COMPARE · CHECKED OCTOBER 19, 2026
SimplyWise vs Peak
SimplyWise makes simple iPhone apps for photo estimates, receipts and call answering. Peak is one set of free tools for the whole job, from lead to signed estimate to paid invoice.
TL;DR
Pick SimplyWise if you want simple phone apps for receipts, mileage and quick photo estimates. Pick Peak if you want signed estimates, deposits and invoices, plus a place to run the job.
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SIDE BY SIDE
SimplyWise and Peak, row by row.
What SimplyWise's own pages said on October 19, 2026, next to what Peak does today.
| SimplyWise | Peak |
|---|---|
| What it covers | |
| Separate phone apps: a Cost Estimator that works from photos, receipts and expenses, mileage tracking and an AI receptionist. | Leads and customers, estimates with e-sign and change orders, invoices, projects, crews, a dispatch board, a time clock, job photos and daily logs, plus Sherpa. |
| Pricing model | |
| Cost Estimator: 7-day trial, then $29.99 a month or $239.99 a year, per its March 2026 pricing post. Each app has its own in-app prices. | The software is free. No per-user fee and no contract. You pay your own texting, email, AI and payment providers directly. |
| AI | |
| AI builds estimates from job-site photos, with renderings and upsell ideas. The AI Receptionist answers calls, books appointments and flags urgent messages. | Sherpa looks things up and makes changes in every Peak tool, from chat or from your own AI assistant. Anything that reaches a customer or moves money waits for your OK. It runs on your own AI key. |
| Phone app | |
| iPhone apps in the App Store. The AI Receptionist is listed for iPhone only, and we didn't find Android listings. | Installs from your phone's browser to your home screen. The crew app works offline. No App Store or Google Play app yet. |
| Your data | |
| The receipts app sends PDFs, JPEGs or Excel spreadsheets. We didn't find a customer list export, a public API or an AI connector. | When sign-up opens, your customer data lives in a database you own, not ours. Export contacts as a spreadsheet or download the whole database any time. |
| Getting started | |
| Download from the App Store and start a 7-day free trial on your own. | Sign in and start. Bring contacts and your price book over from spreadsheets. Texting, email, AI and payments start when you connect your own accounts, or we connect them for you (Get set up, $997 one-time). |
WHAT IT COSTS
Their published price, and ours.
SimplyWise
- Cost Estimator: 7-day trial, then $29.99/mo or $239.99/yr (per its pricing blog, March 2026)
- AI Receptionist: in-app purchases from $0.99 to $29.99 on the App Store
SimplyWise says it runs pricing experiments, so prices vary. Each app has its own App Store prices. Check its site.
From simplywise.com, checked October 19, 2026. Prices change, so confirm on their site.
Peak tools
$0
Free when sign-up opens (soon). You bring your own accounts for AI, texting, email and payments. Today the tools come with every Peak service plan.
Want our team to run your marketing or lead follow-up? That's a paid service, and the tools come with it. See service pricing.
WHERE SIMPLYWISE IS STRONG
Credit where it's due.
- Estimates from job-site photos
- AI renderings and upsell suggestions on estimates
- Receipts and expenses, sent as PDFs or Excel spreadsheets
- Mileage tracking
- An AI receptionist that books appointments and flags urgent calls
WHERE SIMPLYWISE IS AHEAD
What Peak doesn't do yet.
If one of these is a must-have, take it seriously.
- Estimates from photos
- Receipts and mileage tracking
- A self-serve AI receptionist app, which isn't in the Peak tools
- iPhone apps in the App Store
Everything not in the Peak tools yet
- iPhone and Android apps in the app stores (the tools install from your phone's browser today)
- QuickBooks and Xero sync
- Full job costing, estimate vs actual on every line
- Payroll
- A built-in AI phone receptionist
- AI takeoff from plans
WHERE PEAK IS DIFFERENT
What you get with Peak that SimplyWise doesn't do.
- Peak's estimates come with good, better, best options, e-signature, change orders, and deposit, progress and final invoices. The tools are free when sign-up opens.
- Peak covers the whole job in one place, from lead to crew schedule to paid invoice.
- Sherpa can draft and change records, and anything that reaches a customer or moves money waits for your approval.
The software is free
No per-user fee and no contract for the tools. You bring your own accounts for AI, texting, email and payments, and pay those companies directly at their prices. We don't mark them up.
Your data, your accounts
When sign-up opens, your customer data lives in a database you own, not ours. Export it any time. If you leave, you take everything with you.
Sherpa does the work, inside rules
Tell Sherpa "add a note to Susan Park: gate goes on the north side." It finds her and adds it, or asks you to reply YES first when the rules say so. Anything that reaches a customer or moves money waits for your approval. You can see every rule, and you can only make them stricter.
A team if you want one
You can run the tools on your own. If you'd rather have help, our team runs the marketing, lead follow-up and AI setup for you on a paid plan.
Read every Sherpa rule on what Sherpa will and won't do.
SWITCHING
Moving from SimplyWise to Peak.
Most of it is two spreadsheets. Run both side by side for a week if you like.
Step 1
Export from SimplyWise
SimplyWise's receipts app can send your records as PDFs, JPEGs or Excel spreadsheets. We didn't find a customer or estimate export in its public pages, so ask SimplyWise support for anything else you need.
Step 2
Import your customers
In Peak, open Contacts and choose Import. Upload the spreadsheet and match the columns. Rows with the same email or phone merge instead of making duplicates.
Step 3
Bring your price book
The Estimator imports your items and prices from a spreadsheet. There's a template to fill in if your old export doesn't line up.
Step 4
Connect your own accounts
Hook up your texting number, email, AI key and Stripe when you're ready to send and get paid. Nothing goes out until you do.
Step 5
Finish open jobs, then switch
Let jobs already in progress finish where they are, and start new ones in Peak. Rather not do the move yourself? Our team can help.
WHAT YOU SET UP
What works the day you sign in.
The tools are free. Texting, email, AI and payments run on accounts you own, so you pay those companies directly.
Works when you sign in
- Customers, deals, notes and tasks
- Estimates with options, change orders and invoices, shared by link
- Projects, phases, crew schedules, photos and daily logs
- A customer page for each job
Needs your own account
- Texting
- Two-way texts, missed-call text-back, text review requests and texting Sherpa. Connect your own texting account (such as Twilio), with your number registered with the carriers. Nothing sends or charges until you do.
- Sending estimates, invoices and messages by email. Connect your own email sending account. Nothing sends or charges until you do.
- AI
- Sherpa and AI drafts. Connect your own AI key (Anthropic, OpenAI, Google or a compatible provider). Nothing sends or charges until you do.
- Payments
- Card and bank payments on invoices. Connect your own Stripe account. Nothing sends or charges until you do.
Rather not do it yourself? Get set up: we connect all four and import your contacts and price book, $997 one-time.
Pick SimplyWise if
You want simple phone apps for receipts, mileage and quick photo estimates.
Pick Peak if
You want signed estimates, deposits and invoices, plus a place to run the job.
SIMPLYWISE VS PEAK
Common questions.
If you need signed estimates, deposits, invoices and job scheduling, yes, and the tools are free when sign-up opens. SimplyWise's Cost Estimator was $29.99 a month or $239.99 a year per its March 2026 pricing post when we checked on October 19, 2026.
No. In Peak you build estimates from your own line items, with good, better, best options and add-ons. SimplyWise's Cost Estimator drafts an estimate from job-site photos.
No. Peak doesn't track receipts or mileage today. SimplyWise has apps for both.
We didn't find a customer export in SimplyWise's public pages, so ask its support for a spreadsheet. Peak imports customers from a spreadsheet in Contacts, and your price book into the Estimator.
MORE ESTIMATE AND INVOICE APPS
Sources for this page (6)
- Cost Estimator prices, 7-day trial, pricing experiments: www.simplywise.com/blog/pricing/ (read October 19, 2026)
- Cost Estimator: photo estimates, renderings, upsells: apps.apple.com/us/app/simplywise-cost-estimator/id6670619664 (read October 19, 2026)
- AI Receptionist in-app prices, iPhone only: apps.apple.com/us/app/simplywise-ai-receptionist/id6738157198 (read October 19, 2026)
- Receipts app and export formats: apps.apple.com/us/app/simplywise-receipts-expenses/id1538521095 (read October 19, 2026)
- AI Receptionist books appointments and flags urgent messages: apps.apple.com/us/app/simplywise-ai-receptionist/id6738157198 (read October 16, 2026)
- Mileage tracking: simplywise.com (read October 16, 2026)
How we checked: we read SimplyWise's public pages, pricing and help center on October 19, 2026, without signing up or logging in. SimplyWise is a trademark of its owner, used here only to identify the product. Peak Engine isn't affiliated with or endorsed by SimplyWise. Spot a mistake? Email hello@peak-engine.com and we'll fix it.
Try Peak next to SimplyWise.
Leads, estimates, invoices, jobs and photos, with Sherpa doing the office work.
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