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Tint shop software, compared honestly.

Most shops choose between a tint proposal app, general repair software, or a stack of separate tools. Here is where each one fits — and where Tint Monkey is different.

Tint proposal apps

Good at

  • Good / better / best proposals
  • Film catalogs and roll tracking
  • Low monthly price

Where it breaks for a film shop

  • The phone, texting and website leads usually live somewhere else
  • A separate template per body style instead of one package with a price per car
  • Dealer and fleet billing, commission and the books are left to spreadsheets

General repair shop software

Good at

  • Work orders, parts and labor
  • Payments and customer history
  • Big-shop reporting

Where it breaks for a film shop

  • Built around labor hours and parts, not film, shade and coverage
  • No idea what a roll is, or how much of it a full front uses
  • Good / better / best by body style has to be faked with line items

A stack of separate apps

Good at

  • Each tool is best-in-class at one job
  • Easy to start with one piece

Where it breaks for a film shop

  • The same customer typed into five places
  • A lead from the phone never reaches the proposal, the proposal never reaches the calendar
  • Five bills, five logins, and nobody sees the whole job
Only in Tint Monkey

What Tint Monkey does that the others don’t combine.

One package, a price per body style

Build “Full front” once; sedan, SUV, truck and Tesla each carry their own price. No template per car.

Film taken off by the job

When a job is invoiced, its footage comes off the roll it used, window by window.

An AI Copilot that does the work

Proposals, bookings, film usage and your numbers, in plain English — approved by you before anything changes.

Phone Concierge on your number

Answers, books, captures the lead and logs every call with a summary, transcript and recording.

Dealer and fleet accounts

Terms, statements, aging and a portal — for the dealer work that keeps your bays full midweek.

Commission by role

Installers, service writers, named people or a pool, paid from the invoice.

Automations that follow up

Playbooks for proposal win-back, reminders, aftercare, reviews and commission, with quiet hours.

Replace the stack

One login. One bill. One customer record.

Most tint and PPF shops run on a pile of apps that do not talk to each other — and re-type the same customer into every one. Tint Monkey does each job, on one customer record and one car.

The jobWhat shops usually pay forIn Tint Monkey
Proposals with good / better / bestA tint proposal appPackages priced per body style, sent as a link to sign
Answer the phoneAn answering servicePhone Concierge on your number — books, captures the lead, logs every call
Take bookings from your websiteA form builder or booking widgetBooking forms that land as leads on your board
Text customersA separate texting appTwo-way texting from the shop’s own number
Schedule installersA shared calendarBay time from the package, crew capacity, overbooking warnings
Track filmA spreadsheet and a scaleRolls by length, area or weight, taken off by the invoice
Bill dealers and fleetsInvoices and a spreadsheet of balancesAccounts on terms, statements, aging and a portal
Follow up, remind, ask for reviewsSomebody rememberingAutomations with ready-made playbooks and quiet hours
Know your numbersA spreadsheet and a guessAsk the AI Copilot — answered from your own invoices
Pay commissionA spreadsheet on FridayCommission by role, posted from the invoice
$299 a month for all of it, five users included.
Switching

Bring your menu. Keep your tools until you’re ready.

Upload your printed price menu and your catalog is drafted for you. Customers come in from a spreadsheet. Move one job over at a time.

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FAQ

Questions about switching.

Is Tint Monkey more expensive than a tint proposal app?

Tint Monkey is $299 a month with five users included. A proposal app alone usually costs less, but it covers one job; Tint Monkey also replaces the answering service, booking form, texting app, scheduling and commission spreadsheet most shops pay for separately.

How hard is it to switch?

Upload your printed price menu and Tint Monkey drafts your services, tiers, variants and packages for you to review. Customers can be bulk-uploaded from a spreadsheet, and the free trial needs no credit card.

Why not use general repair shop software?

General repair software is built around labor hours and parts. Tint, PPF, wrap and coating shops sell packages in tiers, priced by body style, installed by the window or panel, from rolls of film — which is what Tint Monkey is built around.

Can I keep using my other tools while I try it?

Yes. Start with proposals and scheduling, and move leads, texting and fleet billing over when you are ready. Nothing needs to be switched off on day one.

One app for the whole job.

Fourteen days free. Load your menu, send a real proposal, and compare.

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