Is there a CompanyCam alternative for a one-person contractor?
Short answer: yes, if you separate what CompanyCam does for a company from what you do alone. CompanyCam is sold per seat. Its pricing page (checked November 9, 2026) shows Core at 63 a month in USD billed annually with 1 user included and a 2-user limit, Crew at 129, Scale at 199, and $29 for each extra user. There is a free trial, no free plan. Most of what you pay for is shared projects, cloud storage, live client links and integrations with office software.
A one-person shop usually needs four things: a date and address printed on the photo, before/after pairs, a PDF the client or the office can open without an account, and no monthly bill. Several single-purpose camera apps cover part of that list for free or for a one-time payment. Which part, and at what price, is below, taken from each vendor's own pages.
What does CompanyCam actually give you?
CompanyCam's feature pages describe a photo workflow for a company with several people. Every photo is time-stamped, saved by location, and visible to everyone on the account. Storage is "unlimited cloud storage". Projects carry labels, a feed of recent updates, checklists and shared documents. Photos go to clients through gallery and timeline links, and there is a guest-access feature for subcontractors, homeowners and clients. The Core plan adds on-site payments for US companies, a price book and invoicing. Crew adds live job maps, task assignment, checklists for several crews and automatic job reports; Scale adds unlimited templates and signed agreements. CompanyCam also lists 50+ direct integrations, including Jobber, JobNimbus and QuickBooks Online.
Before/after pairs exist: the help article says you select two photos, pick a template, and the app displays an overlay in the camera so you line up the After shot. The pair is shared "using a gallery or timeline link".
Of that list, a solo contractor with a phone and a client uses the stamp, the before/after pair and some way to hand over a set of photos. Shared projects, seat management, task assignment and a live map of other people's jobs are company features. You are the company. If your office software is Jobber or QuickBooks and you want photos to appear inside it automatically, that integration is the one real CompanyCam feature the camera apps below do not replace.
What does a one-person contractor need on a photo?
Keep the list short, because every extra feature is something you pay for and never open.
- A visible stamp with the date, time and street address, so the client does not need to open file properties. Coordinates help when the address is a lot without a number.
- Before/after pairs, either side by side on one image or on one page of a report.
- A PDF with a cover (job, address, your company name) and one photo per entry with its date and location, sent as an email attachment. The client opens it in any phone or laptop. No link that expires, no login.
- No per-month cost. One-time purchase or free with a logo watermark is fine; a per-seat subscription is built for payroll, not for one person.
- Honesty on the stamp. Pixels and EXIF can be edited. A stamp cannot prove anything. What it can do is show the date without digging, and tell the reader where the value came from (GPS, phone clock, typed). The guide on what contractors need from a jobsite photo app goes through that list in more detail.
What does each app state?
Only what the vendor's pricing page, help pages or App Store listing says. "Not stated" means the pages checked do not mention it, not that the feature is missing.
| What a one-person contractor needs | CompanyCam | Timemark | JotCam | Solocator | Timestamp Camera Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date and time on the photo | Yes (time-stamped on capture) | Yes (timestamp) | Yes | Yes (local date & time, UTC) | Yes |
| Street address on the photo | Saved by location; address on photo not stated | Yes (address, GPS, map, compass) | Not stated; coordinates in decimal degrees or UTM | Industry Pack only ($5.99 one-off) | Yes ("auto add address and GPS") |
| Before/after pair | Yes, shared by gallery or timeline link | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated |
| PDF report | Yes; automatic job reports on Crew/Scale | Help pages conflict: the solo-user guide says "The Free plan does not generate reports"; the plans table lists PDF/Excel/ZIP/KMZ export on Free as "Yes (limited)". Full reports need Plus | Pro only; Field Report and Photo Log layouts, Letter or A4 | Not stated (KML, KMZ, CSV, ZIP export instead) | Not stated |
| Client needs no account | Not stated on pages checked | Not stated | Yes: "No JotCam account" | Yes: "no backend or login" | Not stated |
| Price model | Per seat, per month: Core 63, Crew 129, Scale 199 (USD, billed annually), +$29 per extra user | Free with Timemark logo; Plus subscription on iOS, one-time 1-year option on Android; price set by region | Free with small watermark; Pro $6.99 one-time (CAD shown for reference) | $0.99 app + $5.99 Industry Pack, one-off | Free with ads; "Upgrade to pro version" USD 4.99 (iOS listing) |
Two things stand out. JotCam is the only one of the four camera apps that states a PDF report for a one-time payment. Timemark states reports too, mainly through Plus (its plans table lists a "limited" export on Free, while its solo-user guide says Free "does not generate reports"); Plus on iOS "is always an auto-renewing subscription", and the one-time 12-month option is Android only. Solocator and Timestamp Camera Basic are stamp cameras: they put values on the image and leave the report to you. An app like Asof sits in the same single-payment group with stamp, before/after pairs in a PDF and no account; the full side-by-side with free tiers and one-time prices is on the compare page.
How to choose in five steps
- Write down who opens your photos. If the answer is "the homeowner and my own email", you do not need shared projects or seats. If it is "the office enters them into Jobber", check the integration list first; that is the one feature a camera app will not cover.
- Decide whether you need a PDF or just stamped JPEGs. Insurance adjusters and property managers usually want a document. A homeowner is often fine with four photos in a text message. Stamped JPEGs are free in Timemark, JotCam and Timestamp Camera Basic; the PDF is where the money is.
- Check the watermark. Timemark's help pages say the Timemark logo stays on every photo on Free and turning it off "takes you to the Plus upgrade screen". JotCam Free puts a "Small JotCam watermark on new photos". Decide if your client seeing another company's logo matters to you.
- Read the price model, not the price. "Subscription" on an iOS listing means a charge every period until you cancel. "One-time" or "one-off" means you pay once per platform; JotCam and Solocator both say the purchase does not transfer between iOS and Android.
- Take one job's worth of photos in the free tier and send yourself the result. Open it on a laptop as the client would. If the date, address and your company name are readable without tapping anything, the app does the job. JotCam offers a 15-day Pro trial with no payment details; CompanyCam offers a free trial of unstated length.
Questions people ask
Does CompanyCam have a free plan for one person?
No. The pricing page checked on November 9, 2026 lists four paid plans and a free trial ("Start your free trial. Cancel anytime.") with no length stated. The lowest plan, Core, is described as for solo and small operations, shows 63 a month in USD billed annually, includes 1 user and has a 2-user limit.
Which of these apps can make a PDF report without a subscription?
JotCam: PDF, CSV and KMZ exports plus Field Report and Photo Log layouts are in Pro, a one-time purchase of $6.99 (Canadian dollars shown for reference; the store sets the final price). Timemark's help pages say full reports need Plus (its plans table also lists a "limited" PDF/Excel/ZIP/KMZ export on Free); Plus is a subscription on iOS and a subscription or one-time 12-month purchase on Android. Solocator and Timestamp Camera Basic do not mention a PDF report on the pages checked.
Does my client need an account to see the photos?
If you send a PDF or stamped JPEGs, no. CompanyCam shares through gallery or timeline links and guest access; the pages checked do not say whether the viewer must sign in. JotCam lists "No JotCam account" on its features page, and Solocator's FAQ says "There is no backend or login for Solocator".
Does a visible date stamp prove when the photo was taken?
No. Any pixel and any EXIF field can be edited after the fact, in every app on this page. The honest claim is smaller: the date and address are on the image where a reader sees them, and the stamp says where each value came from. That saves an argument about file properties; it does not settle one.