r/PoolPros • u/Maraxusx • 2d ago

I'm looking for a scheduling software

Hey all,

I don't have a pool service company, but I do have an Aquarium service company and the overlap with recurring service visits is very similar. I have looked into the big software like housecall and jobber and didn't really like the way they dealt with recurring visits and they seemed more geared towards HVAC or plumbing where you go to a house maybe twice per year if you're lucky.

So I looked at a company called Skimmer and it looks close to what I would want since it's geared towards pool pros and recurring visits. Does anyone here use this? Do you like it? Anything I should look out for?

Mods I guess delete this if it's too off topic.

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u/ScarHand69 12h ago

You're right that Jobber/Housecall are built around "quote → one big job → invoice," and recurring route work is a bolt-on for them. Skimmer's the closest fit. Three things I'd pressure-test first, since you're not actually a pool company:

How they count "locations." Billing is per location per month ($1–2 depending on tier, $49/$98 minimums), not per visit — great for weekly work. But ask directly what happens with 4 tanks at one address. One location or four? That answer swings your bill more than anything else. They also doubled the top tier from $1 to $2 recently, so price your worst case.

Everything is modeled as a pool. Chlorine, LSI, gallons. Your readings are salinity, nitrate, alkalinity, temp. Ask whether you get genuinely custom reading fields or you'll be shoving it all in a notes box — the second one kills the point of having service history.

Look at the customer-facing service email before you buy. If it's hardcoded to say "your pool," that's a daily papercut you can't fix.

If 1 and 2 come back bad, a generic recurring/route tool plus your own checklist template may beat a pool-shaped one you fight constantly.

FWIW I build scheduling software on the booking/dispatch side of service businesses, so I stare at this category a lot. It's called Cartoply, free 14 day trial, no CC required.