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PDR software · Windows & Android
From damage to tax invoice.In minutes.
The estimating software for Australian PDR technicians and hail repair workshops: estimate hail and dent damage, write the report, get the customer's sign-off, deal with the insurer, raise the GST tax invoice and see the numbers — offline on your own devices, no subscription.
Direct download · no credit card · no sign-up
One-time licence · AUD $590
GST applies · no subscription
- Windows & Android
- 100 % offline
- No subscription
- Built for Australia
- Built by PDR techs
- Damage
- Estimate
- Tax invoice
Why PDR Kalk
- 30–60minsaved per jobLess paperwork, more repairs.
- 1×payment, use without limitsNo subscription, no expiry date, no per-tech fees.
- 100%usable offlineYour data stays on your device or your own NAS.
- 4methodsof hail estimatingPer panel, per vehicle, triage or hourly — with GST handled throughout.
- 01.5 hours per day
- 033 hours per month
- 0396 hours per year
Time saved calculated on 22 working days per month.
Workflow
Seven steps. One tool. No spreadsheet.
Every step builds on the one before, so nothing is typed twice — and the tax invoice at the end matches the estimate at the start.
Step 1
Record the vehicle and the damage
Type it once — everything after this pulls from it.
- Capture the VIN with the scanner or type it in
- Send photos from your phone straight into the job via QR code
- Mark damaged parts left/right per panel, with a note
Step 2
Estimate the way your work is quoted
The total updates live — across every panel.
- Hail per panel, per vehicle, by triage tier or by the hour
- Dent damage per panel, at a flat rate or by the hour
- Parts, outsourced work and additional costs in the same report
Step 3
Estimate & report
One click — and the PDF carries your logo.
- Estimate plus the hail or dent report as a PDF
- Photo documentation as its own PDF attachment
- Document language chosen freely — independent of the app language
Step 4
Sign-off — by the customer or the insurer
Signed on the device — no printout, no chasing.
- The customer signs the estimate directly on a tablet or laptop
- Insurance claim? Have the assignment of claim signed and send it to the insurer in the direct workflow
- Every sign-off is stored in the job and in the audit trail
Step 5
Repair & handover
Who did what — recorded before the car leaves the yard.
- Work report with technician allocation per panel
- Courtesy car rental contract, also by the hour
- Handover protocol with odometer, fuel level and signature
Step 6
Raise the tax invoice
GST itemised, ABN on the document, receipts included.
- GST tax invoices and receipts as a PDF with your logo
- Split invoice for insurance claims: insurer and excess kept apart
- Credit notes, cancellation and manual invoices share the same numbering
Step 7
Payment and analytics
You see straight away what is open and where the revenue comes from.
- Payments with part payments; the status changes on its own
- Receivables by age, top customers and top insurers
- CSV and Excel exports for your bookkeeper
New
New in PDR Kalk
PDR Kalk grows with the trade. Here is what has arrived since the last version.
Current version 4.27.7
v4.26.63
Fixed price / manual mode
Fixed-price mode now works independently of the tariff table. Damaged parts, outsourced work and additional costs are available in fixed-price mode as well.
v4.26.59
Hand over or share a job
Send a job as a file to a partner workshop — it appears there as their own job, with their number and letterhead. Plus search everywhere with Ctrl+K.
Also new
- Removal/refitting as a priced list — individual items per report, with an amount or as a fixed price
- Additional costs card — test drive, cleaning and disposal as their own block on the hail report
- “Customer receives” per customer — decide whether the customer gets the customer report, the insurer report or both
- Client customers on the sub page — edit contact details, hide entries and merge duplicates
Features
What PDR Kalk does — sorted by the step you are on
Eight areas, one program. Each card shows the headline points; the full list is one click away.
Capture & estimate
Hail and dent damage the way Australian work is quoted — calculated live across every panel.
- Four hail methods — Per panel, per vehicle, by triage tier or by the hour — with a live total across every panel.
- Dent damage, your way — Per panel, at a flat rate or by the hour — in fixed-price mode as well.
- Photos by QR code — Up to 30 photos per job straight from a phone; EXIF and GPS data are stripped.
- VIN scanner — Capture the VIN straight off the vehicle or type it in; make and approximate model year are derived offline.
New in 4.27.7
- Fixed price / manual mode — independent of the tariff table, with parts, outsourced work and additional costs. New
- Removal/refitting as a priced list — individual items per report, with an amount or as a fixed price, shown clearly on the work report. New
- Additional costs card — test drive, cleaning and disposal as their own block, shown on the report and the tax invoice. New
- Removal/refitting required — record which parts the customer removes and refits — 17 common parts as a quick pick, one-off parts typed freely.
- Your own removal/refitting rate — stored in the settings and overridable per customer in the address book.
- Outsourced work — record bought-in paint, panel, mechanical or wrapping work with a price — its own line on the report and the estimate.
- Damaged parts with prices — give every damaged part a price if you want to; the customer discount does not apply to parts by default.
- Part selection L/R with a note — mark left and right per panel and attach a note.
- Photo compression in 3 levels — choose the quality per job; EXIF data including GPS is removed.
- Triage tiers — fixed-price tiers for volume hail work, with the tier shown on the report.
Reports & documents
Every document a PDR job needs — as a PDF with your logo, ready to print or email.
- Estimate, report, work report — including photo documentation as its own PDF.
- Assignment, rental contract, handover — courtesy car also by the hour, handover with odometer, fuel level and signature.
- Job package ZIP — every document of a job in one bundle, plus a documents panel for your own PDFs.
- Document language — invoices, reports and emails in the customer's language — independent of the app language.
- Document language — switchable per document via the globe icon. New
- Job package export — a ZIP per job with report, invoice, assignment, photos and backup.
- Documents panel — attach your own PDFs to a job, for example an assessor report or an insurer confirmation.
- Email preview with multiple attachments — assembled from all documents of the job.
- Courtesy car rental contract — create from a job or report, sign, print, email and invoice it; optionally with pick-up and return times for hourly rental.
- Handover protocol — have the customer sign off the finished vehicle — odometer, fuel level, signature.
- Photo documentation as a PDF — up to 30 captioned photos, inside the report or as a separate document.
Tax invoicing, payment & bookkeeping
From the tax invoice through the payment to the export your bookkeeper expects.
- GST tax invoices & receipts — GST itemised, your ABN on the document, receipts as a PDF.
- Payments with part payments — the status moves on its own: Created → Delivered → Paid.
- Credit note, split, cancellation — plus manual invoices without a report — sharing the same invoice numbering.
- CSV & Excel exports — for your bookkeeper, including open receivables.
- GST tax invoices — with GST itemised and your ABN on the document.
- Receipts — as a PDF with your logo, ready to print or email.
- Payment tracking — record part payments; any shortfall is shown.
- Invoice status kept current — Created → Delivered → Paid, with nothing to maintain by hand.
- Credit notes, split and cancellation invoices — cancellation with a replacement, split for insurer and excess.
- Manual invoices without a report — sharing the same invoice numbering as every other invoice.
- CSV and Excel exports — including an open-receivables export for your bookkeeper.
Insurer & customer
The direct workflow with the insurer — and everything that runs between you and the customer.
- Direct workflow in 4 steps — damage capture, assignment of claim, dispatch, automatic split invoice.
- Customer sign-off on site — with a digital signature straight on the device.
- SMTP sending with IMAP filing — including delivery tracking and a greeting you choose yourself.
- Address book with terms — discounts and rates per customer; terms can be sent to a subcontractor.
- Direct insurance workflow — a guided 4-step process from damage capture to the split invoice.
- Assignment of claim — with a digital signature, ready to print or send as a PDF.
- Insurance cover letter — generated alongside the report, ready to send to the insurer.
- Customer sign-off on site — the customer confirms the estimate on a tablet or laptop.
- Direct SMTP sending — with IMAP filing in the sent folder and delivery tracking.
- Address book with terms per customer — own removal/refitting rate, discounts and “customer receives” per entry.
- “Customer receives” per customer — decide whether the customer gets the customer report, the insurer report or both. New
Team & subcontractors
Hand jobs to partner workshops, settle them fairly and keep the overview.
- Hand over or share a job — as an encrypted file to another PDR Kalk workshop — where it appears with their number and letterhead.
- Three payment models — rate, percentage or fixed price, with a live split and a consumables share.
- AES-256 and dual notify — encrypted transfer; both sides are told when the job closes.
- Technician allocation & team analytics — assign per panel, analyse by technician, export to Excel.
- Hand a job over or share it with a partner workshop — the job travels as a file to another PDR Kalk workshop and appears there as their own job. New
- Three payment models — rate, percentage or fixed price — with a live split in the window.
- Consumables share — in the rate model the client decides what share of the consumables the subcontractor gets.
- Sub payment adjustable per job — the window shows the subcontractor's amount, your amount and the difference.
- Send terms straight to the sub — push changed terms from the address book; they apply from the next report on.
- “Received jobs” — the subcontractor's dashboard shows open received jobs with their payment.
- Dual-notify completion — subcontractor and client are informed automatically.
- Encrypted transfer (AES-256) — import the sub job through the backup menu.
- Duplicate merge on re-import — no double entries, even after several rounds.
- Client customers on the sub page — edit contact details, hide entries and merge duplicates. New
Analytics & controlling
Business intelligence at the press of a button — in AUD, with no extra module.
- Revenue & cash flow — over any period you choose, in AUD.
- Receivables by age — 0–30, 31–60, 61–90 and over 90 days.
- Top customers & insurers — plus average job value and average time to payment.
- Conversion funnel — Report → Accepted → Invoiced → Paid.
- Revenue and cash flow charts — over any period you choose.
- Open receivables by age — 0–30, 31–60, 61–90 and 90+ days.
- Top customers, top insurers — average job value and average time to payment.
- Conversion funnel — Report → Accepted → Invoiced → Paid.
- Technician analysis — click a technician to see all their jobs — grouped by week and copied to Excel with one click.
Dashboard, search & help
Find anything, forget nothing — and get help inside the app when you need it.
- Search everywhere (Ctrl+K) — find jobs, invoices, receipts, rental contracts and customers from anywhere and open them directly.
- Uninvoiced radar — finished but uninvoiced jobs appear on the dashboard with a reminder card.
- User manual inside the app — searchable by topic, with step-by-step workflows.
- Job timeline — one case view across report and invoice.
- Search everywhere (Ctrl+K) — from any screen; a hit opens the record directly.
- Uninvoiced radar — a reminder card on the dashboard and a marker in the job list.
- User manual inside the app — searchable, with area guides for dashboard, analytics, invoices, email, subcontractors and insurers.
- Step-by-step workflows — with notes and tips from day-to-day practice.
- Section on audit compliance and keyboard navigation — so you can work without reaching for the mouse.
- Job timeline / history — a timeline per case across report ↔ invoice.
Devices, data & security
Windows and Android, 100 % local, with backups and a tamper-evident audit trail.
- Windows 10/11 & Android 10+ — 100 % local, with no vendor cloud.
- NAS and cloud folder sync — between your Windows devices over NAS, OneDrive or Synology Drive.
- Full backup & smart restore — ZIP with or without photos; the restore merges instead of duplicating.
- Audit trail with SHA-256 — hash chain, automatic document versions and PDF snapshots.
- Windows 10/11 and Android 10+ — PC, laptop, Windows tablet from 10 inches and Android tablets.
- Sync over a shared work folder — NAS, OneDrive or Synology Drive between your Windows devices — you decide where the data lives. Windows only
- Device overview in the work folder — Settings → Storage shows when the other devices were last active.
- Android tablets run standalone — their own local database with the full feature set, without shared-folder sync.
- Full backup as a ZIP — with or without photos, locally on your device.
- Smart restore — no duplicates; photos are carried over.
- Audit trail with a SHA-256 hash chain — every entry cryptographically linked to the previous one.
- Automatic document versions and PDF snapshots — on every status change.
- Audit trail export as JSON — with SHA-256 verification.
- 7 app languages — German, French, Italian, English, Dutch, Portuguese and Spanish.
Australia
Built for Australia
Currency, GST and the way hail work is quoted here are set up from the start — nothing to convert by hand.
Australia- AUD · GST 10 %
- Tax invoices and receipts with your ABN
- Hail per panel, per vehicle, triage or hourly
- Dent damage per panel, at a flat rate or by the hour
GST itemised on every tax invoice, with your ABN on the document.other countries on request
Import & export
Your existing tools. One PDR workflow.
Import. Carry on. Done. PDR Kalk takes what you already have and hands on what your bookkeeper needs.
Comes in
- VIN from the vehicle
- Photos from a phone (QR)
- Jobs from partner workshops (file)
Goes out
- GST tax invoices & receipts
- Bookkeeping: CSV and Excel exports
- Job package ZIP & audit trail JSON
- NAS, OneDrive, SynologyWindows only
Bookkeeping
Hand over to your bookkeeper without retyping — exports in the formats they expect.
CSV exportReceivables ExcelGST totals
Tax invoices & receipts
GST itemised, your ABN on the document, receipts and credit notes as a PDF with your logo.
GST tax invoiceReceiptCredit note
NAS & multi-device
Windows only
A shared work folder between your Windows devices. Android tablets run standalone with the full feature set.
NASOneDriveSynology Drive
Documents
Documents that convince customers and insurers
Everything as a PDF with your logo — to sign, to print or to send by email.
- Hail report
- Dent report
- GST tax invoice
- Receipt
- Assignment of claim
- Insurance cover letter
More documents
- Estimate
- Work report
- Credit note
- Split and cancellation invoice
- Courtesy car rental contract
- Handover protocol
- Job package ZIP
- Photo documentation
With your logo, a digital signature, PDF printing and email dispatch.
Workshops & teams
For workshops with a team and partners
Whether your own technicians or partner workshops: PDR Kalk records who did what — and what they are paid for it.
Subcontractors
Hand jobs over, settle them fairly
A job travels as an encrypted file to the partner workshop and appears there as their own job, with their number and letterhead.
- Three payment models with a live split in the window
- AES-256 transfer, dual-notify completion, duplicate merge on re-import
- “Received jobs” on the subcontractor's dashboard
Analytics
See where revenue and time come from
The analytics dashboard answers the questions that otherwise only surface at year end — at any time, in AUD.
- Revenue and cash flow over any period you choose
- Open receivables by age (0–30, 31–60, 61–90, 90+)
- Team analysis per technician, one click to Excel
Data & security
Your data. Your device. Your control.
PDR Kalk runs locally. There is no vendor cloud, no telemetry and no obligation to be online.
100 % local & offline
Every job, photo and document lives on your device or in your own work folder. The internet is only needed for the one-off trial activation and for sending email.
Backup & smart restore
A full backup as a ZIP, with or without photos. The restore merges rather than duplicates.
Tamper-evident audit trail
A SHA-256 hash chain, automatic document versions and PDF snapshots on every status change. Export as JSON with verification.
Your records stay yours
No telemetry, no vendor cloud, no analytics cookies on this website. EXIF and GPS data are stripped from photos before they reach the job.
No telemetry · no analytics cookies on this site
Real feedback from PDR professionals
What technicians say
- Florian Huber
As a PDR technician, PDR Kalk makes my work enormously easier. The software is clear, professionally structured and saves a lot of time every day when calculating hail and parking damage. I particularly appreciate the simple operation, the clean creation of reports and invoices, and the reliable calculations. You can tell immediately that it was developed by someone who knows the PDR trade from hands-on experience. Support is fast and competent. A clear recommendation for anyone who wants to work professionally and efficiently.
Florian Huber - Jürg Strähl
In my view, PDR Kalk is the best hail and parking damage calculation software on the market. It impresses with extremely simple, intuitive operation and is available for both Windows and Android — ideal for flexible use in the office and on the road. Calculations can be created quickly and clearly, sent digitally straight away and seamlessly converted into invoices. A particular strength is the ability to cleanly divide work and let several technicians work together as subcontractors in one system, keeping full transparency over services, billing and responsibilities at all times. PDR Kalk saves an enormous amount of time, reduces errors and ensures a professional, structured workflow — from damage assessment to billing. For hail and parking damage businesses it's a real asset and hard to work without. A clear recommendation.
Jürg Strähl - Sandro Sciuto
This professional calculation app helps businesses estimate parking and hail damage on vehicles quickly, precisely and without fuss. It impresses with its particularly simple operation and enables efficient damage capture. Stored lists of various insurers make processing even easier and ensure a structured, practical workflow. Thanks to pre-stored items, calculations can be created quickly and tailored individually, and you can add your own notes for special requirements. The result is a mature, professional product that reliably and effectively supports digital damage calculation.
Sandro Sciuto - Dominik Nagy
Very good app with simple, clear operation. The functions are well thought out and make daily work noticeably easier. I find the ability to work with subcontractors and team members particularly practical. All in all, a reliable and professional solution. A clear recommendation!
Dominik Nagy
Pricing
Pay once. Use without limits.
A one-time licence with no expiry date. No monthly fees, no per-tech fees.
One-time licence
One-time payment — no subscription, no expiry date
AUD $590
one-time
Spread over 5 years: about AUD $10 per month
Included
- No subscription fees
- No setup fees
- No per-tech fees
- No expiry date — nothing to renew
- Minor updates included *
- Works offline
Good to know
- GST applies; your tax invoice itemises it
- Windows 10/11 and Android 10+ — Apple devices and smartphones are not supported
- Subcontractors and partner workshops need their own installation
* Optional insurance list updates may attract a small fee.
How you get your licence
Try it for 30 days
Every feature, no credit card, no sign-up. The trial ends by itself.
Order a licence
Fill in the order form — the order is binding.
Invoice by email
A tax invoice with GST itemised, usually within 24 hours, payable by bank transfer within 14 days.
Activate in the app
Once payment arrives you receive your licence details and unlock PDR Kalk with them.
Show the comparison with subscription software
5-year cost comparison
| Feature | DentMate 2–4 Techs | iBodyshop Lite | PDR Kalk (one-time) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Licence model | Monthly subscription | Monthly subscription | One-time licence |
| Ongoing fees | Every month, forever | Every month, forever | None after purchase |
| Per-tech / extra seats | Up to 4 techs | 1 user only | Unlimited users included |
| Internet required | Yes (cloud) | Yes (cloud) | No — fully offline |
| Your data | On their servers | On their servers | Stays on your device |
| Cost year 1 | ≈ AUD $1,560 | + AUD $1,320 | AUD $590 |
| Cost year 2 | ≈ AUD $1,560 | + AUD $1,320 | AUD $0 |
| Cost year 3 | ≈ AUD $1,560 | + AUD $1,320 | AUD $0 |
| Cost year 4 | ≈ AUD $1,560 | + AUD $1,320 | AUD $0 |
| Cost year 5 | ≈ AUD $1,560 | + AUD $1,320 | AUD $0 |
| Total over 5 years | ≈ AUD $7,800 | AUD $6,600 | AUD $590 |
AUD $6,000–$7,200 saved over five years — PDR Kalk pays for itself in under six months.
Competitor pricing as publicly listed in June 2026: DentMate 2–4 Techs AUD $129.99/month, iBodyshop Lite AUD $110/month (ex-GST, 1 user). Larger tiers of both cost more.
Why PDR Kalk?
| Feature | PDR Kalk | Typical subscription software |
|---|---|---|
| One-time payment | PDR Kalk | Monthly |
| Works offline | PDR Kalk | Cloud |
| Insurance direct workflow | PDR Kalk | No |
| Subcontractor workflow | PDR Kalk | No |
| Analytics dashboard (BI) | PDR Kalk | Extra charge |
| Multi-device via your NAS | PDR Kalk* | Cloud only |
| Photo upload from your phone | PDR Kalk | No |
| GST tax invoices | PDR Kalk | Basic |
| Unlimited users per licence | PDR Kalk | Per-tech fees |
| Your data belongs to you | PDR Kalk | On third-party servers |
| Native on Windows & Android | PDR Kalk | Cloud only |
| Tamper-evident audit trail (SHA-256) | PDR Kalk | Rare |
| Camera capture in-app | PDR Kalk | No |
| Replacement-vehicle rental contract & handover protocol | PDR Kalk | No |
| Your price never goes up | PDR Kalk | Subscription can rise |
* Multi-device sync via a shared work folder is supported on Windows; Android tablets run standalone.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What workshops most often want to know before they buy.
It is a one-time licence: paid once, with no expiry date and no monthly fees. The “about AUD $10 per month” figure is only an illustration spread over five years — nothing falls due afterwards.
AUD $590 as a one-time payment, GST applies and is itemised on your tax invoice. No setup fee, no running costs and no per-tech fees.
30 days with the full feature set, a direct download with no sign-up and no credit card. The trial ends by itself. On first start there is a one-off online activation (technical data only, see the privacy notice); after that the app works offline. One trial per device.
Through the “Order a licence” form. The order is binding; you usually receive the tax invoice by email within 24 hours, payable by bank transfer within 14 days — no credit card needed. Once payment arrives you receive your licence details and unlock PDR Kalk with them.
Minor updates are included. Optional insurance or tariff list updates may attract a small fee. What is new is shown under “What's new” in the app.
Windows 10 and 11 (PC, laptop or Windows tablet from 10 inches) and Android tablets from Android 10. Apple devices and smartphones are not supported; a phone only supplies photos to the job via QR code.
Yes. Windows devices sync through a shared work folder (NAS, OneDrive, Synology Drive). Android tablets run standalone with the full feature set. Settings → Storage shows when the other devices were last active.
Unlimited users per licence and no cost per technician. Technicians can be assigned per panel. Subcontractors and partner workshops work in their own installation and therefore need their own licence.
100 % locally on your device or in your own work folder (NAS). There is no vendor cloud and no telemetry. The internet is only needed for the trial activation and for sending email.
With a full backup as a ZIP, with or without photos. The smart restore merges rather than duplicates. Each job also has a job package ZIP containing all of its documents.
Every change is recorded in a SHA-256 hash chain; document versions and PDF snapshots are created automatically on every status change. The audit trail can be exported as JSON and verified.
Yes. AUD, GST at 10 %, tax invoices and receipts with your ABN, and hail estimating per panel, per vehicle, by triage tier or by the hour. Dent damage can be quoted per panel, at a flat rate or by the hour.
GST tax invoices with your logo and ABN, receipts, credit notes, split invoices, cancellation invoices with a replacement and manual invoices without a report. Payments can be recorded including part payments; for bookkeeping there are CSV and Excel exports, including open receivables.
The app interface is in English for Australia and is available in 7 languages in total. The document language can also be chosen freely — invoices, reports and emails go out in the customer's language, independent of the app language.
The app contains a searchable user manual with step-by-step guides for every area, plus demo data to try things out. We answer questions sent to info@pdrkalk.ch whenever we can, usually within 24 hours — there is no entitlement to IT support (see the terms and conditions).
Download
Ready? Try it free for 30 days.
Direct download — no sign-up, no credit card. The full feature set for 30 days.
- No subscription
- No credit card
- No sign-up
- Ends by itself
Apple devices and smartphones are not supported.
Order or ask a question
Order a licence or ask us anything — we usually reply within 24 hours.