A straight comparison for UK tradespeople deciding between Yoley’s free iPhone app and Tradify’s £34/user/month job management platform.
Tradify is a mature, feature-rich job management platform used by trade businesses worldwide. Its pricing starts at £34 per user, per month. Yoley is a newer, free UK-built iPhone app that covers the same core workflow — quote, invoice, schedule, expense — with card payments from 0.99% + 5p and CIS included, all free. If you’re a sole trader or small UK trade business on iPhone, Yoley almost certainly gives you 95% of what you actually use in Tradify for 0% of the cost.
Tradify’s entry plan (Lite) is £34 per user, per month. For a sole trader, that’s £408 a year before you’ve sent your first invoice. Add a second user and you’re looking at £816/year.
Yoley is £0/month, forever, with unlimited quotes, invoices, expenses, customers, CIS and the job diary. You only pay when you collect a card payment — from 0.99% + 5p per transaction (1.99% + 5p on business cards), with no monthly fee.
Over three years, a sole trader using Tradify pays around £1,224. A sole trader using Yoley pays £0 in subscription — they only pay percentage fees on card payments, which they’d pay with Tradify too (Tradify settles through Stripe at ~2.9%).
Tradify is older, more established, and has a web/desktop interface in addition to its mobile app. If any of these matter to you, Tradify is the stronger pick:
For a UK sole trader or small business on iPhone, Yoley has several advantages that aren’t about price:
There’s no import wizard yet — Yoley is built for sole traders and small teams, for whom a manual switch takes under an hour. Export your customers and open invoices from Tradify as CSV, add customers into Yoley (or use the quick-add on first use), and raise any open invoices against them directly. The Quick Start Guide walks through the five things you need to set up on day one.
| Feature | Yoley | Tradify |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly price (entry) | £0 free | £34 / user |
| Quotes & invoices | Yes | Yes |
| Card payment rate | From 0.99% + 5p | ~2.9% (Stripe) |
| Tap to Pay on iPhone | Coming soon | No |
| Receipt OCR | On-device | No |
| HMRC SA103 mapping | Yes | No |
| CIS subcontractor management | Free | No |
| Job diary / scheduling | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-user team | Roadmap | Yes |
| Android client | Beta | Yes |
| Web / desktop client | Phone only | Yes |
| Xero / QuickBooks sync | Export | Two-way |
| Where your records live | Your phone & your cloud | Their servers |
| Face ID / biometric lock | Yes | No |
| Built in the UK | Yes | NZ/AU |
Tradify pricing checked 15 September 2026 at tradifyhq.com/uk/pricing. Prices change — check before you buy.
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Yes. Yoley is free forever with unlimited quotes, invoices and expenses, whereas Tradify is a paid subscription (from £34 per user, per month). If you're paying a monthly fee just to send quotes, that's the main reason to switch.
Yoley is free — no subscription and no paid plans. You only pay when a customer pays you by card: from 0.99% + 5p per transaction through your own Monek Processing Account, with no monthly fee. Tradify charges a recurring monthly subscription per user regardless of usage.
Yes. You can start sending quotes and invoices from Yoley straight away, and keep records of past jobs as you go. Because Yoley is free, you can run it alongside Tradify for a week before switching fully.
For most UK sole traders and small trade businesses, Yoley covers the essentials — quoting, invoicing, expenses, CIS and card payments — without a monthly fee. Tradify offers deeper job-management and team scheduling, so larger teams may prefer it. If your main need is quoting and getting paid, Yoley does it free.