Trowla turns a measurement into a priced client quote in the time it takes to walk back to the truck. That's the whole idea — make the everyday work of estimating faster, so you can spend the day building, not doing paperwork.
A good estimate is where a job is won or lost — and it's the part nobody has time for.
Measurements get scribbled on scrap paper. Waste factors and labor get done in your head. The materials that quietly kill a margin — grout, thinset, gate hardware, subfloor prep — get left off the fast number. And the software built to fix this is mostly heavy desktop tools priced for the office, not the person standing in the room with a tape measure. So contractors keep bidding from the gut, and keep working for free when the bid is off.
When you open Trowla, the goal is that within half a minute you think: someone finally gets how I actually work. Not an AI gadget — a tool that fits the job.
Mobile-first, big buttons, few fields. You should be able to price a job on your phone standing in the space, not back at a desk that evening.
Generic calculators use averages that are never right. You set your own material prices and rate once, and every estimate reflects what you'd actually charge — materials and labor together.
Your pricebook and customer list are yours. Start with no sign-up; add a free account only when you want your work synced across your phone and truck laptop.
A growing set of free trade calculators — concrete, fence, flooring, tile, drywall, siding, deck, asphalt and more — each one wired into the same workflow: calculate the materials, add your prices and labor, and turn it into a clean, branded quote your client can say yes to. Group estimates under a project and a customer, print or send the quote, and pick up where you left off next time. No install, no subscription to try it.
This started from a simple obsession: making the daily work easier. Not disrupting anything, not reinventing the trade — just cutting the friction out of the part between measuring a job and handing over a number you're proud of. If a calculator here saves you a callback, a second trip to the supplier, or an evening of paperwork, it's doing its job. Tell us what's missing — we build for the people who use it.