1
use crawdad for one-day jobs
anything that gets booked, done, and invoiced inside a day or two — a service call, a lawn cut, a haircut, a delivery. crawdad's calendar + dispatch + invoice flow is built for that rhythm.
2
use gopher for anything multi-week
custom builds, fabrication, woodwork, anything where the customer pays a deposit + draws and expects progress updates over weeks. gopher's milestone + materials + draw schedule is built for that.
3
don't mix them
shoving a multi-week build into crawdad means losing the materials list, the draw schedule, and the customer's progress portal. shoving a one-day job into gopher means setting up phases for something that has none. each room has one job — pick the right one.
tip
if you do both kinds of work (a contractor with one-day repairs and multi-week renovations), you'll live in both apps. that's by design — the workflow for each is different enough that one room can't serve both well.

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