From measuring plans to recording the work and keeping track of payments. TallyTrowel is a growing range of practical tools built around life on site — starting with our Android masonry takeoff app.
Explore what we’re building, what’s being tried on site and what existing users can access today.
Measure the plan. Understand the quantities.
Our main Android app brings plan tracing, brick and block calculations, opening deductions, pike calculations and PDF takeoff reports together on your phone.
Built by a bricklayer to make masonry takeoffs quicker, clearer and easier to check.
Keep payments and paperwork together.
Worker payment records, statements and queries, with photos and PDFs shared through controlled file access.
For existing authorised accounts. Public registration is not currently offered.
A clear record of the working day.
Record working hours, stoppages, work types and daily details, then bring your entries together into reports.
Tested and preparing for real-job use. No public download yet.
Keep your booking-in organised.
Record completed work, quantities and earnings, with ledgers and reports to help you keep track of the job.
Booking-In has been tested and is ready for real-job use. No public download yet.
A focused calculator for gables and pikes.
A separate, free app is planned for practical pike calculations, including base-and-height and pitch-based methods.
Planned as our first Google Play release. Download details will follow when ready.
Make sense of the rate and the return.
A planned tool for quantities, rates, gang splits, extras and deductions to help estimate what a job could earn.
In the development plan. Features and release details are still to be confirmed.
A bigger workspace for desktop takeoffs.
Our Windows application is being developed for plan measurement, masonry quantities, materials and labour estimates, and reporting.
The desktop MVP is in development. No public download yet.
See the workflow in the app — from tracing the plan to live quantities and a finished report.
Load a building plan, calibrate it using a known dimension and trace the walls directly on screen. TallyTrowel turns those measurements into a live masonry takeoff.
Real screens from the TallyTrowel app — not stock images or mock-ups.
Your completed takeoff can be turned into a clear PDF report with project details, wall breakdowns, deductions, quantities, values and project totals.
Focused tools for the measurements and calculations that matter.
Load plans, calibrate the scale and trace walls directly on screen.
Calculate masonry quantities for brickwork and blockwork from your measured walls.
Calculate separate brick and block leaves, including party-wall connections.
Add windows, doors and other openings and deduct their areas automatically.
Calculate gable and pike areas using pitch and base measurements.
Review walls, deductions, areas, quantities and estimates in one place.
Turn your completed takeoff into a professional report you can save and share.
Keep multiple projects and plots organised on your device.
Designed to keep the workflow quick and easy to follow.
Bring your building plan into TallyTrowel.
Use a known dimension so your measurements are tied to the real building.
Trace walls, add openings and calculate your masonry quantities.
Review the Takeoff Ledger and produce your professional PDF report.
I built TallyTrowel because I wanted a quicker and easier way to work out masonry quantities from building plans.
Measuring walls, counting bricks and blocks, allowing for openings and then checking everything again takes time — and sometimes you're left wondering whether you've actually counted everything correctly.
I wanted something that could make that process quicker, clearer and easier to check without making it complicated. So I started building TallyTrowel.
Built by a bricklayer, for the people who actually do the work.
Work out masonry quantities quickly from building plans.
Prepare clearer takeoffs and estimates for your projects.
Review measurements, deductions and calculations in one place.
Keep plots and project takeoffs organised on your device.
The Android takeoff app is designed around local project storage on your device. The Wages Portal & Files is a separate online service with account-based access. Storage and backup arrangements depend on the product you use.
The core tools in the Android app under development. Public release and download details will be announced when ready.
TallyTrowel V1 is focused on the core masonry takeoff workflow. Future versions can build on that foundation.
TallyTrowel is a growing range of practical software for bricklayers and contractors. The main Android app focuses on masonry takeoff, with separate tools for payments, site records, booking-in and future calculators and desktop takeoffs.
No. The Wages Portal & Files is live for existing authorised users. Site Diary and BrickBook Pro are entering live trials. The Android takeoff app, calculators and Windows software have the availability shown in Our Apps. We will add public download links when each product is ready.
No shared login across the range is currently promised. The portal uses its own authorised accounts. The Android takeoff app is designed for local project use without a TallyTrowel account.
It is designed primarily for bricklayers, contractors, estimators, quantity surveyors and housebuilders who need to work out masonry quantities from plans.
Yes. V1 supports Traditional Cavity construction, including separate brick and block leaves and party-wall connections.
Yes. Add windows, doors and other openings and TallyTrowel deducts their measured areas from the relevant wall calculations.
Yes. TallyTrowel includes a pike calculator for gable areas using pitch and base measurements.
The Android takeoff app uses local-first project storage with manual backup and restore. The Wages Portal & Files uses online account-based storage. Check the guidance and privacy information for the specific product you use.
Yes. Completed takeoffs can be turned into professional PDF reports that can be saved or shared.
TallyTrowel is being developed for Android. Availability and download details will be provided when the release is ready.
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