Features

Everything BlastBid does for sandblasters.

Estimates, invoicing, photos, the job pipeline, offline mode. One app, one price, nothing locked behind an upgrade.

Feature 01

Sandblasting estimates

Built-in media and production rates, so you stop doing the math in your head.

Pick the job type, enter the surface area, set the media and coating condition. BlastBid works out media pounds, labor hours, travel, and markup live while you type. The math is based on real consumption and production rates, not guesswork pulled from a ten-year-old spreadsheet.

  • 10 media types: crushed glass, coal slag, garnet, aluminum oxide, glass bead, recycled glass, walnut shell, plastic media, steel grit, silicon carbide
  • Four coating conditions, from light surface coating all the way to lead paint
  • Four surface complexities, from flat panels to intricate detail work
  • Live recalculation — there's no "calculate" button to hit
  • Job presets for auto, residential, marine, commercial, and industrial work

Feature 02

Invoicing and payments

One tap turns the job into an invoice.

When the job's done, one tap turns it into an invoice. Line items carry over from the estimate, so there's nothing to retype. Send it by text, email, or PDF. Mark it paid with the method the customer used — cash, check, Venmo, Zelle, or Stripe — and the job closes out.

  • One-tap job to invoice
  • Line items carried over from the job
  • Branded PDF with your logo
  • Tax rate applied automatically from settings
  • Payment methods: cash, check, Venmo, Zelle, Stripe

Feature 03

Before and after photos

The easiest way to show people what you do.

Take a before photo. Do the job. Take an after. BlastBid pairs the two, drops your logo and phone number on the share card, and lets you send it in a tap. Every photo stays attached to the job it came from, so your camera roll never turns into a mystery pile of rust and steel.

  • Automatic before and after pairing
  • Share cards branded with your logo and phone number
  • One-tap share to the customer
  • Photos attached to the job, not dumped in your camera roll
  • Works offline and syncs later

Feature 04

Job pipeline

Know where every job stands without digging through texts.

Every job moves through a five-stage pipeline: scheduled, in progress, complete, invoiced, paid. See all of it at a glance. Start the clock when you begin. At the end, enter actual hours and media used, and BlastBid compares them to your estimate so you find out where you're bidding too high or too low.

  • Five-stage pipeline: scheduled, in progress, complete, invoiced, paid
  • Built-in job timer for actual hours
  • Estimated vs actual comparison on every finished job
  • Assign jobs to individual workers
  • Notes, attachments, and history on every job

Feature 05

Offline mode

The app doesn't care if you have signal.

The whole app runs from local storage on your phone. Estimates, customers, jobs, photos — all there with zero bars. When you get back in range it syncs in the background. No "you're offline" banners, no spinners, no reason to finish the bid back at the shop.

  • Full app functionality without signal
  • Local SQLite storage on every device
  • Background sync once signal returns
  • Bids don't evaporate if the phone dies mid-quote
  • Same experience on iPhone, Android, and web

Feature 06

Branded PDFs

Something that looks like you've been doing this for twenty years.

Every estimate and invoice becomes a clean PDF with your business name, logo, phone, and line items on it. They're rendered on the server, so the math is right and the layout is the same every time. Preview it, print it, or share it through the native share sheet.

  • Your logo, name, phone, and email on every document
  • Server-rendered layout — no formatting surprises
  • View, print, or share through the native share sheet
  • Same output on iPhone, Android, and web

Feature 07

Customer database

Every customer and every job they've ever hired you for.

Customers are built into the product, not bolted on. Each one has their whole history: estimates, jobs, invoices, revenue, and notes. Need to repeat a job or an estimate from last year? Two taps. Need to call, text, or email them? Also two taps.

  • Contact info with address autocomplete
  • Full history: estimates, jobs, invoices, revenue totals
  • Repeat Job and Repeat Estimate shortcuts
  • Tap to call, text, or email
  • Notes for gate codes and whatever else you need to remember

Feature 08

Team and worker management

Assign jobs, see who did what.

Add your crew, assign workers to specific jobs, and keep everyone working from the same pipeline on their own phones. Changes show up in real time. It's all in the base price — no per-user fees.

  • Unlimited team members
  • Per-job worker assignment
  • Everyone working from the same pipeline
  • No per-user pricing

Feature 09

Safety documentation

OSHA silica paperwork organized and ready when an inspector walks in.

Job site logs, training records, and an exposure control plan template that pre-fills with your business name, the media you actually use, and your worker roster. This is a documentation tool, not a compliance tool — it helps you keep your paperwork in one place, not replace a qualified safety consultant.

  • Written exposure control plan template (OSHA 29 CFR 1926.1153)
  • Silica content reference for every media type
  • Medical exam, respirator fit, and training record tracking per worker
  • Auto-calculated next-due dates (3-year medical, 1-year training)
  • Job site log entry generator with media, hours, and surface area
  • CSV export for inspector requests or your own filing

Feature 10

Recurring jobs

Contracts you do every week or every quarter, scheduled automatically.

For the repeat work — weekly fleet cleanup, quarterly equipment blasting, annual maintenance. Set a recurring schedule once and BlastBid rolls a fresh job into the pipeline on the right cadence. Each instance is a real job you can edit, reschedule, or invoice independently.

  • Weekly, biweekly, monthly, quarterly, or yearly cadences
  • Each instance spawns as a full editable job
  • Skip or reschedule individual occurrences
  • Works from any customer's history

Feature 11

Estimate templates and past-estimate reuse

Never retype a bid you already wrote.

The estimate wizard can start from a saved template, a job preset, or literally any past estimate you've sent. Perfect for shops that quote the same trailer, the same pool of equipment, or the same fleet of vehicles over and over. Pull last year's bid, tweak the price, send.

  • Save any estimate as a reusable template
  • Search past estimates during the wizard
  • Job presets for auto, residential, marine, commercial, industrial
  • Pre-fills media, hours, and line items from the source

Feature 12

Weather on the Today feed

Know before you load the trailer whether rain is going to flash-rust your work.

Every outdoor job you've scheduled picks up a live forecast on the Today screen — temperature, humidity, and precipitation. BlastBid warns you when humidity is above 85% so you can plan around flash rust on bare steel. Celsius or Fahrenheit based on your locale.

  • Live 5-day forecast on Today for every outdoor job
  • High-humidity warning (flash rust risk on bare steel)
  • Rain forecast before you leave the shop
  • Auto-detects °C or °F from your device locale

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