Offline auto repair software, explained honestly.
With zero bars you can pick the customer and vehicle, build the job, add parts and labor, hand over a PDF estimate and create the invoice. Sending it waits until you’re back in range. That’s exactly what works, and what doesn’t.
Start Free — no cardFree plan: 5 invoices a month, no time limit. Paid plans include a 14-day trial.
See exactly what works with no signal ↓Shop software that works offline shouldn’t be a trick question.
You pull into a driveway twenty minutes past the last cell tower. The customer’s standing there. You open the app you pay for every month and it spins. Can’t open the job. Can’t write anything up. Can’t give them a number.
So the number comes out of your head, the parts go on a receipt, and the write-up waits for tonight. Tonight, you remember most of it.
“Works offline” can mean a lot of things. Here’s exactly what it means here.
GARAGE draws the line for you, in writing, before you sign up.
Offline auto repair software: exactly what works with no signal, and what doesn’t
This table is the page. Everything else is commentary.
| Works with zero bars | Needs a signal |
|---|---|
| ✅ Pick a customer and vehicle already in your list | 📶 Opening customer and vehicle pages and service history |
| ✅ Add a new customer | 📶 Emailing the estimate or the invoice |
| ✅ Create a new job or edit an open one | 📶 Decoding a VIN |
| ✅ Add labor lines and parts lines | |
| ✅ Generate the PDF estimate and show it on the spot | |
| ✅ Create the invoice |
What “works” means here: the screen opens, you do the thing, it saves on the phone. Not “it looks like it worked and errors later.”
What “needs a signal” means here: the button waits for a connection. Customer and vehicle pages and the service history load from the server, so open them where you have a signal. VIN decoding asks an outside database. Email needs the internet, same as it does for everyone.
On a new phone, open the app once with signal first. After that it’s ready for zero bars.
We’d rather you read this table and decide than read “works anywhere” and find out in a driveway.Start Free — no card
One job in a dead zone, step by step
Tuesday, 2:40 pm. A Silverado in a gravel driveway, a mile past where the bars quit. Here’s what GARAGE does at each step, and what you’ll see on screen.
1. You pull up. Phone says No Service.
Open GARAGE from your home screen. It opens. The chip at the top says Offline. Everything you do from here is saved on the phone.
2. Start the job and pick the customer.
Tap New Job and pick the customer and the Silverado from your list. No signal needed: they were already on your phone. (Their full service history opens once you’re back in range.)
3. Build the job.
Labor line: Replace rear pads and rotors, your hours, your rate. Parts lines: pads, rotors, hardware kit. Every line saves as you add it.
4. Hand over the estimate.
Tap Estimate. The PDF generates on the phone. Turn the screen around. They see every line and the total, not a number scrawled on a receipt. They say yes.
5. Do the job.
Two hours. Add a line for the caliper bolt that stripped. Still no bars. Still saving.
6. Turn it into an invoice, right there.
The job’s done, so create the invoice from it. Still no bars. Nothing gets written twice.
7. Pull out of the driveway. Bars come back.
The chip flips to Syncing…, then Synced. Every change you made in the dead zone is now on the server. Tap Send Invoice at the first bar. Done before you hit the paved road.
What you did not do: wait for a signal to write anything up, write anything twice, or save the paperwork for later.
Start Free — no cardWhat happens to your work while you’re out of range
It saves on the phone first. Every job, line item, new customer, invoice and edit you make with no signal is written to the phone right away. The app doesn’t hold your work hostage until it can reach a server.
It syncs on its own. When the app sees a connection, the queued changes go up. You don’t tap anything. The chip goes Offline → Syncing… → Synced, and anything still waiting shows a Not synced badge.
You can see the state at a glance. No guessing whether the server has what the phone has. If the chip says Synced, it does.
It’s an app, with no app store. GARAGE installs to your home screen from the browser on iPhone or Android. That’s what lets it open with no connection.
Mobile mechanic app, offline where it counts, and the rest of the shop too
Offline is the reason you found this page. It’s not all that’s in the box.
Clean PDF estimates and invoices
Your customer gets every line and the total, on any plan.
Your logo on every invoice, with Solo
With Solo, branded estimates and invoices that look like a real business, because you are one.
Know if you’re actually making money, with Solo
A profit-and-loss view with Solo: what came in, what went out, what each job paid.
Unlimited invoices with Solo
Free covers 5 a month. Solo removes the cap.
Want more? Solo Pro ($89/mo) adds a public booking page customers can book from, photo inspections customers can see (DVI) and a mileage log for tax time.
Looking for the full picture? Start with the main mobile mechanic software page.
Start free. Upgrade when it’s paying for itself.
| Plan | Free | Solo | Solo Pro |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $0 | $49/mo · $41/mo billed yearly | $89/mo · $74/mo billed yearly |
| Invoices | 5 a month | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Card needed | No | At upgrade, with 14 days before the first charge | At upgrade, with 14 days before the first charge |
| Offline mode | ✅ Same on every plan | ✅ | ✅ |
| Highlights | Jobs, estimates, invoices, offline mode | + unlimited invoices, your logo, P&L | + booking page, photo inspections, mileage log |
| Start | Start Free — no card | Start Free, upgrade in-app | Start Free, upgrade in-app |
Month-to-month. Paid plans include a 14-day trial. Offline works the same on Free as on Solo Pro: we don’t sell the signal back to you.
Founding Shops: the first 25 get treated like partners
We’re new, so instead of asking you to trust us, we’re making it worth being early:
- 🔒 Your price, locked for life. Join as one of the first 25 paying shops and your monthly price never goes up while you stay subscribed.
- 💵 Changed your mind? Your first charge back. Email us within 7 days of your first monthly charge (14 days on a yearly plan) and we refund it in full.
- 📥 Founding Shops: we move your customers in. Send us your customer list as a spreadsheet, or even a photo of it. We import it within 48 hours.
Questions & Answers
Everything you need to know about GARAGE
01 Does it really work with no internet?
02 Can I create the invoice with no signal?
03 What happens to my work if I lose signal mid-job?
04 Do I need to do anything before I head into a dead zone?
05 Do I have to press anything to sync?
06 What if I close the app before it syncs?
07 Does it work in airplane mode?
08 Do I need to download an app from a store?
09 Is offline mode on the free plan?
10 Who built it?
Now you know exactly where the line is. Try it on your next dead-zone job.
Free plan. No card. Five invoices a month to prove it on real jobs.
Start Free — no cardPaid plans include a 14-day trial · Month-to-month · Built in Middle Georgia