Synhelm for painting contractors
From walk-through to wet paint to paid.
Painting estimates are won on the walk-through. Synhelm lets you measure and photograph every room on your phone, turn it into a clean estimate, and track the crew's hours on the job once you win it.
Free for up to 5 crew · no card to start · one price per shop
What gets in the way
The paperwork painting contractors shouldn’t be doing by hand.
Measurements on a scrap of paper.
Appraisals keep notes, measurements, and photos together, then become the estimate.
Clients who want to approve before you start.
Clients approve the estimate online with their signature.
Knowing if the job actually made money.
Job costing puts labour and expenses against the price while the job is running (Pro).
The tools you’ll use
Everything on the job, nothing you don’t need.
On-site appraisals
Walk the site before there's a client: notes, measurements, and photos. Turn it into a client and a draft estimate in one step.
Estimates that win work
Your logo on clean paper, with deposits, discounts, and tax. Email it from the app; clients approve and sign online, and replies come back to you.
Crew time clock
Crew clock in and out of a job from their own phone with a PIN — no app store, no email accounts. Switch jobs and take breaks in a tap.
Job photos
Photos land on the job, not in someone's camera roll. Mark them up on upload; they shrink on the phone so they send on a weak signal.
Job costing
ProLabour at each person's rate plus expenses against the price, so you see the margin on every job while it's running.
Invoices and payments
Turn the estimate into the job and the job into the invoice without retyping a line. Record partial payments and see what's owed.
Client updates
ProSend the client progress, what's next, and the latest photos, built from the job — plus a private progress page they can check.
Tasks on the job
Tasks belong to a job with an assignee, a due date, and instructions. Crew tick them off from their phone.
Something you’ll never use? Turn it off in Settings and it leaves your menu. See every feature.
- Can clients approve an estimate online?
- Yes, on every plan. The estimate email has a Review and approve button; the client signs, and you're notified.
- Do my crew need to download an app?
- No. They open one link or scan your QR code on any phone and sign in with a PIN. You can add it to their home screen so it opens like an app.
See it in the app
Real screens from Synhelm, not mock-ups.
Every project for a client in one placeTheir details, then every project: active first, finished below. 
Photos by day, type and jobSearch, filter by job or type, and pick a date range. 
Know what's owed at a glanceOverdue, due soon, paid, and the next step on every row.
One app for painting contractors, from the job site to the invoice.
Set up your shop in a few minutes. Add your logo, your crew, and your first job — the rest follows the job.