Catch every promise before it slips.
The change order, the callback, the “don’t forget” from the inspector. Say it or snap it one-handed and it’s held — so the referral keeps coming because nothing falls through.
Be the contractor
who never drops the ball.
The stuff that slips between jobs is quietly costing you work. Say it, snap it, or forward the text — ten seconds, hands full, right from the truck. dEssence remembers it and reminds you the moment it matters. No setup, no data entry.
Toss in one thing you can't forget this week — feel it come back on time. Free to start, no card.
- 10s
- to capture, hands full
- 0
- setup, fields, or data entry
- 1 place
- for every job’s details
What your first capture does
It isn't a suite you have to move your whole business into. Nothing to onboard, no fields to fill in. It lives in your pocket and on a text message, right where the work already happens.
What dEssence does for you
It remembers, so you don't have to.
Every promise, deadline, and “don't forget” from every job lands in one place the second it happens — by voice, photo, or a forwarded text. Then it does the part your notebook can't: it hands the thing back to you at the exact moment you can act on it, so nothing slips and costs you a job.
This is you
Everything lands on you, and your hands are full.
Three to five jobs running across a couple of towns. The inspector tells you one thing, the homeowner texts another, a sub catches you on the ladder with a third. You’ll remember it — right up until the paused job’s permit clock quietly runs out, or it’s 11 pm and you realize you never called the client back about the change order. Your system is a notebook and Google Calendar, and it only works if you remember to read it.
“I'm literally the worst at this. Been this way for 20 years. Seems like I'm constantly forgetting to do something on every job.”
— a contractor, r/Construction
What you get
Off-load it in ten seconds. Get it back on time.
Reminded at the right moment.
Early reminders you tune out; late ones don’t help. This one comes back right when you can actually do something about it.
Nothing you captured gets silently lost.
No note rotting at the bottom of a list you forgot to reread. It reads itself back to you.
Ask it in plain English.
Say “What did the Miller-job inspector want?” and it tells you on the spot, hands free.
Not one more app
You don’t need a suite. You need the remembering taken off you.
Contractors say it plainly about the all-in-ones: “a hammer for finishing nails,” “30 things badly when I needed 3 done well,” “$550 a month and my eyes started to bleed.” dEssence is the opposite. There's nothing to set up and nothing to learn, because the whole job is to be faster than your notebook — never slower.
Zero setup.
No onboarding, no fields, no migrating your business. You’re using it in the first minute.
It rides where you already are.
Your pocket, a text message, the same browser you already use — not one more app you have to remember to open.
No lock-in.
Export everything, cancel in one tap. Your stuff is yours — nothing held hostage.
How it works
Three steps. That’s the whole thing.
01
Capture it the way the work happens
A voice note, a photo of the permit card, or a forwarded text or email. Ten seconds, one hand.
02
It keeps the details
The job, the date, the “he wanted ¾-inch, not ½.” You don’t file anything.
03
It comes back to you
A nudge at the moment it matters — and you can ask it anything, anytime, in plain words.
See it in your first week
Some week soon, it saves you a job.
Weeks in, a paused addition's permit is about to go stale — and you'd completely forgotten it existed. dEssence pings you in time to keep it alive. That's the moment you stop carrying it all in your head.
Why your notebook and the big suites both fail
Free tools go silent. Suites want your whole business.
Your memory and your calendar fail quietly — you don’t find out until the bill shows up: a renewal missed on a Friday, a stop-work order Monday morning, a referral gone to the other guy. The big suites don’t fix that; they make you feed them data first, and most of it you’ll never use. Contractors on r/Construction call the all-in-ones “30 things badly when I needed 3 done well.” dEssence sits in the gap: capture as fast as thinking, and it volunteers things back on time — without being configured.
Pricing
Start free. Go unlimited for $10.
Free forever for the essentials. Go unlimited with Pro when you want the whole thing.
Free
$0forever
For trying it on a couple of live jobs
- Keep up to 100 things
- Voice, photo & text-forward capture
- Right-time reminders
- Ask in plain English
- Works from your phone or the browser
Pro
$10/mo
For running every job through it
- Everything in Free
- Unlimited across all your jobs
- Permit & deadline reminders
- Shared view for your partner or office
No credit card to start. Upgrade, downgrade, or cancel anytime.
FAQ
Things people ask before they try it.
Is this another app I’ll quit in 60 days, like BuilderTrend?
There’s nothing to set up and nothing to learn. If it’s ever slower than your notebook, you’ve already lost — so it isn’t. It lives in your pocket and on a text message, wherever you already are.
I don’t have time to move my business into a new system.
Good, because there’s no system to move into. You don’t build projects or fill out fields. You capture one thing in ten seconds and it comes back on time. That’s it.
Does it handle my permits and lien deadlines for me?
Straight answer: dEssence is your pocket memory, not a compliance service. It reminds you about the dates and promises you capture. It doesn’t file your permits or guarantee a statutory deadline — it just makes sure the ones you know about don’t slip your mind.
Is my job info safe?
Your stuff is yours. Export it or delete it anytime, cancel in one tap. Start free with no card, nothing to commit.
What if I forget to even capture it?
That’s why capture is voice, photo, or a forwarded text — the things you’re already doing with your hands full. The bar is “faster than remembering,” and if it clears that bar, you’ll reach for it.
What it feels like
Home by six. Five jobs running. None in your head.
No more lying awake running the list. No more “you forgot” call from a client. Just the quiet feeling of a professional operation that fits in your pocket — you become the contractor whose referrals keep coming, because nothing ever slips.
Stop carrying every job in your head.
Toss in one thing you can’t forget this week and feel it come back on time — free to start, no credit card.
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