Hovea

What Hovea is

Hovea is a mobile quoting and invoicing app for Australian tradespeople. Users can type or speak a job description, and Hovea turns it into a draft quote scope, line items, and pricing based on the user’s own price book. It creates branded quote PDFs with the business logo and ABN. Quotes show a subtotal, 10% GST, and total; if the user is not GST-registered, the GST line is omitted. A draft may include guessed details, which Hovea flags for review. Nothing is sent to a customer until the user taps send, and a quote can be sent by text or email.

Once a customer accepts a quote, the user can convert it into a separate invoice that carries over its line items and payment details. The Free plan includes five AI quotes a month and branded, GST-correct quote PDFs. The Pro plan includes 100 AI quotes a month, PDFs without a watermark, and getting paid with Stripe. Hovea is aimed at trades such as electricians, plumbers, builders, carpenters, painters, roofers, and landscapers. It is operated by Caesia Software Pty Ltd, made in Western Australia, and the operator describes itself as based in Perth. The maker says quotes, customers, and the price book sync to an Australian-region backend. Its privacy policy says job text and photos go to an AI provider on servers outside Australia, including in the United States; customer contact and street address details are removed from job text before sending, but photos are not redacted.

Who it suits

Hovea suits Australian tradespeople who want to turn job descriptions and their own price book into draft quotes on a phone. It may also suit businesses that want branded GST-correct PDFs and a way to turn accepted quotes into invoices.

Limits

The Free plan includes five AI quotes a month. Pro includes 100 AI quotes a month; it costs $9.99 a month and includes PDFs without a watermark and Stripe payments.

Getting started

1. Visit the Hovea website and choose the Free plan or Pro plan.
2. Install the Android or iOS app.
3. Add items and pricing to your price book.
4. Type or speak a job description to draft a quote, then review flagged details.
5. Create a branded PDF and send it by text or email when ready.

Verdict

Australian tradespeople looking to draft quotes from a price book can start with Hovea’s free plan, then consider Pro for a higher AI quote allowance, watermark-free PDFs, and Stripe payments. It is a weaker fit for anyone who does not use Android or iOS, or who cannot send job photos to an AI provider outside Australia.