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Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Dowork

A collaborative software cost and time estimation app

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Dowork launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Estimate a project's timeline scope, costs, and beyond

    2021 · dowork.ai · its alternatives →

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    Generate software cost, time, features, user story & sitemap

    2024 · its alternatives →

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    Project cost estimate software for agencies & dev shops

    2022 · simplestimate.com · its alternatives →

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    How much does it really cost to make an app?

    2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    Hey HN! I am a FE dev who is working at a software agency and im making 2-3 estimates per week. Creating estimates is painfull manual proccess, where you have to read a lot of .docx like RFP, SRS etc. This was really tiring for me Also in agency where im working we make estimates in google spreadsheets which is another pain, trying to drag something, copy, duplicate can really mess up the whole layout So i just wanted tool that can just automate this a bit. I just started researching and I couldnt find anything good enough for my usecase. So I made a tool for creating estimates with AI. I…

    2024 · devtimate.com · its alternatives →

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    Estimatr▲142

    Build accurate software estimates.

    2016 · estimatrapp.com · its alternatives →

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    CostGPT▲109

    Calculate cost & timeline for software development using AI

    2023 · its alternatives →

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    A fun, simple way for agile teams to remotely estimate tasks

    2021 · timetoestimate.com · its alternatives →

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    Plan your app development budget within 2 minutes

    2017 · cleveroad.com · its alternatives →

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    Hey folks, want to share the project I've been working on for past few years. It's a project estimation tool which can be applied to pretty much any project, not only software development, but any where you'd want to know cost or time it takes. Core features: * Project resources such as engineer, or anybody/anything that you need to include into project * PDF Export * Easy features management including drag & drop * Sorting/filtering/search * Projects sharing(share with your client via link)

    2023 · planlike.pro · its alternatives →

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    HMTMAA▲69

    Clever tool to estimate cost of building an app

    2014 · howmuchtomakeanapp.com · its alternatives →

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    MyAppCost▲116

    Estimate the cost to develop your app

    2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    An open-source project management tool

    2022 · joindesk.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Calculate your app development costs

    2023 · appbee.co · its alternatives →

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    Bleenk▲41

    I kept running into the same issue whenever starting a new project: the setup phase consumed more time than the actual feature work. Preparing boilerplate, restructuring directories, performing refactors, resolving dependency conflicts, and wiring framework logic consistently took hours before I could write meaningful code. Even with modern tooling, the early-stage workload was nearly identical across projects. To remove that bottleneck, I built Bleenk, an AI coding agent that operates directly on real repositories. Instead of generating isolated snippets, it performs multi-step…

    Jan 2026 · bleenk.app · its alternatives →

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    Calculate & estimate meeting costs

    2020 · its alternatives →

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    Desqk▲74

    An app for the future of project management

    2021 · desqk.com · its alternatives →

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    TikTick▲66

    Time tracking made simple

    2020 · its alternatives →

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    Accurate software costs & full project plan in minutes—free

    2024 · idealink.tech · its alternatives →

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    Free tool to create professional software project estimates.

    2020 · estimake.it · its alternatives →

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    AI-powered budget estimates for projects in 2 minutes

    Jun 2026 · kathanpatel.vercel.app · its alternatives →

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    Quickly estimate time & budget needed for app development

    2019 · estimate.geniusee.com · its alternatives →

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