one that fits how you work.

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In short

Jobber

A field service platform for 50+ industries, such as cleaning, landscaping, plumbing and HVAC. Auto repair is not among the industries its homepage lists. Jobber also offers a free trial with no credit card required.

Mechanics Helper

A simple app for mobile mechanics and small repair shops: customers book on your own page, follow the job live and get a clear invoice, all under your name.

Where Jobber is stronger

One flow from quotes to payment: scheduling, invoicing and payments.
Marketing tools and Jobber AI.
iOS and Android apps on the App Store and Google Play.
One platform for 50+ industries.

Where Mechanics Helper fits better

You fix cars and want a tool made only for mechanics and repair shops.
You want a flat price you can see up front: $19.99/mo for one mechanic, or $39.99/mo for a shop team.
Customers book on your branded page without an account, and follow the job with a job code.
You and your customers want the whole app in English or Spanish.

What Mechanics Helper includes

Customers book on your page without an account.
Every job gets a job code, and customers follow its live status.
A customer screen with your logo, business name and color.
Your own short link and a QR code.
A job board with every open job.
Work photos on each job.
Invoices from the job: parts, labor, tax and a note.
Pay links: paste your Venmo, Cash App or PayPal link on the invoice. The customer taps it and pays in that app, then you mark the invoice paid.
The whole app in English and Spanish.
A web app you can install on your phone's home screen.

Mechanics Helper pricing

Mobile / Independent

$19.99/mo

One mechanic.

Shop

$39.99/mo

Your team, with technician logins and a shared board.

14-day free trial on both plans. No card needed.

Which one fits you?

Pick Jobber if your service business spans several trades, or you want iOS and Android apps, scheduling, quotes and marketing in one platform.

Pick Mechanics Helper if what you need most is customers booking you, following the job and getting a clear invoice, under your own name, at a flat monthly price.