For mobile mechanics
Mobile mechanic software — run the van from your phone
Look up any car by reg, write the job, send the invoice and take card payment at the customer's door. Built for UK mobile mechanics who don't carry a laptop.
The van is the workshop. The phone is the office.
Most garage software assumes a front desk and a PC. A mobile mechanic has neither — quotes get texted from the kerb, invoices wait until the evening, and the paperwork rides around on the passenger seat until it goes missing.
Garage Desk puts the whole business in the phone you already carry: type a reg on the driveway and the car fills itself in, photos and work notes go on the job as you go, and the invoice — with a card-payment link — is in the customer’s inbox before you’ve packed the tools away.
Built for working on the move
Everything runs from the phone — one flat price, nothing extra to buy, nothing to install.
Invoice at the customer's door
Raise the branded invoice from the job and take a card payment before you drive off — no chasing bank transfers from the next drive.
Learn moreAny car by reg, on the driveway
Type the number plate and the DVSA fills in make, model and MOT due date — no squinting at the V5 on a rainy drive.
Learn moreBookings while your hands are in an engine
Your own online booking page takes requests around the clock — accept or decline them from the van between jobs.
Learn moreEstimates sent from the van
Quote the work on the spot, send a branded PDF estimate by email or WhatsApp, and convert it to a job when they say yes.
Learn moreEvery customer in your pocket
Full history per customer and per vehicle — what you did last visit, what you quoted, who still owes you.
Learn moreMOT reminders that fill the diary
Automatic MOT and service reminders go out on their own, bringing last year's customers back without a single phone call.
Learn moreWhat’s the best app for a mobile mechanic?
The honest test is whether you can do a whole job — look the car up, write the work down, invoice it, get paid — without opening a laptop or writing anything twice. Generic invoicing apps fail on the first step, because they don’t know what a registration plate is; desktop garage systems fail on all of them the moment you leave the office. We’ve written a guide to choosing software as a mobile mechanic if you want the full checklist.
Pricing your time matters just as much as tracking it. Most UK mobile mechanics charge £40–£70 per labour hour — if you’re not sure yours covers the van, tools, insurance and dead miles between jobs, run it through our free labour rate calculator or see the UK labour rate guide.
Mobile-mechanic questions
Yes — it's phone-first by design, so the phone in your pocket is the whole system: jobs, estimates, invoices, bookings and reminders. No laptop, no office, and nothing to go back and type up in the evening.