Hobby woodworkers
Get the fractions right, plan the piece and take an exact cut list to the saw.
BenchHandYour workshop companion.
From the first measurement to the final invoice.
BenchHand is an Android app for planning woodworking projects: exact fraction math, cut lists and dimensioned drawings, all on your phone and offline. Preview builds add more project designers, printable Picture Frame plans, and quotes and invoices for the work you sell.
Android beta in preparation
Preview build
One app for the whole job
Every stage of a project, without switching tools.
A single project can mean a calculator, a notebook, a spreadsheet and an invoicing app. BenchHand keeps the numbers in one place, from the tape measure to the customer. Steps marked Preview are in preview builds.
On your phone, not in the cloud
Your shop’s numbers stay with you.
Works offline
Every calculation and design runs on your phone. No connection is needed.
No account
There is no sign-in, cloud sync or remote database.
No ads or tracking
No analytics, crash-reporting service, advertising or tracking.
Your data stays put
Projects and records stay on the phone unless you export or share a file yourself.
Who it is for
Built for people who make things out of wood.
Makers selling their work
Price a planned piece and, in preview builds, turn it into a quote and then an invoice.
Small woodworking businesses
Keep projects, customers and payments for a small shop together on one phone.
Inside the app
Tools for the bench. Tools for the business.
At the bench
Quick Tools
Shop math, done exactly. Work in the fractions on your tape measure; results update as you type and the calculations run on your phone, offline.
- Fractions
- Converter
- Board feet
- Shelf spacing
Before the first cut
Project Planning
Set your dimensions and BenchHand works out the parts: an exact cut list, a dimensioned drawing, materials and an estimate, with every revision kept on your phone.
- Bookcase
- Cutting BoardPreview
- Keepsake BoxPreview
- Picture FramePreview
Preview
When the work is sold
Business
For woodworkers who sell what they build: customers, quotes, invoices and payments in one place, with documents generated as PDFs on your phone.
- Customers and business profilePreview
- QuotesPreview
- Invoices and paymentsPreview
- PDF documentsPreview
- DashboardPreview
Preview
Printable plans · Preview
Take the Picture Frame plan to the shop floor.
In preview builds, a Picture Frame project prints or saves as two PDFs: a dimensioned shop drawing marked “not actual size”, and a separate actual-size cutting template with a calibration square and rulers.
Other projects show their dimensioned drawings on screen. They do not print plans or templates.
Preview
Free on the web
Calculators, project guides and a plan library.
- Workshop calculatorsFractions, conversions, board feet and shelf spacing, worked out exactly in your browser. No app needed.
- ProjectsWhat you can plan to your own size in the app: bookcase, cutting board, keepsake box and picture frame.
- Printable plansShop drawings and actual-size templates, added once each is approved for download.
Android beta
The Android beta is being prepared.
There is no public sign-up yet. When invitations open, how to take part will be posted on the beta page first.