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Square Invoices and Workeey both start free. Here's how they differ.
Square's free plan really is free: $0 a month, with unlimited invoices, estimates and deposits. Square also takes cards in person, which Workeey can't do. Workeey's free plan is built around a tradesperson's day instead. You get invoicing with a pay link, your schedule, quick estimates and payment reminder texts.
The short version
This is a rare comparison where both sides are free to start, and Square's free plan is free for real. It costs $0 a month per location and includes unlimited invoices and recurring invoices, estimates, contracts, deposits and automatic reminders. You pay only processing on the money you take. Square is also a full payments company. Card readers, Tap to Pay on iPhone and Android, Cash App Pay and Afterpay all run on the same account.
Workeey has no card reader and no Tap to Pay. Your client pays through the link on the emailed invoice. What Workeey adds is the trade side of the job: a schedule in time slots, repeating jobs, a route to the next client, quick estimates from your own rates and payment reminder texts.
- Pick Square if you take payments face to face, bill the same client on a schedule, or want deposits collected for you.
- Pick Workeey if you want your jobs, estimates and invoices in one trade app, and clients who pay by link are enough.
- Both free plans include unlimited invoicing and online card payments, with a processing fee on each payment.
Workeey vs Square Invoices at a glance
The two side by side for one person running a trade from a phone.
| Workeey | Square Invoices | |
|---|---|---|
| Price for one person | Free $0 · Pro $5 a month · Premium $19 a month | $0, $49 or $149 a month per location, by plan |
| Free plan | Yes — free forever, no card: unlimited invoicing, 10 payment reminder texts (switched on per invoice) and 23 quick estimates a month | Yes — unlimited invoices, estimates and recurring invoices, with deposits |
| Invoicing | Unlimited on every plan; a finished job becomes an invoice in one tap and is emailed from the app | Unlimited on every plan, including Free |
| Online payments | Card, Apple Pay, Google Pay and US bank transfer through your own Stripe, on the free plan too; a small processing fee applies | Yes — card, bank, Cash App Pay, Afterpay and tap to pay; its online card rate is higher on Free than on Plus |
| Estimates | 23 quick estimates a month on Free, unlimited on Pro; shared as a quote PDF that can show your deposit percent, and one tap turns it into the invoice | Yes — on Free; multi-option estimates and payment schedules need Plus |
| Scheduling | Yes — the day in time slots, repeating jobs, and a route to the next client | Not listed on its pricing page |
| Google Calendar sync | On Pro: jobs go into their own Workeey calendar in Google, and a time you move in Google writes back | Not listed on its pricing page |
| QuickBooks sync | On Pro and Premium: customers, invoices, payments and expenses go into QuickBooks Online | Not listed on its pricing page |
| Built for | One- or two-person trades running the business from a phone | Businesses that already take Square card payments in person |
| Phone app | Android app on Google Play; runs in any phone's browser too | Yes — iPhone and Android apps, and the web |
Competitor details are from their own pricing pages, checked in November 2026 — prices change, so check theirs before you buy.
What Square Invoices costs
Since October 2025 Square sells one set of plans across its products, and the invoices pricing page shows the same table. These figures are from Square's own pages, checked November 2026, priced per location.
Square Plus has a 30-day free trial. On the free plan, the card rate for online and invoice payments is higher than on the paid plans, and bank payments have no fee cap. On a large job that difference can matter.
- Square Free: $0 a month. Unlimited invoices and recurring invoices, estimates, contracts, projects, deposits and automatic reminders.
- Square Plus: $49 a month. Adds payment schedules for milestones, custom invoice templates, batch invoices, estimates with several packages and estimates that convert themselves.
- Square Premium: $149 a month. Adds the lowest in-person processing rates and 24/7 phone support.
- Square Pro: custom pricing, for sellers processing over $250,000 a year.
Where Square wins
If a client hands you a card at the door, Square is the answer and Workeey isn't. Square takes cards in person with a reader or Tap to Pay on iPhone and Android. Online, clients can pay by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay, a card on file, Cash App Pay, Afterpay or bank transfer. The same account runs Square's point of sale and its web Dashboard, and there are iPhone and Android apps.
The free plan also does billing that Workeey doesn't. It sends recurring invoices for maintenance contracts, collects deposits and handles contracts. Workeey has none of recurring or automatic billing, deposit collection, payment plans or partial payments, Tap to Pay or a card reader, and it has no iPhone app.
Where Workeey fits a trade better
Square is an invoicing and payments tool. It isn't built as a trade job manager. Workeey starts from the job. Your schedule runs in time slots, repeating jobs fill themselves in, and the app routes you to the next client. When the work is done, one tap turns the job into an invoice, emailed from the app with a pay link. Your client pays by card, Apple Pay, Google Pay or US bank transfer through your own Stripe, and a small processing fee applies.
Quick estimates are priced from your own rates, and you share them as a quote PDF from your phone with your deposit percent printed on it. The client says yes to you, since there's no online accept, and one tap makes the invoice. Reminder texts chase what's unpaid: 10 a month on the free plan, switched on per invoice. Connect your bank and matching invoices are marked paid. The assistant takes typing or talking and prepares jobs, invoices and quotes for you to apply.
Paid plans, if you outgrow free
Workeey Pro is $5 a month and adds Google Calendar and QuickBooks sync. Premium is $19 a month. Both are billed monthly, with no yearly plan and no trial. The free plan is how you try it. Workeey runs as an Android app and in any phone's browser, with no desktop app. See pricing and how payments work.
Who should pick which
Choose Square if you take cards in person, run maintenance contracts that bill every month, or want deposits collected through the invoice. It's free, and it's good. Choose Workeey if your day is a list of jobs to get to, quote and bill, and your clients are happy paying by link. Some pros use Square at the counter and a trade app in the van. Workeey doesn't connect to Square, so the two would sit side by side.
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Is Square Invoices really free?
Yes. Square's free plan costs $0 a month and includes unlimited invoices, recurring invoices, estimates and deposits. You pay processing fees on payments, and its online card rate is higher on the free plan than on the $49-a-month plan (Square's pricing page, checked November 2026).
Does Workeey have a card reader or Tap to Pay?
No. Workeey has no card reader and no Tap to Pay. Clients pay through the link on the emailed invoice, by card, Apple Pay, Google Pay or US bank transfer. If you take cards in person, Square does that and Workeey doesn't.
Can Workeey send recurring invoices like Square?
No. Workeey has repeating jobs on the schedule, but no recurring or automatic billing. Each invoice is sent by you, usually in one tap from the finished job.
Can Workeey collect a deposit?
No. The deposit percent you set prints on the quote PDF, and you collect the deposit your own way. Square's free plan collects deposits through the invoice.
Which one sends payment reminders?
Both. Square's free plan includes automatic reminders. Workeey sends payment reminder texts, which you switch on per invoice, with 10 a month on the free plan. See reminders.