Skimmer

Pool service routes, chemistry, and service reports

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Price band $ — under ~$100/mo
Rough cost $1–$2 per serviced location per month, with a $49–$98/mo minimum
Company size Solo to ~50 technicians
Category Job management

What Skimmer is

Skimmer is built entirely around the pool route: a mobile app that records water chemistry and chemicals dosed, logs before-and-after photos, and sends the customer a service report after every visit. Billing and route management sit behind it, charged per serviced location rather than per user. The service report is the product that wins customer trust and reduces disputes.

Best for

Pool service companies of any size running recurring maintenance routes

Watch out

Deliberately narrow — it does not try to be a general service platform, so repair-heavy or construction work needs something else alongside.

What it does well

  • Chemistry and dosage logging designed for techs
  • Automated post-service reports with photos
  • Clean route management and tech mobile app
  • Fast onboarding

Integrates with

QuickBooks Online · Stripe

Integration lists change often and "integrates" can mean anything from a real two-way sync to a one-way push through Zapier. Ask the vendor which fields move, in which direction, and how often.

Before you commit

  • Run one real job end to end during the trial — quote, schedule, invoice, payment. Demos hide friction; a real job does not.
  • Check the mobile app on your own phone, outdoors, on cell data. That is where your crew will actually use it.
  • Confirm the accounting sync is two-way and that it maps to the way your bookkeeper already works.
  • Ask what happens to your data if you leave. Export formats matter more than you think on day 400.
  • Price it at the headcount you expect in 18 months, not today — per-user pricing is where budgets break.

How to judge it in a trial

Run one real job through it end to end — not the demo data. Quote it, schedule it, do it, invoice it, take the payment. Then ask the only question that matters on day 400: did the people who have to use this every day find it faster than what they do now? Friction you notice in week one compounds forever, and tool-hopping costs more than any feature gap.

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