For Australian owner-operators who are on the tools all day
Knock off with nothing left to do.No second shift at the kitchen table.
- Late-night ordering, admin and invoicing: gone.
- Chasing timesheets right before payroll: gone.
- To-do lists as long as your arm: gone.
Built for owner-operators who run
That second shift costs you about ten hours a week.
Not our numbers: Reckon's, Xero's and NAB's. And it is paid for twice, in evenings and in cash that arrives late.
a year an Australian small business spends on admin, about ten hours a week, mostly after hours.
Source: Reckon small business surveythe average wait from sending an invoice to being paid. Work not billed on the day waits longer still.
Source: Xero Small Business Insights, June quarter 2026of Australian SMEs name cash flow a top-three concern. Unbilled jobs and stock on shelves are cash already earned.
Source: NAB SME Business Insights 2025How it feels
Everything on the floor lands on you.
A Tuesday: the phone, the inbox, a timer stopping, a part running low. Fourteen things before lunch, and the paperwork for each one is yours tonight.
Then
Turnaround turns it into one list you clear from the ute.
Each one arrives as a thing to do with its button: approve, order, bill, reply. Done on the floor, as the day happens, so nothing follows you home.
Tidewater Charters called
Can you fit the outboard in this week?
My work
Quiet so far
You're all caught up
Nothing needs a decision. The to-dos below can wait until you are ready for them.
Purchase order PO-1042 · Repco
Needs your decisionHF-2231 dropped below your minimum: 3 short for Job 2041, which starts Thursday at 9:00.
Lines
History
Dan raised this at 8:12 from the stock minimum. Supplier record: Repco, 2-day lead.
Amount
$1,284.00
Timesheet · Mia Chen · week to 4 Oct
Needs your decisionFilled from the timers on Jobs 2038 and 2041. No overlaps, no gaps over 15 minutes.
Days
Checks
Every hour is on a job. Overtime 0.5 h on Monday, within the award.
Total
38.5 h
Prepare billing · Job 2038 · Bayside Boat Hire
Needs your actionBuilt from the closed job: 11.5 h of labour, four parts lines and three photos. Nothing typed.
Lines
Evidence
3 photos attached: old impeller, new impeller, test run readings.
Total inc GST
$2,380.95
- The morning
- Then
Same jobs, same crew, nothing left for Sunday night.
Nothing about the work changes. Each thing reaches you once, with its button next to it, instead of waiting in a job app, a stock spreadsheet, the accounting software and a group chat that you hold together.
Turnaround
Quotes · jobs · stock · purchasing · time · billing, ready for Xero
0 of 4 folded inYour week now
- Mon: The quote waits for 9 pm
Written at the kitchen table, from memory, at last month's prices.
- Tue: A part is short with the job open
Found once the customer is waiting and the supplier is forty minutes away.
- Wed: Four approvals by text
Answered from under a car, then lost in the thread.
- Thu: The supplier's bill is paid blind
Nobody checked it against what actually arrived.
- Fri: Hours guessed, invoice piled
The finished job joins the weekend pile, and some never leave it.
Sunday night: the invoices, the quote and the timesheets are still yours to do.
Your week with Turnaround
- Mon: Priced from your book on the driveway
Sent before you leave. When they say yes, the job is created with the quote on it.
- Tue: The shortfall flagged when the job was booked
Three ordered from your usual supplier, two days before Bay 1 needs them.
- Wed: Four decisions, four taps
Each one reaches you once, from the phone, with its button next to it.
- Thu: The bill matched to what arrived
The gap is queried before anyone pays it.
- Fri: Hours off the timers, billed the day it closed
Approved once and ready for Xero. It cannot be billed twice.
Sunday night: nothing waiting. Every job billed the day it closed.
Where the evenings go
Three moments that eat your evenings, and what happens to them now.
Your crew is fine. The admin that follows each job is the bottleneck.
Tuesday, 8:12 am
The part that was not there
You find out a part is short once the job is open and the supplier is forty minutes away.
The shortfall shows the moment the job is booked. One tap orders just the missing three from your usual supplier, and when they arrive they are already on the job.
Job 2041 · materials
Starts Thursday 9:00 · needed, on hand, short
MaterialNeedOn handStatusImpeller kit11reservedHydraulic filter HF-223152 short 3Gear oil 10W-30 · 4 L13reservedRequest 3Friday, 4:15 pm
Done, but not billed
Finished jobs join the weekend invoice pile, and some never leave it.
Closing the job builds the bill from hours, parts and photos. Approve it once; it cannot be billed twice.
Close jobJob 2038 · Bayside Boat Hire
4 of 4 tasks done · timer stopped
- Drain and replace gear oil
- Replace impeller kit
- Test run and record readings
- Photograph the new impeller
Labour 11.5 h$1,552.50Parts issued · 4 lines$612.00Photos attached3$2,380.95 inc GST ApproveBilled once. It cannot be billed twice.
Monday, 9:00 pm
The quote still in your head
The quote gets written at the kitchen table, from memory, at last month's prices.
Price it from your book on the driveway, at your margin. When they say yes, the job is created with the quote on it. Your price book starts as the spreadsheet you already have.
IssueQuote Q-3091 · Tidewater
Draft · priced from your book
Outboard service · 150 hpPrice book$680.00Margin 38% · within policy$2,088.35Customer said yesCreate job
How it works
Three jobs you used to do at night, done on the floor.
You did not start a business to spend your nights on paperwork.
Get early accessPricing
One flat price. The whole crew included.
Most job software charges per person, every month. Turnaround charges one price per business, so on Team and Workshop the apprentice, the casual and the bookkeeper all get a login. Founding members: 30% off for 12 months.
Solo
You, your ute and your workshop.
$34/ month
$49 after 12 months · billed monthly
- 1 person
- 1 location (workshop or van)
- Every feature: quotes, jobs, stock, purchasing, time, billing
- Shared workshop tablet, scan a job card to open it, mark up photos
- Xero-ready exports and supplier bill matching
- Email support
Team
Best valueAn owner with a crew.
$90/ month
$129 after 12 months · billed monthly
- Up to 6 people, staff and bookkeeper included
- 3 locations (workshop, vans, store)
- Every feature: quotes, jobs, stock, purchasing, time, billing
- Shared workshop tablet, scan a job card to open it, mark up photos
- Xero-ready exports and supplier bill matching
- Priority phone support
Workshop
A bigger floor, more bays, more vans.
$174/ month
$249 after 12 months · billed monthly
- Up to 15 people
- Unlimited locations
- Every feature: quotes, jobs, stock, purchasing, time, billing
- Shared workshop tablet, scan a job card to open it, mark up photos
- Xero-ready exports and supplier bill matching
- Priority phone support and onboarding call
Nothing to pay until you decide to stay. Prices in AUD, GST inclusive. Founding rates are for the first 100 Australian businesses and are confirmed in writing before you pay anything. Need more people? Tell us when you join.
The questions owners ask before they join.
Straight answers, and what we can promise today.
Something else? Email the founder at hello@turnaroundapp.io
Get your evenings back.
The product is built. We bring on a few businesses a week so each gets a proper setup, in order of sign-up. Confirm your email, tell us the one thing you would fix first, and you get a start date.
- Built in Brisbane
- Onboarding in order of sign-up
- Founding price held for 12 months
TurnaroundHarbourside Marine ServicesWorkshop tablet
Bay 1 · 2 people signed in
Good morning, Dan
Thursday 8 October · 5 things need you before 9:00
The Overview on a Thursday morning, shown with example data.