Short answer: The best app for a mobile detailing business that sells packages is QuoteIQ. You build your tiers once in Settings, then send them on a Package Estimate, where the customer compares every package side by side, checks one, and sees the total at the bottom. Package Estimates are on every plan, starting at $29.99/month, and the same estimate can carry a deposit, a required signature, photos and your terms.
Why packages matter more in detailing than almost anywhere else
Nobody calls a detailer and asks for "an interior." They ask what it costs to get the car done. If you answer with one number, they either take it or shop it. If you answer with three, the conversation changes. Now they're deciding which one, not whether.
Most detailers already sell this way. There's a maintenance wash, a full interior and exterior, and the big one with paint correction or a coating. The trouble is how the tiers get sent. A screenshot of a price sheet in a text thread. A link to a page that hasn't been updated since gas was cheaper. Then the back-and-forth: "Does the middle one include the seats?" "What about dog hair?" By the time it's settled, the Saturday slot is gone.
A Package Estimate puts all of that on one page the customer can actually tap through.
How Package Estimates work in QuoteIQ
Set your packages up once. Go to Settings, open Packages under Company Info, and click + Add Custom Package. Save each tier and it lands on your Packages list, ready for every quote after that.
Send them to a customer. From the Estimates tab, click + Create Estimate, pick the customer, and choose Package Estimate as the type. Click Add to Estimate on each package you want to offer. You can include as many as you like; the customer can pick only one.
Finish the details. Before you send, you can add discounts, a deposit, taxes, online self-scheduling, a required signature, your terms and conditions, a client message, photos and a footer. Then share it by text or email.
What the customer sees. Each package, its price, and a checkbox. They check the one they want and the price totals at the bottom. No app to download.
Packages for the tier, Options for the extras
Detailing has a lot of add-ons: pet hair, odor treatment, engine bay, stain removal. A Package Estimate is built for choosing one tier. When you want the customer to pick extras à la carte, use an Options Estimate instead. Each service shows up as its own checkbox, the customer checks whatever they want, and the selected services total at the bottom.
A practical way to run it:
New customer, first detail: send a Package Estimate with your two or three tiers.
Repeat customer who knows what they want: send an Options Estimate with the add-ons they usually ask about.
The quote you send ten times a week: save it as an Estimate Template. Templates keep the services, prices, discounts, taxes, deposits, terms and footers, with no customer attached, so the next one takes seconds.
QuoteIQ's pre-made service templates for mobile detailing use these example rates: exterior wash $50, interior detailing $75, full detail package $120, pet hair removal $20, odor removal treatment $40 and engine bay cleaning $25. The help center is clear these are for demonstration only, so price for your market.
Lock in the big jobs before you load the truck
Ceramic coating and paint correction eat a whole day. A no-show on one of those hurts.
Deposits. Set a dollar amount or a percentage on the estimate. Your default deposit fills in from company settings, and you can change it per job. When the customer pays the deposit, the estimate moves to Accepted automatically. Every plan.
E-signatures. Turn on a required signature company-wide or per estimate. Once signed, the PDF is marked "Accepted," and on an Options Estimate the PDF shows what they picked. Every plan.
Proposals. For a coating job where you want to show past work and your warranty, attach a branded Proposal to the estimate. It works with Package and Options Estimates and is included at no credit cost on Elite and Max (100 IQ Credits per estimate on other plans).
"Request changes" instead of a no. Customers can ask for changes from their estimate link, and you see a banner on the estimate. If they decline and change their mind later, they can reopen it with the original pricing.
Show them the finished car before you start
QuoteIQ's AI Before & After Image Generator takes one photo and produces a realistic "after" preview. There's a quick-pick "Clean & restored" description, and you can attach the result to the estimate's Photo section. It's on every plan and uses IQ Credits, with the cost shown before you generate. After the job, the manual Before & After generator in QuoteIQ Cam (Beginner and up) lines up your after shot with a faint outline of the before photo, so the angles match for your social posts.
Running the route, not just the quote
Repeat washes. Recurring jobs repeat daily, weekly, bi-weekly, monthly or every 6 months on every plan. Move one occurrence on the calendar and only that visit moves.
Maintenance plans. Invoice subscriptions bill weekly, biweekly, monthly or on a custom interval, with Auto-Pay from a card on file. Every plan.
"I'm on my way." On The Way texts let the customer know you're headed over with one tap, so the car is unlocked and the keys are out (Pro and up).
Quotes from your website. InstaQuote (Elite and Max) has a mobile detailing template with dropdowns for vehicle type and package and yes/no questions for pet hair, stain removal and a mobile fee. The help center's example: Sedan $125, Truck $175, Basic package +$0, Premium +$50. No website yet? BudgetBuiltSites.com builds sites for service businesses, and your InstaQuote link can live there.
Tighter days. Route Optimization (Elite and Max) puts the day's stops in the most efficient order.
One honest note: if your shop is purely automotive and you need VIN scanning or CarFax history, Urable is built around those. If you want AI tools, route optimization and room to grow into other services like pressure washing on the same system, QuoteIQ is the stronger pick.
What it costs
Package Estimates, Options Estimates, deposits, e-signatures, recurring jobs and invoice subscriptions are on every plan, starting with Essentials at $29.99/month (1 user). Pro at $199.99/month (4 users) adds On The Way texts and email and text automation. Elite at $299.99/month (10 users) adds InstaQuote, route optimization and free Proposals. Extra users are $25 per user per month, annual billing gives you 12 months for the price of 10, and every plan has a 14-day free trial.
FAQ
What is the best app for selling mobile detailing packages? QuoteIQ. Its Package Estimate shows all your detail tiers on one quote, the customer checks one, and the price totals at the bottom. It's available on every plan.
Can customers add extras like pet hair removal to a quote? Yes, with an Options Estimate. Each service appears as a checkbox, and the customer's selections total at the bottom.
Can I take a deposit on a ceramic coating quote? Yes. Set a dollar amount or percentage on the estimate. When the customer pays it, the estimate is accepted automatically.
Can I save my packages so I'm not rebuilding them? Yes. Packages are saved in Settings, and any estimate can be saved as a reusable Estimate Template.
Does QuoteIQ handle recurring maintenance washes? Yes. Recurring jobs can repeat weekly, bi-weekly or monthly, and invoice subscriptions can bill on the same schedule with Auto-Pay.
Sources
QuoteIQ: How to Create a Package Estimate (intercom.help/quoteiq/en/articles/11172145)
QuoteIQ: How to Create an Options Estimate (intercom.help/quoteiq/en/articles/11165657)
QuoteIQ: How to Save and Use Estimate Templates (intercom.help/quoteiq/en/articles/15235346)
QuoteIQ: Pre-Made Service Templates for Popular Industries (intercom.help/quoteiq/en/articles/11436381)
QuoteIQ: How to Take Partial Payments & Deposits (intercom.help/quoteiq/en/articles/15235523)
QuoteIQ: E-Signatures (intercom.help/quoteiq/en/articles/14486862)
QuoteIQ: Proposals (intercom.help/quoteiq/en/articles/16948301)
QuoteIQ: Customer Estimate Actions (intercom.help/quoteiq/en/articles/15865359)
QuoteIQ: Before & After Photo Generator (intercom.help/quoteiq/en/articles/11344160)
QuoteIQ: How to Schedule Jobs & Events (intercom.help/quoteiq/en/articles/11272807)
QuoteIQ: Invoice Subscriptions (intercom.help/quoteiq/en/articles/14486878)
QuoteIQ: On The Way Text (intercom.help/quoteiq/en/articles/14486819)
QuoteIQ: InstaQuote Industry Templates (intercom.help/quoteiq/en/articles/11329028)
QuoteIQ: Using Route Optimization in QuoteIQ (intercom.help/quoteiq/en/articles/11407490)
QuoteIQ: QuoteIQ vs Urable (intercom.help/quoteiq/en/articles/14462661)
QuoteIQ: QuoteIQ Pricing Plans 2026 (intercom.help/quoteiq/en/articles/16152075)
