Shop management for independent auto repair

Sell the work you already found.

Mech Correct runs repair orders, inspections, the shop board, parts, and payments in one app. Findings turn into a text estimate your customer approves line by line, and every line they decline waits on your follow-up list.

AI Diagnosis comes with every plan

14 days free No card to start Every feature in every plan

The Mech Correct dashboard for a sample shop: open repair orders, late jobs, sales before tax, today's appointments, low-stock parts, and short notes from the AI Assistant about jobs that need attention.
A customer's phone showing the estimate approval page with Approve and Decline on each line.

One visit, start to finish

Follow a car from the lane to the follow-up.

Each step hands off to the next on the same ticket, so nobody re-types a VIN, chases a signature, or keeps a list on a sticky note.

  1. 01

    Check in

    Scan the VIN or plate. The customer, past visits, and open recalls for the model load before the keys hit the hook.

  2. 02

    Inspect

    Tap a measured tread depth or pad thickness and the item rates itself. Photos attach to the finding.

  3. 03

    Approve

    One text carries the estimate and the inspection photos. The customer answers each line, and you see when they open it.

  4. 04

    Work

    Start Work starts the tech's clock. The board shows who is on what, what is late, and what waits on parts.

  5. 05

    Get paid

    Text a card payment link or take payment at the counter. The ticket closes itself at a zero balance.

  6. 06

    Follow up

    Declined lines and unsold findings land on one list to text or book. Automatic texts handle the reminders.

Shop board and dispatch

Every bay at a glance.

The Shop Board follows each job from estimate to paid. Group it by stage, by tech, or by bay, and filter to late jobs or waiting customers in one tap.

  • Lanes for Estimate, Approved, In Progress, Completed, and Invoiced & Paid
  • Filters for Late, Waiters, Waiting on Parts, and Waiting on Customer
  • Dispatch offers open jobs to techs and shows who is on the clock
  • Shop TV mode for the wall, with no prices or customer names
The Shop Board with jobs in Estimate, Approved, In Progress, Completed, and Invoiced and Paid lanes, each card showing the vehicle, promised time, bay, and technician.

Estimates and approvals

Estimates customers approve from their phone.

Build the ticket from labor, parts, and saved services, then send one link. Your customer sees the findings with photos and answers each line, with tax included in the total.

  • See the moment the customer opens the estimate
  • Preview exactly what they will see before you send it
  • Record approvals taken at the counter or over the phone
  • Parts margin, a markup matrix, and a warning when a part has no cost
  • Paid tickets lock until someone taps Edit
A repair order's estimate tab showing customer approval viewed a minute ago, labor lines with hours and rates, and parts with a live vehicle data panel.
The customer's estimate approval page on a phone.

Digital inspections

Inspections that rate themselves.

A tech taps the measured tread depth or pad thickness and the item marks itself Pass, Attention, or Fail. The customer's report opens on what needs service now.

  • A 30-point inspection and a 19-item check-in walk-around
  • Photos, video, or a PDF on any finding
  • Add a finding to the estimate in one tap
  • Customers can e-sign the report from the link
A customer's inspection report on a phone: 1 needs service, 5 to watch, 8 passed, with front brake pads marked failed at 2 millimeters.
The customer status tracker on a phone showing checked in, estimate, and approved, with in the bay and ready for pickup still to come.

AI Diagnosis

A second opinion in the bay, in every plan.

Pick the vehicle, add the trouble codes, describe the symptom, and attach up to three photos. AI Diagnosis returns the likely cause and an ordered test plan, usually in 10 to 25 seconds.

  • Grounded in NHTSA recalls, owner complaints, and service bulletins for the model
  • Weighs your shop's own past jobs on similar vehicles
  • Adds the diagnosis to the ticket as a labor line, or saves it to the findings
  • Keeps going as the tech reports test results back

It never invents OEM specs. Every answer ends with a reminder to verify against OEM service data before the repair.

An AI Diagnosis answer for a 2015 Ford F-150 with code P0303: check the number 3 coil and plug first, the most likely cause, a five-step diagnostic path, and a recall note, with an option to put it on the open repair order.

A real answer from the app, on a sample shop's truck.

The AI Assistant watches the shop

It writes short notes on the dashboard: a job past its promise time, a car ready for pickup, parts at their reorder point. Ask it about any open repair order.

Prices at your rates

Ask what to charge and owners and writers get an estimate at your own labor and tax rates. Technicians get hours only, never dollars.

Reads the VIN for you

Snap a photo of the door jamb when the barcode is scratched. The VIN decodes into a full spec sheet with open recalls for the model.

For technicians

Built for the bay, with the money kept up front.

Technician logins land in My Bay with one clear next step. Start Work starts the clock, and a flag reaches the front desk without a walk to the counter.

  • No prices, totals, or invoices on a technician login
  • Flags for recommended work, a line they can't do, or a question
  • My Hours shows flag hours against clocked hours, with a printable statement
  • Glove-sized buttons and a phone layout with bottom tabs
My Bay on a technician's phone: on the clock on a 2018 Honda CR-V, with Finish and Mark Ready, job card, inspection, parts, AI Diagnosis, and flag desk buttons.
My Hours on a technician's phone showing flag hours, clocked hours, jobs, and efficiency for the week.

Texting and automations

Texting that keeps cars moving.

Texting is built in and runs on your own Twilio number. Every conversation sits in one inbox and on its repair order.

  • A two-way inbox with 17 editable templates that fill in the customer, the vehicle, the balance, and your review link
  • Automatic texts for appointment reminders, declined work, 6-month maintenance, birthdays, and 12-month win-backs
  • A live status link customers can check any time
  • Bring Customers Back lists everyone away 3, 6, or 12 months

Connect your Twilio account in Settings. Twilio bills your messages directly, and we add nothing on top.

The Messages inbox with a thread open: the shop texts that the inspection and estimate are ready, the customer replies to go ahead with the brakes and hold the wipers, and the shop confirms.

Owner numbers

The money you already found, in one list.

Declined lines and unsold findings land on the Follow-ups list with Text, Book, and Dismiss. Reports put a dollar figure on unbilled tech time and declined work, and End of Day closes out the drawer.

  • Revenue leaks: unbilled tech time, findings never quoted, and declined work
  • End of Day with sales before tax, close ratio, effective labor rate, and gross profit per hour
  • Collections by payment method for the cash drawer
  • Technician efficiency and a payroll-ready hours export
The End of Day report: repair orders posted, sales before tax, close ratio, effective labor rate, average repair order, gross profit per hour, and collections by card and cash.

Also in the box

The rest of the shop, covered.

Parts and purchasing

Bins, low stock, and purchase orders that update the job when parts arrive. A markup matrix prices each part as soon as you enter the cost.

Parts Inventory with part numbers, bins, stock counts, low-stock tags, cost, and price.

Scheduling and online booking

Day and week calendars, check-in straight to a repair order, and a booking page customers can use from any phone.

The Appointments week view with color-coded visits by status.

Waiting-room TV

A lobby screen showing up next, in the bay, and ready, by vehicle and last name only. It never shows a promise time that has already passed.

The waiting-room TV board with Up Next, In the Bay, and Ready columns.

Towing and roadside

A dispatch board for your wrecker, priced by hook fee, mileage, wait, and storage, with one tap to bring the car into the shop as a repair order.

The Towing board with new calls, tows on the road, and delivered vehicles, each with driver, truck, route, and price.

Reports across locations

Sales, gross profit, open receivables, and average ticket up top. Below that, every location you own in one table, then the revenue leaks.

Reports: sales before tax, estimated gross profit, open receivables, cars in the shop, open repair orders, and average ticket, with two locations rolled up in one table.

Customers, vehicles, and fleets

Every customer and vehicle in one searchable list. Tag fleet accounts, mark tax-exempt customers, and keep notes that follow the vehicle.

Customers and Vehicles: each customer's vehicle, phone, email, and last visit, with a Fleet tag on a fleet account.

Everything included

Every feature, in every plan.

No modules, no add-ons, and no sales call to turn anything on.

Repair orders and estimates

  • Repair orders with a one-button next step
  • Labor, parts, and saved services
  • 14 ready-made saved services
  • Parts pricing matrix
  • Estimates itemized, without line prices, or as one total
  • Estimate links by text or email
  • Line-by-line customer approval
  • Approvals recorded by phone or in person
  • Customer page preview before sending
  • Comeback alerts within 90 days
  • Previous visits and last oil change
  • Declined work shown on the next visit
  • Printable estimates and invoices
  • Locked paid tickets
  • Undo for your last 20 changes

Inspections

  • 30-point multi-point inspection
  • 19-item check-in walk-around
  • Tap-to-measure tread and brake pads
  • Photos, video, and PDFs on findings
  • Findings to the estimate in one tap
  • Customer report that opens on what needs service
  • Customer e-signature
  • Warning before sending unrated items

Shop floor

  • Shop Board by stage, tech, or bay
  • Late, waiter, and parts filters
  • Double-booked bay warning
  • Shop TV mode
  • Dispatch with job offers
  • My Bay for technicians
  • Clock in by job or by line
  • Auto clock-out at closing
  • Tech flags to the front desk
  • My Hours statements
  • Technician logins without prices
  • See a tech's screen from Team

Customers and texting

  • Customer and vehicle records
  • Fleet accounts and tax-exempt billing
  • State inspection records
  • Notes that follow the vehicle
  • Two-way texting inbox
  • 17 editable message templates, plus your own
  • Five automatic text rules
  • Live status tracker link
  • Bring Customers Back
  • Follow-ups list
  • Review requests by text

Payments and accounting

  • Text-to-pay through Stripe
  • Deposits, split payments, and refunds
  • Store credit
  • Warranty, insurance, fleet, and internal pay types
  • Claim numbers and deductible splits
  • Financing link on estimates
  • QuickBooks Online sync
  • QuickBooks .IIF and CSV export

Parts and purchasing

  • Parts inventory with bins
  • Low-stock alerts
  • Inventory count mode
  • Purchase orders with partial receiving
  • Core charges and fees on POs
  • Parts-in-hand check before a job is done
  • Parts finder for PartsTech, NAPA, O'Reilly, Advance, AutoZone, and RockAuto
  • Parts purchasing report by vendor

Front counter

  • Day and week appointment calendar
  • Check-in straight to a repair order
  • Online booking page
  • Waiting-room TV
  • Towing and roadside dispatch
  • Search everything with Ctrl or ⌘ + K

AI and vehicle data

  • AI Diagnosis with photos
  • AI Assistant for the whole shop
  • AI notes on the dashboard
  • VIN scan by camera, barcode scanner, or photo
  • NHTSA VIN decode and spec sheet
  • Recalls, complaints, and bulletins for the model
  • Mileage-based services due
  • Shared VIN History Network, opt-in

Owner tools and setup

  • Dashboard with live shop numbers
  • End of Day report and nightly email
  • Revenue leaks and close ratio
  • Technician efficiency and payroll CSV
  • Reports across locations
  • Roles for owner, admin, advisor, technician, and viewer
  • Multiple locations under one login
  • Switch wizard for Tekmetric, Shop-Ware, and Mitchell 1 exports
  • CSV import
  • Getting Started checklist
  • Nightly cloud backups and JSON export
  • Light and dark mode
  • Installs as an app on phones and tablets
  • Live sync across every device

Pricing

One price per shop. Everything included.

Every plan has AI Diagnosis, inspections, QuickBooks sync, towing, and reports. Plans differ only by the number of people and locations.

Starter

For owner-operators and small crews.

$199/mo

Billed monthly

Start free
  • One location
  • Up to 3 people signing in
  • Any number of bays
  • Every feature, including AI Diagnosis

Multi-Shop

For owners running more than one location.

$479/mo per location

Billed monthly

Start free
  • Up to 2 locations, more on request
  • Every location under one login
  • Reports across locations
  • Priority support
  • Every feature, including AI Diagnosis

Franchise and groups

For larger groups that need custom terms.

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  • Help moving your data over
  • Dedicated support
  • Every feature, in every location
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Texting on your Twilio numberTexting is built in, ready for your Twilio account. Twilio bills your messages directly.
Card payments through StripeConnect Stripe in Settings to take card payments by text or at the counter.

Published starting prices checked September 17, 2026: Tekmetric Grow $349/mo, Shopmonkey Clever $399/mo, AutoLeap Pro $349/mo. Verify current pricing with each vendor. See the comparison

Questions

Good to know.

How do I get started?

Create an account at mechcorrect.app. Your shop is ready right away with 14 days free and no card. The Getting Started checklist walks you through your shop profile, bays, team, and first repair order.

What is AI Diagnosis?

A diagnostic assistant inside the app. Pick a vehicle, add trouble codes and up to three photos, and ask in plain English. It reads NHTSA recall, complaint, and service bulletin data for the model plus your shop's own past jobs, and returns an ordered test plan, usually in 10 to 25 seconds. It never invents OEM specs, and every answer tells you to verify against OEM service data. Every plan includes it, with a generous daily fair-use limit.

How does texting work?

Texting is built in and runs on your own Twilio account. Connect it in Settings, register your number for A2P 10DLC as Twilio requires, and Twilio bills your messages directly. We add nothing on top.

Do my customers need to install anything?

No. Estimates, inspection reports, the status tracker, online booking, and payment links all open in the phone's web browser.

Can customers pay by card from a text?

Yes, once you connect card payments through Stripe in Settings. One tap texts a secure link for the balance, and the repair order marks itself paid when the payment lands.

What do my technicians see?

Technician logins land in My Bay with their jobs, clock, parts status, and vehicle specs. Prices, totals, and invoices stay hidden. They can flag the front desk and track their hours in My Hours.

Can I bring my data from another system?

Yes. The switch wizard imports customer, vehicle, and repair order history exports from Tekmetric, Shop-Ware, Mitchell 1, or any CSV file.

Does it work with QuickBooks?

Yes. Connect QuickBooks Online to sync each repair order's customer, invoice, and payment, or export .IIF and CSV files for QuickBooks Desktop.

Can I run more than one location?

Yes. Switch between locations under one login, keep each shop's data separate, and see every location rolled up in Reports.

What does it cost?

Starter is $199 a month, Pro is $329, and Multi-Shop is $479 per location, with every feature in every plan. Annual billing gives you one month free. Every shop starts with 14 days free and no card, and subscribing early never shortens the trial.

Is my data mine?

Yes. Cloud backups run every night, and you can download a full JSON backup of your shop from Settings at any time.

Try it on tomorrow's cars.

14 days free and no card. Set up your shop, write your first repair order, and send an estimate the same afternoon.

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