HeyVox

Job scheduling and route planning for tradies

HeyVox answers the calls you miss and books the job into the times you're actually free. Then Plan the day puts the day's jobs in the order with the least driving, keeps the jobs you've locked, and texts the customers whose times change, only if you say so.

Coming to Google Play for Android. iPhone is coming later.

What is Plan the day?

Plan the day is the day planner in the HeyVox web app. Pick a day and when you're leaving, and it orders that day's jobs for the least driving, using Google's real driving routes and times. It shows the drive before every job, the total for the day and when you'll be home. Locked jobs keep their times, you can drag the rest, and nothing moves until you confirm.

Plan the day in the HeyVox web app for a sample day of six jobs: 2 hours 12 minutes of driving, home about 5:40 pm, and a button to confirm 5 new times. The run leaves Palmyra at 7:30 am and shows the drive before each job: 4 minutes to Lena Kovac in Bicton at 7:45 am (was 2:30 pm), 10 minutes to Priya Raman in Cottesloe at 9 am, 24 minutes to Sophie Laurent in Scarborough at 10:45 am, 34 minutes to Hamish Reid in Victoria Park, locked at 1 pm, 11 minutes to Daniel Okafor in Mount Lawley at 2:30 pm, 29 minutes to Jack Murray in Willetton at 4:30 pm, and 20 minutes home. Each job has its time on site, arrows to move it and a lock. A sketch map numbers the stops in order.

Swipe sideways to see the whole screen.

A real screen from the web app, with sample jobs booked in the order callers asked for. Drive times are estimates: planned, the driving went from about 3h 51m to 2h 12m.
  • Drive times between every job

    The drive before each job, the total for the day and when you'll be home, from Google's real driving routes.

  • Locked jobs stay put

    Lock the job that can only happen at one time and the day is ordered around it. If you'd arrive late, it's flagged.

  • Customers get a heads-up, your call

    You see who moves and whether they'll be texted before anything changes. Texts need an SMS pack.

How it works

From the call to the drive home, in four steps.

Set when and where you work

Add your bookable times as arrival windows or set slots, tie them to the suburbs you cover on each day, and set where your day starts. Add rules like minimum notice, travel time between jobs and a daily cap if you want them.

Your receptionist books the job

When you can't pick up, HeyVox answers, gets the job and the address, and offers times you're free, preferring days you're already nearby. The booking lands in your Schedule.

Plan the day

Open Plan the day, pick the day and when you're leaving, and press Plan my day. Lock any job that can't move, drag the rest, add a break.

Confirm, then drive

Confirm the new times and the customers who move are texted, if you've chosen that. On the road, My Day on your phone lists the run with one tap to navigate.

Nothing moves until you say so

Before a single booking changes, you see exactly who moves, from what time to what time, and whether they'll get a text.

  • Only the jobs that change. Locked jobs, and jobs already at the right time, are left alone.
  • Texts you can rely on. With your "Time changed" text on and an SMS pack, each customer who moves is texted the new time. If no texts can go out, it tells you first.
  • A straight report. Afterwards it says how many bookings moved and how many customers were texted.
The confirm screen, titled Move 5 bookings. It lists each customer with the old time struck out and the new time beside it, says each of them gets a text with the new time, notes that 1 locked job stays where it is, and has Cancel and Move 5 buttons.

Your week at a glance

The Schedule shows every booking by day, week or list, coloured by job type, in your business's own time zone.

  • Open times you can see. Dashed blocks are times you can still be booked. Click one, or any empty spot, to book a job.
  • Reschedule in a couple of clicks. Change the time, the length or the type of job, and the customer can be texted the change.
  • Locks carry through. A job locked for Plan the day shows a padlock, so everyone knows it's fixed.
The Schedule week view in the HeyVox web app, Monday to Sunday from 7 am to 5 pm, with each booking as a coloured block by job type. A locked quote shows a padlock, and Saturday morning's open arrival window is a dashed block you can click to book.

Swipe sideways to see the whole week.

The run in your pocket

My Day in the HeyVox app is the day you read in the ute before you set off.

  • Work out the shortest run. The day's jobs in order, with the drive to each one and when you'll be home.
  • One tap to go. Navigate opens the job in Google Maps, Waze or whatever maps app you use. Call the customer from the same card.
  • Notes and ticks as you go. A note saves to the customer's history, so the gate code is there next time. Tick each job off when it's done.

Questions about scheduling

How does HeyVox work out the order of my jobs?

Plan the day asks Google for driving directions from where your day starts, through each job, and back. Drive times come from Google's real driving routes on real roads, not straight lines, and it puts up to 24 jobs a day in the order with the least driving. Every job needs a confirmed address, and you set where your day starts once, under Bookable times.

Will it move my bookings without asking?

No. Plan the day shows you the new order and the new times first. Nothing changes until you press Confirm, and the confirm screen lists who moves, from what time to what time.

Are my customers told about the new time?

Only if you want them to be. When you confirm, each customer who moves gets a text with the new time if your "Time changed" text is switched on and you have an SMS pack. The confirm screen tells you before you press it, and if no texts can go out it says so, so you can let them know yourself.

Can I keep a job at a fixed time?

Yes. Lock the job and it keeps its time while the rest of the day is ordered around it. If the run would get you there late, the job is flagged so you can change the order or the time.

Can I change the order myself?

Yes. Drag a job, or use its arrows, and the drive times and finish time update for the order you've chosen. You can also change how long a job takes on site, add a break, and round start times up to the next 5, 10, 15 or 30 minutes.

What if a job's address isn't confirmed?

It's left out of the route and listed under the plan, so you know it's there. Open it, confirm the address, and it joins the run. Addresses picked from the suggestions when a booking is made are confirmed straight away.

Does it work on my phone?

Yes. My Day in the HeyVox app shows the day's jobs, and Work out the shortest run puts them in order with the drive to each one. Tap Navigate to open the job in Google Maps, Waze or another maps app, then call the customer, add a note or tick it off. Moving bookings and texting customers is done in the web app, where you can see the whole day.

Which plan do I need?

Bookings, the Schedule and Plan the day come with the Receptionist plans, from $24.99 a month for founding members (normally $39.99). The web app runs in any browser on your computer. Prices are in AUD.

Does it connect to my job management software?

Not directly yet. HeyVox keeps its own booking diary. Calls can be sent on to other apps through Zapier or Make, and direct connections to job software are coming.

Does it know about traffic?

It uses Google's real driving routes and times, on real roads rather than straight lines, so rivers and bridges are accounted for. Traffic isn't factored in yet, so leave a buffer if you're driving in peak hour.

Does it work outside Perth?

Yes. It works for any Australian address, and every time is shown in your business's own time zone, daylight saving included.

Bookings and Plan the day come with the Receptionist plans. See bookings by area, HeyVox for tradies, or how HeyVox compares.

Hear it answer before you decide.

Ring the demo line and hear it answer, the same way it will for your business, or open the web app with a year of sample calls. When you're ready, set it up on your own number.

Coming to Google Play for Android. iPhone is coming later. Get an email when it's out.

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We're letting businesses on in small batches so each one gets set up properly. Tell us a bit about yours and Gabe will be in touch, usually the same day.

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