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Yardbook vs 4Home Pros
Yardbook vs 4Home Pros is close on price. Both have a free plan and a low paid tier. The difference is how you work: Yardbook is web-first and built for landscapers. 4Home Pros is a Yardbook alternative with a native iPhone app, built for recurring routes.
The short answer
Who should pick which
Pick Yardbook if you…
- Run the office from a computer: it is a web app[1]
- Want free for the whole crew: unlimited users, with ads, per Jobber's page[2]
- Want built-in credit card payments[1]
- Track chemicals and equipment maintenance[1]
- Want a public business profile to bring in leads[1]
- Need QuickBooks sync (Enterprise plan, per Jobber)[2]
Pick 4Home Pros if…
- You and your crew run the day on iPhones. Yardbook has no app in the US App Store[3].
- You want Done to bill the visit, per cut or once a month
- Your crew should never see prices, balances or payments
- Your crew speaks Spanish: voice notes are filed in English
- You want to log visits and record payments by chat in Claude or ChatGPT
- You also service pools: water balance (LSI) and doses are free
Crew cost
Price is close, so compare the features
Yardbook is free, paid for by sponsored ads[1]. Jobber's page lists two paid Yardbook plans, Business at $34.99 and Enterprise at $49.99 a month, with unlimited users[2]. Yardbook does not confirm those prices on any page we could read.
| Team | Yardbook (per Jobber) | 4Home Pros | For scale: Jobber | For scale: Housecall Pro |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Just you | Free with ads, or $34.99 / $49.99 a month | Free (up to 50 job sites), or Pro $34.99/mo | Core $49/mo; Connect $139 with stops put in order | Basic $79/mo; MAX $329 with stops put in order |
| 4 people | Free with ads, or $34.99 / $49.99 a month | Pro $34.99/mo | Connect $199/mo, stops put in order | Essentials $189/mo; MAX $329 with stops put in order |
| 8 people | Free with ads, or $34.99 / $49.99 a month | Pro $34.99/mo | Connect (5 users + 3 extra) $286/mo, stops put in order | MAX $329/mo, stops put in order |
Be clear on one point. Our free plan covers you and 1 teammate. Yardbook's free plan has unlimited users, per Jobber's page[2]. A crew of four that wants to pay nothing will pay less on Yardbook.
Paid against paid, the prices match: our Pro is $34.99 a month, or $274.99 a year ($22.92 a month). Jobber[4] and Housecall Pro[5] prices are their own published monthly plans. More in the cost calculator.
Side by side · checked October 20, 2026
Yardbook vs 4Home Pros, feature by feature
| Yardbook | 4Home Pros | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free with sponsored ads[1]; paid plans $34.99 and $49.99/mo, per Jobber[2] | Free (with ads), or Pro $34.99/mo or $274.99/yr, no ads |
| People | Unlimited users, per Jobber[2] | You + 1 on Free; unlimited on Pro |
| iPhone app | None in the US App Store[3]; mobile web, per Jobber[2] | Native app (5.0 from 8 ratings) |
| Android app | 4.6 from 1,973 reviews, 100K+ downloads[6] | Yes |
| Web | Yes[1] | Yes |
| Scheduling | Job scheduling[1] | Weekly to yearly, plus one-time jobs; month-based schedules know when a house is due |
| Putting stops in order | Routing[1]; route optimization, per Jobber[2] | GPS order (nearest next, or one direction), drag to adjust; no drive-time planning |
| Finishing a visit | Auto-invoicing and batch invoicing, per Jobber[2] | Billed automatically on Done; send invoices one at a time or in a batch |
| Card payments | Credit cards[1]; recurring billing with auto-pay, per Jobber[2] | No card processing or autopay. Your own Venmo, Zelle, Cash App or Apple Pay; no cut |
| QuickBooks | Enterprise plan, per Jobber[2] | No |
| Crew tools | Timesheets and GPS tracking[1] | Timesheet for paid hours, crew GPS, crew never see money |
| Chemicals and equipment | Chemical tracking, equipment maintenance[1] | No (pool water balance only) |
| Leads | Public business profile and directory[1] | No |
| Spanish voice notes | — | Filed in English, audio kept (3 free, then Pro) |
| ChatGPT / Claude connector | — | Free up to 15 customers |
A dash means we found nothing on the pages we could read. Yardbook's live site blocks automated readers, so we used an archived copy of its home page (May 17, 2026), its store listings and Jobber's comparison page. Jobber competes with both of us, so check yardbook.com before you decide.
What Yardbook does that we don't
- Unlimited users on the free plan, per Jobber[2]
- Built-in credit card payments[1] and auto-pay, per Jobber[2]
- Chemical tracking, equipment maintenance and a pricing catalog[1]
- A public profile and directory that can bring in leads[1]
- QuickBooks sync and Zapier on Enterprise, and satellite lot measurement, per Jobber[2]
- A bigger user base: Yardbook says over 20,000 companies use it[1]
What 4Home Pros does differently
- A native app on iPhone and Android, plus the web, on one account.
- Tap Done and the charge lands on the customer's balance, per cut or once a month.
- Rain skips ask why, make no charge and never move the due date.
- Crew mode hides every price, balance and payment from crew members.
- An AI connector for Claude, ChatGPT and other AI apps. How it works.
- Pool water balance (LSI) and doses. See pool service software.
Switching from Yardbook
- Get your customer list into a CSV file, or keep it as a PDF or a photo.
- Import the CSV in 4Home Pros. On Pro, the AI import reads a PDF or photo. You review each customer before it is saved.
- Set each lawn's schedule and price, like bi-weekly on Mondays at $50 a cut.
- Run one week of your route side by side, then decide.
More on lawn routes: lawn care business software. Other comparisons: vs Jobber, vs Housecall Pro, Jobber alternatives.
- Yardbook home page (archived May 17 2026): free, "sponsored ad business model"
- Jobber vs Yardbook, Jobber’s comparison page (Jobber’s description of Yardbook)
- US App Store search for "yardbook" (no Yardbook app)
- Jobber pricing
- Housecall Pro pricing
- Yardbook on Google Play (4.6, 1,973 reviews, 100K+ downloads)
FAQ
Questions
Is Yardbook really free?
Yes. Its home page says it is free, paid for by sponsored ads. Jobber lists two paid Yardbook plans at $34.99 and $49.99 a month. We could not confirm those prices on Yardbook’s own pages.
Does Yardbook have an iPhone app?
Not in the US App Store, as of October 20, 2026. Yardbook has an Android app on Google Play. Per Jobber’s page, iPhone users work in Yardbook’s mobile website.
Which costs less for a crew?
On free plans, Yardbook: its free plan has unlimited users, per Jobber’s page, and ours covers you plus 1 teammate. On paid plans, the price is about the same. Our Pro is $34.99 a month or $274.99 a year for any team size.
Does 4Home Pros show ads?
The free plan shows ads. Pro has none.
Can I move my customers from Yardbook?
Yes. Import a CSV of your customers, or on Pro hand the AI import a PDF or photo of the list. You review each customer before it is saved.
Does 4Home Pros track lawn chemicals?
No. For pools, it calculates water balance (LSI) and doses. If you need chemical logs for lawn treatments, Yardbook fits better today.
Run one week of your route on it, free.
Free for your first 50 job sites. No card. Same account on iPhone, Android and the web.