The job is done. Why are you still working?
Ody is the assistant you text in Apple Messages. It drafts the invoice, sends it when you say OK, and follows up if it is late, so your night is yours.
No new app. If you can text your supplier, you are set up.
Ody
The problem
The office follows you home
Paperwork takes the average tradesperson 8 hours a week
That is 10 full working weeks a year
And 77% of owners do it after dinner
From a 2026 survey of 167 UK small trade businesses and a US study of 251 owners. Small samples, familiar shape. The full numbers are in the 9pm office shift.
How it works
Three texts. That is the whole system.
01
Text it like a person
Invoice the Hendersons $3,200 for the exterior. Net 14.
02
The draft appears. Tweak it with one text
Drafted and ready to send. Say the word.
Make the last line less formal.
03
It goes out and stays handled
Sent. I'll follow up politely if it isn't paid on time.
You decide what goes out. Ody handles the writing, sending, and follow-through.
What it does
One contact runs the office
Invoices? Drafted and sent from the driveway.
Late payers? Chased politely, on schedule, every time.
Quotes? From a rambling voice note to a clean email.
Emails? Written in your voice, sent with your OK.
Deadlines? Reminded before they bite, not after.
The numbers? Every job, every price, remembered.
All in the same thread. No dashboard behind it.
Voice notes
Write a quote without writing
Got it. Quote for the Hendersons: prep and paint, two coats, front and sides, materials included, $4,800, two weeks out. The email is drafted and ready. Say the word.
Send it.
The ramble goes in. The quote that wins the job comes out.
A real conversation
Friday, 4pm, from the tailgate
Ody
iMessage
Invoice the Hendersons $3,200 for the exterior. Prep, two coats, materials included. Net 14.
Subject: Invoice for Henderson exterior Hi Mark, Attached is the $3,200 invoice for the exterior work, including prep, two coats, and materials. Payment is due within 14 days. Thanks again, Dave
Make the last line less formal.
Revised: “Thanks for having us out. I appreciate the work.”
Send it.
Sent. I’ll follow up politely if it isn’t paid on time.
The math
There was never going to be an office manager
Office manager
Great, if the size of the business supports it
$40,000/year
Answering service
Takes messages. Writes and chases nothing
$300/month
Contractor software
Nine modules. You needed two buttons
$350/month
Ody
Invoices out, late payers chased, quotes written
$50/month
The full story
The invoicing app for contractors who hate apps
Every contractor invoice app promises the same thing: get paid faster. Then it hands you a dashboard, a login, and a training video. The work truck becomes a second desk. The tool you bought to shrink the admin becomes one more thing to manage on a Sunday.
Ody starts from a different fact: you already run the business by text. Suppliers, crew, customers, all of it happens in Messages. So that is where the office went. You text one contact what the job cost, and the invoice is drafted, sent under your name, and tracked until the money lands.
The part nobody else does is the follow-up. Unpaid invoices age because asking twice is awkward and remembering to ask three times is impossible. Ody keeps a schedule you approved once: polite reminder, firmer reminder, escalation, and a text to you when payment arrives. Same-day invoices with real follow-up are how contractors get paid weeks faster, without one uncomfortable conversation.
Quotes work the same way. Walk the site, hold the mic button, and say the scope the way it sits in your head. The customer gets a clean, professional quote email while your competitor is still promising to send one by the weekend. And because Ody remembers every job, every price, and every agreement, the numbers stop living in your head rent free.
No dashboard. No modules. No per-seat pricing for a crew that will never log in. A flat monthly price for an office that runs from the truck, three free days first to see it work on your real jobs.
Do the work in daylight. Leave the invoice in the driveway.
Pricing
Three plans. Three free days first.
The old way
Hiring a human
$5,000/ month
about an office-admin salary
- Works 9 to 5, Monday to Friday
- Two weeks off, plus sick days and holidays
- Clocks out and stops texting back
Plus
$49.99
$40/ month
$480 billed once a year
The full assistant.
- 2,500 credits every month
- Up to 5 scheduled tasks running for you
- Invoices sent, chased, and reconciled
- Emails and replies, drafted for you
- Your email and calendar, connected
Pro
$99.99
$80/ month
$960 billed once a year
For a business that never stops.
- 5,000 credits every month (2× Plus)
- Everything in Plus
- Up to 20 scheduled tasks
- Priority support
Max
$199.99
$160/ month
$1,920 billed once a year
Headroom for the heaviest weeks.
- 10,000 credits every month (4× Plus)
- Everything in Pro
- Unlimited scheduled tasks
- Deeper reasoning on every reply
- First in line for new abilities
Your first 3 days are free. If Ody isn't for you, cancel in a tap. Every plan comes with a 14-day money-back guarantee.
Getting started
What happens after you tap the button
01
Tap the button, type your number
No download, no forms. Ody texts you first, usually within a minute.
02
Give it one real task
The invoice you have been putting off is the perfect first test. See the draft, change anything, say send.
03
Run it on real jobs for 3 days, free
Your card is only charged after the trial ends, and canceling is about as hard as sending one more text. If it is not for you inside 14 days, the money-back guarantee is one button, no questions.
Late invoices
Watch a late invoice get handled
The part you keep postponing, done without you.
Miller's $1,900 is 3 days past due. Want me to start the usual reminder schedule?
Yes. Keep it friendly.
First reminder sent. Polite, short, invoice attached.
No reply in a week, so the firmer one went out this morning. It mentions the late fee from your invoice terms.
Miller paid in full today, $1,900. Marked closed.
You wrote four words. You got $1,900.
Common questions
You are probably thinking one of these
"I'm not a texter."
You text suppliers and your crew all day. One plain sentence is enough, and a rambling voice note works just as well.
"What if it sends something I didn't mean?"
Nothing leaves without your OK. Every invoice and email is a draft until you say send, and you can change anything with one more text.
"I already have QuickBooks."
Keep it. Ody is not accounting software. It is the one who types the invoice, sends it, and asks for the money so you do not have to.
"My clients are old school."
They never see anything new. They get a normal email and a normal invoice under your name. The texting part is just you and Ody.
The rules
What Ody never does
Texts your customers. Never.
Sends anything without your OK. Never.
Hides your business in a dashboard. Never.
Charges per seat for a crew that will never log in. Never.
Before and after
Same Sunday. Different owner.
Keep scrolling.
Before
Sunday, 9pm. Catch-up night, again.
After
Sunday, 6pm. Nothing waiting on you.
Frequently asked questions
Ody drafts and sends invoices from details you text it, reminds you before things come due, follows up on unpaid invoices on an approved schedule, writes emails in your voice, and remembers your clients, jobs, and prices. All of it from Apple Messages.
No. Everything happens by text, including voice notes. If you can text your supplier, you can run your billing.
No. Ody prepares the draft and waits for your OK. You can review, change, or stop every send.
No. You text Ody. When you approve an invoice or email, it goes out through normal channels like Gmail under your name. Ody never starts conversations with your customers.
Yes. Rambling is fine. Say the scope, the price, and the timing however it comes out; Ody turns it into a clean quote or invoice for your review.
Ody works for you, the owner. Your crew does not need accounts, logins, or training, because there is nothing to log into.
No. Ody is not a contractor software suite. It does the office work around the jobs: invoices, follow-ups, quotes, emails, reminders, and memory. It works with Gmail and Google Calendar.
No. Ody handles the communication and follow-through around invoices. It does not manage payments or transactions.
Plus is $50 a month, Pro is $100, and Max is $200. The 3-day free trial requires a card up front. You are charged after the trial unless you cancel, and every plan has a 14-day money-back guarantee.