Lawn Buddy review (2026): is the free plan enough?
Scheduling, routing and invoicing for lawn care businesses
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Lawn Buddy report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for scheduling and invoices for small lawn care businesses
Lawn Buddy has a $0 Lite plan with customers, jobs, invoices and payments, then $12, $39 and $78 a month. The free plan has no estimates or routing and a 4.8% + $0.30 card fee, and routing and the crew app need the $39 plan.
Who Lawn Buddy is for
- Fits if you run a one-person lawn business and want free customer and job records
- Works for crews that need route order and a crew app that hides prices
Who Lawn Buddy is not for
- Tight if you stay free, with no estimates, routing or branded invoices
- Watch out: card fees are 4.8% + $0.30 on Lite and 2.9% + $0.30 on Pro and above
- Skip it if you need time tracking, as that is the $78 plan
- Too light for trades outside lawn care and outdoor service
- Watch out: the pricing page shows annual totals in its toggle, not monthly figures
Why Lawn Buddy gets a 2.4
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- BValue for moneyLite is free, Standard is $12 a month, under 60% of the cheaper quarter's $34. But routing and the crew app start at $39 and time tracking at $78.
- CFree plan and trialLite is free with customers, jobs, invoices and payments. No estimates, branded invoices or routing, and the card fee is 4.8% + $0.30, so you will hit the edge.
- CFeaturesScheduling, invoices, estimates with aerial measurement, routes and a crew app, but each is gated: estimates on $12, routes and crews on $39, time tracking on $78.
- CEase of useNo rating on record. It needs QuickBooks and payments to be connected, and plans to be chosen.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb plus phone apps and a separate crew app, with QuickBooks and Global Payments. No desktop app is listed.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Lawn Buddy's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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Lawn Buddy's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 68 of the 87 other field service apps we grade, and level with 9.
It stands best on value for money (B, above 73 of 87) and worst on features (C, above 1).
Its paid plans start at $12 a month, against a middle price of $50 for the category: 1 of the 53 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 1 tool scores higher and costs less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 88 field service apps we grade, cut by the letter each got. Lawn Buddy’s own letter is outlined.
- BValue for moneyAbove 73 of 87, level with 12
- CFree plan and trialAbove 55 of 87, level with 31
- CFeaturesAbove 1 of 87, level with 53
- CEase of useAbove 1 of 87, level with 77
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 7 of 87, level with 79
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 54 field service apps. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Keep Lawn Buddy, or make your own?
Keep it
The plain part of Lawn Buddy you could make: job scheduling, quotes and estimates, invoicing, time tracking and reports. What surrounds it you could not. The 1 things listed below take a company, not a weekend.
It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.4 is higher than 68 of the 87 other field service apps we grade. It costs $144 a year.
What you could make
- Job scheduling, quotes and estimates, invoicing, time tracking and reports: an app builder makes these well.
What you could not
- A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page.
What this rests on. Lawn Buddy’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Lawn Buddy?
Lawn Buddy is software for lawn care and landscaping businesses that handles customer records, job scheduling, estimates, invoicing and card payments. Higher plans add route optimization, a separate crew app and time tracking. There is a free plan, and no plan charges per user.
Worth knowing
- Card processing fees are 4.8% + $.30 on the free plan and fall to 2.9% + $.30 on Pro and Exclusive; the fee can be passed to the payer.
- Time tracking and on-the-way texts are limited to the Exclusive plan, and routes and the crew app start at Pro.
- The pricing page shows annual totals (not monthly figures) in its toggle.
- Built for lawn care and similar outdoor service work.
Key features
- Job scheduling
- Jobs can be recurring, one-time or multi-day, viewed as a list, map or calendar, with urgent jobs moved to the top.
- Route optimization
- On Pro and above, daily routes are ordered for the shortest drive, adjustable by hand, printable and viewable on a map.
- Invoicing and payments
- Automatic invoices after a job, late fees, resend of overdue invoices, subscriptions and card or ACH payments.
- Estimates with site measurement
- Estimates carry photos and your branding, and a measurement tool uses aerial views of the property.
- Separate crew app
- Crews see jobs, routes and checklists without financial details; crew members are unlimited on Pro and Exclusive.
- QuickBooks integration
- Financial data can be kept in step with QuickBooks, and all data can be downloaded as a CSV file.
Lawn Buddy pricing
As of Nov 13, 2026, Lawn Buddy has a free plan, and paid plans start at $12 per month, billed monthly ($140 billed annually).
- Starts at
- $12 per month, billed monthly ($140 billed annually)
- Free plan
- Lite plan at $0 a month: customer records, messaging, job scheduling, digital payments and subscriptions, with a 4.8% + $.30 card fee.
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Lite | $0 | Customer management, jobs, invoices and payments; no estimates, branded invoices or routing. Card fee 4.8% + $.30. |
| Standard | $12per month, billed monthly | Adds custom invoices and estimates with photos, aerial measurement and PDFs. Card fee 3.8% + $.30. |
| Pro | $39per month, billed monthly | Adds crew assignment, route optimization, a crew app with no pricing shown and unlimited crew members. Card fee 2.9% + $.30. |
| Exclusive | $78per month, billed monthly | Adds time tracking, timesheets and check-in and out at job sites, plus on-the-way texts. Card fee 2.9% + $.30. |
Read from lawnbuddy.com on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Lawn Buddy before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discountAnnual plans save up to 23%
Billed annually, Standard is $140, Pro $360 and Exclusive $720 a year, against $12, $39 and $78 a month.
Stated on lawnbuddy.com
Works with
- QuickBooks
- Global Payments
Lawn Buddy alternatives
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Common questions
Does Lawn Buddy have a Windows app?
No Windows app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Lawn Buddy is listed for Web, iOS and Android.
Does Lawn Buddy have a macOS app?
No macOS app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Lawn Buddy is listed for Web, iOS and Android.
Is Lawn Buddy open source?
Lawn Buddy is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026.