Lawn care software for independent operators

Log a visit.
Send an invoice.
Get paid.

Invoice created before you leave the driveway. Share a link, track every visit, and run your whole business from your phone. MowBase is the free lawn care app built for solo operators and small crews. No bloat. No hidden fees. Free for your first 10 customers.

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🔔 2 overdue jobs need attention
Karen Whitfield
214 Magnolia Drive
Today
MW
Active
Ron Beasley
1103 Peachtree Hill Rd
In 2d
TC
Soon
Dale Hutchins
88 Creekside Blvd
Overdue
DH
Overdue
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Invoice sent
Karen Whitfield · $75 · via text
☁️ Cloud sync live — your data safe & backed up
💳 No hidden payment processing fees
📱 Works on any phone, tablet, or desktop
🤝 Real support for every plan
Sound familiar?

You're running a real business out of a notes app.

You've got customer info in your contacts, job history in your head, and who owes what scribbled on a receipt. It works — until it doesn't.

  • Forgetting whose gate code is what
  • Not knowing which accounts are overdue for a visit
  • Invoices that land in spam and never get paid
  • Surprise processing fees you didn't see coming
  • Switching software and losing years of customer data
  • Bloated software that costs $150/month and takes a week to learn
With MowBase

Everything in one place. Nothing you don't need.

  • Every customer's address, gate code, turf type, and notes — one tap away
  • Auto-scheduled next service dates so nothing falls through the cracks
  • Log visits with payment method — Cash, Card, Check, Venmo, Zelle — all tracked in one place
  • Transparent payment processing — no hidden fees, ever
  • Export your data any time — it's yours, not ours to hold hostage
  • Works on your phone, tablet, and desktop — no app to download
Features

Built for the way you actually work

Every field in MowBase was put there because operators asked for it. No bloat. No features you'll never use.

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Customer Records

Address, gate code, turf type, irrigation setup, preferred service day, pricing, and crew notes. Everything you need before you pull up to a property.

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Smart Scheduling

MowBase calculates the next service date automatically based on each customer's frequency. Weekly, bi-weekly, monthly — it tracks it all and flags who's overdue.

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Weekly & Calendar Views

See your whole week at a glance or pull up the monthly calendar to plan ahead. Click any day to see who's on the schedule and what you'll earn.

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Crew Management

Add employees, assign them to accounts, and filter your schedule by crew member. Each person gets a color so you can see workload at a glance.

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Maps, Directions & One-Tap Calls

Every customer record links to Google Maps for turn-by-turn directions. Got a phone number on file? One tap dials them directly — no copy-pasting, no hunting through your contacts.

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Feels Like a Real App

Designed from the ground up for phones, tablets, and desktops. No app to download — just open it in your browser. Launches with a branded splash screen, works offline, and fits in your pocket.

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Auto-Invoicing

Log a visit and an invoice generates automatically. Professionally formatted with a shareable link. Pro operators can text or email it directly from the app — no spam folders. Starter users copy and share the link themselves.

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Flexible Payments

Collect payment your way. Send a card Pay Now link via text, or tag the job as Cash, Check, Venmo, or Zelle — all tracked in one place. Tips supported on card payments. Standard card processing rates, no markup.

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Data Export

Export your customer list and service history to CSV any time — compatible with Excel, Google Sheets, and QuickBooks. Pro includes full history export. Your data is always yours.

From finished job to paid — fast.

The complete payment workflow, live on Pro. Works the way your customers already pay.

1
Log Visit
Tap "Log Visit" when you're done. MowBase records the job and auto-schedules the next one.
2
Choose How to Collect
Card link via text, cash, check, Venmo — pick what works for that customer. All tracked the same way.
3
Invoice Auto-Creates
PDF-ready, professionally formatted. Card payments include an optional tip field.
4
Customer Pays by Card
Text link goes straight to their phone. One tap. Card on file or new card. No spam folder.
5
You're Done
Payment confirmed, revenue logged, next service scheduled. All in under 30 seconds.
Whether your customer pays by card, hands you cash, or drops a check in the mailbox — every payment gets logged, every job gets tracked, every invoice gets recorded. One place for your whole business.
Why MowBase

We fixed the things that drive operators crazy.

We talked to independent operators and read every forum thread, review, and complaint we could find. Here's what we built differently.

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No hidden fees. Ever.

MowBase passes card processing costs directly to you with no markup on top. What the card network charges is what you pay — nothing more. And if your customer pays cash or check, there are no processing fees at all. You just tag it and move on.

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Invoices that actually get opened.

Email invoices routinely land in spam — especially on mobile — and unpaid invoices pile up because customers simply never saw them. MowBase sends invoices as text message links by default, the channel customers actually check. Email delivery is also available.

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Tips are supported. Most software skips this.

Most lawn care software doesn't support credit card tips, and it's a real frustration for operators whose customers want to add one. MowBase invoices include an optional tip field — your customers can tip when they pay, right on the invoice, without any awkward conversation.

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Your data is yours. Always.

Operators who've had their software shut down mid-season know this pain — years of customer records, service history, and billing data, gone overnight. MowBase lets you export everything to CSV or PDF any time, no questions asked. We don't lock you in.

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Real support on every plan.

We don't gatekeep support behind a premium tier. Every MowBase customer — free or Pro — gets the same level of help. Nobody gets left on read because they're on the wrong plan.

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Built for solo operators. Not enterprise.

A lot of lawn care software is built for commercial landscaping companies with 50+ employees — and it shows. The complexity, the pricing, the onboarding calls. MowBase is built for you — the solo operator or small crew who needs software that works without a training course.

How it works

Up and running in minutes

You don't need an onboarding call or a YouTube tutorial. It just works.

1
Add your customers

Enter a name, address, phone, and service details. Takes about two minutes per customer.

2
Set up your crew

Add your employees and assign them to accounts. Everyone knows where they need to be.

3
Work your route

Pull up the schedule each morning. See who's due today, get directions, check gate codes and notes.

4
Log it and move on

Hit "Log Visit" when you're done. MowBase records the date, services, and schedules the next one automatically.

Comparison

Simple beats complicated. Every time.

Most lawn care software was built for commercial companies with large teams. MowBase was built for operators like you.

Feature
MowBase
Mid-market CRMs
Free alternatives
Built for solo operators
Sort of
Sort of
Invoices via text link
Tip support on invoices
Transparent processing fees
Varies
Varies
Cloud sync — works on any device
Paid only
Paid only
Export your data any time
Limited
Limited
No onboarding call required
Support on free plan
In-app ads
Never
No ads
Common
Starting price
Free → $25/mo
$49–$300+/mo
Free (w/ limits)
From the field

Operators who actually use it

★★★★★

I tried Jobber for six months and used maybe 10% of it. MowBase has exactly what I need and nothing I don't. My crew actually uses it because it's not confusing.

M
Mike D.
Owner, 3-man crew · Atlanta, GA
★★★★★

The overdue alerts alone are worth it. I was losing customers because I'd forget to follow up after weather delays. That doesn't happen anymore.

T
Teresa R.
Solo operator · Nashville, TN
★★★★★

Gate codes, turf type, the dog in the backyard — it's all right there when I pull up. Makes me look like I've got it together even when it's a crazy week.

J
James P.
Owner-operator · Charlotte, NC

Two plans. Zero surprises.

No hidden fees. No annual contracts. Real support on both plans. Cancel any time.

Free Forever
Starter
$0
Always free — no time limit, no credit card
  • Up to 10 customers
  • Full customer records (gate codes, turf, notes, crew)
  • Schedule, weekly & calendar views
  • Crew management & assignment
  • Invoice creation & in-app tracking
  • Service history
    Last 30 days per customer
  • Google Maps directions integration
  • Cloud sync — works on any device
  • Real support — not a chatbot
  • No ads. Ever.
Try Free — No Credit Card →

No contracts. Cancel any time. Your data is always yours — export it whenever you want.

Log a visit. Send an invoice. Get paid.

Set up your first 10 customers in under 20 minutes. Free, no credit card required.

Free forever. Quick signup — no credit card required.

💬 Feedback

Using MowBase? Tell us what you think.

We build based on real operator feedback. If something's missing or broken, we want to know — and we'll follow up personally.

We'll follow up personally. No spam, ever.

⚡ Pro is live

Ready to unlock the full toolkit?

Pro gives you unlimited customers, invoice email delivery, card payments with a Pay Now link, full service history, and CSV export. $25/month, cancel any time.

  • Unlimited customers
  • Invoice email delivery via Resend
  • Card payments — Pay Now link on every invoice
  • Full service history & CSV export
Go Pro — $25/month →

No contracts. Cancel any time from inside the app.

Resources

Built for operators who are serious about growth

Quick reads for independent lawn care operators in the Southeast and beyond.

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MowBase vs. Jobber

Jobber starts at $69/month and is built for mid-size commercial operations. MowBase is free for solo operators and small crews — no bloat, no onboarding calls. If you're running fewer than 10 accounts, Jobber is almost certainly overkill.

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MowBase vs. Yardbook

Yardbook is free but runs ads and has a well-known issue with invoices landing in spam folders. MowBase is also free (up to 10 customers), has no ads — ever — and sends invoices as text links so they actually get opened.

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Built for the Southeast

Our early users are lawn care operators in Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina, Florida, and Alabama. Bermuda, Zoysia, St. Augustine, Fescue — MowBase knows the turf types, the season lengths, and the way the work gets done down here.

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The Best Lawn Care App for Your Phone

Most lawn care software was designed for a desktop in an office. MowBase is built mobile-first — every screen, button, and tap target designed for a phone in your hand between jobs. No app download needed, just open it in your browser.

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How Lawn Care Invoicing Should Work

Email invoices land in spam. Printed invoices get lost. The right way to invoice a lawn care customer in 2026 is a text message with a payment link — they tap it, pay in 10 seconds, and you get notified. That's exactly what MowBase Pro will do.

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Hidden Fees Are Killing Your Margins

LawnPro charges an undisclosed ~2% fee on top of Stripe's 3% — operators don't find out until they check their Stripe dashboard. MowBase will never do this. Card processing costs pass through at network rates, no MowBase cut, no surprises.