What it is
Gopher is billing and scheduling software for lawn care businesses, running on Windows with web access. It handles recurring maintenance and one-time jobs, tracks completed work, and supports rescheduling. Customer properties can be grouped into routes, ordered within those routes, and assigned to crews. Completed scheduled jobs can flow into billing as invoices, while approved estimates can be converted automatically into invoices. For planning, Gopher estimates materials needed, shows current stock, and identifies items to order and their vendors. Basic can import customer lists from QuickBooks; Plus and Pro can export invoice, payment, and customer data under the stated QuickBooks desktop requirements. Plus and Pro support Stripe card processing. Pro adds chemical application scheduling, employee scheduling and timesheets, and equipment tracking. Gopher offers a free trial, email support, and a manual. GopherConnect is a free beta sync service with stated history limits.
Who it suits. It suits lawn care businesses scheduling recurring and one-time work, organizing crews, billing customers, and tracking materials. Windows users needing route, estimate, and invoice tools may find the feature set relevant.
Good
- Handles recurring and one-time jobs
- Organizes properties into crew routes
- Converts approved estimates into invoices
- Tracks materials, stock, and vendors
- Offers a free trial
Watch for
- No free plan
- Runs on Windows; web access is listed
- GopherConnect is a limited beta
- Listed prices are effective July 1, 2016
Verdict
Gopher combines route-based scheduling, job billing, estimates, and material planning for lawn care operations. Choose the edition according to QuickBooks, Stripe, chemical, employee, and equipment needs, while noting the dated listed prices and GopherConnect limits.
Plans and prices
| Plan | Price | Billed |
|---|---|---|
| Gopher 4 Basic — upgrade from Gopher 2006 | $69 once | One-time charge; prices effective July 1, 2016. |
| Gopher 4 Basic — new license | $99 once | One-time charge for a perpetual license; prices effective July 1, 2016. |
| Gopher 4 Plus — upgrade from Gopher 2006 | $149 once | One-time charge; prices effective July 1, 2016. |
| Gopher 4 Plus — new license | $199 once | One-time charge for a perpetual license; prices effective July 1, 2016. |
| Gopher 4 Pro — upgrade from Gopher 2006 | $199 once | One-time charge; prices effective July 1, 2016. |
| Gopher 4 Pro — new license | $249 once | One-time charge for a perpetual license; prices effective July 1, 2016. |
From Gopher's own pricing page, checked 8 Oct 2026. Every plan
What the maker publishes
- Billing
- Completed scheduled jobs feed into billing, where Gopher can create invoices based on completed work. source
- Current site notice
- The maker homepage displays “Site update in progress” and directs existing users to email support. source
- Estimates
- Approved estimates can be converted automatically into invoices. source
- GopherConnect
- The maker describes GopherConnect as a free beta service that syncs schedule, invoices, payments, and customers from the Windows application; most features are read-only. source
- GopherConnect limits
- The beta page says jobs beyond 90 days are not synced and invoice and payment histories extend back six months. source
- Materials
- Gopher can estimate materials needed for jobs, show current stock, and identify items to order and their vendors. source
- Product
- Gopher is billing and scheduling software for lawn care businesses that runs on Windows. source
- Pro features
- Pro adds chemical application scheduling and tracking, employee scheduling and timesheets, and equipment usage and maintenance tracking. source
- QuickBooks
- Basic can import a customer list from QuickBooks; Plus and Pro can export invoice, payment, and customer data, with the export requiring U.S. desktop QuickBooks Pro or higher, version 2012 or newer. source
- Routes and crews
- Users can organize customer properties into routes, order properties within routes, and assign crews to routes. source
- Scheduling
- The software supports recurring maintenance and one-time jobs, job completion tracking, and rescheduling. source
- Stripe
- Plus and Pro support credit card processing via Stripe, and the feature page says there are no monthly or signup fees. source
- Support
- The maker says pre-sales and technical support are provided by email and links to a user manual. source
- Trial installer
- The maker says Gopher uses the same installer for trial and licensed versions and offers a download link by email request. source