Looking for a Heating App alternative?
The Heating App is built for heating professionals: oil, gas and solid fuel engineers, as well as chimney sweeps. We Sweep is built for chimney sweeps alone: a ready-made sweep certificate for every flue, customers booking and paying on your own website, routes planned, unpaid jobs chased and next year's sweep prompted, for £0 a month. (We build We Sweep. Everything we say about The Heating App comes from its own website, checked on 19 October 2026.)
The Heating App vs We Sweep
Monthly cost
£25 a month, plus £20 a month for each extra user; its pricing page doesn't mention VAT*
£0/month, £0 per booking — customers pay a £1.95 booking fee
Built for
Heating professionals: oil, gas and solid fuel engineers, as well as chimney sweeps*
UK chimney sweep businesses only
Chimney sweeping certificates
Form templates and a drag-and-drop form builder; completed forms sent as A4 PDFs*
Yes — completed on-site with pre/post photos, one per flue, with your trade-body numbers and the next sweep due
Customers book & pay online themselves
Online booking isn't mentioned on its website*
Yes — booking widget on your own website; card at booking, or cash, card at the door or bank transfer on the day
Payments
Card payments and GoCardless*
Card at booking, card at the door (QR/link), cash or bank transfer — unpaid jobs chased automatically at 3, 7 and 14 days
Reminders
Email confirmations and 24-hour SMS reminders; servicing notifications at a frequency you set*
Confirmations, 24-hour reminders by email and free SMS, and an annual re-sweep prompt about 11 months after the sweep, for bookings made through We Sweep
Route optimisation
Not mentioned on its website*
Yes — each day's jobs ordered to minimise driving
Works offline in the field
Yes — works with or without a phone signal*
Yes — complete jobs, photos and certificates with no signal; sent when you're back in signal
Accounting
Exportable reports and access for your bookkeeper; no accounting software link mentioned*
Xero, QuickBooks and Sage sync included at no cost to you — paid jobs post as itemised, VAT-correct invoices
Technicians included
£20 a month for each extra user*
Unlimited, at no extra cost
| The Heating App | We Sweep | |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly cost | £25 a month, plus £20 a month for each extra user; its pricing page doesn't mention VAT* | £0/month, £0 per booking — customers pay a £1.95 booking fee |
| Built for | Heating professionals: oil, gas and solid fuel engineers, as well as chimney sweeps* | UK chimney sweep businesses only |
| Chimney sweeping certificates | Form templates and a drag-and-drop form builder; completed forms sent as A4 PDFs* | Yes — completed on-site with pre/post photos, one per flue, with your trade-body numbers and the next sweep due |
| Customers book & pay online themselves | Online booking isn't mentioned on its website* | Yes — booking widget on your own website; card at booking, or cash, card at the door or bank transfer on the day |
| Payments | Card payments and GoCardless* | Card at booking, card at the door (QR/link), cash or bank transfer — unpaid jobs chased automatically at 3, 7 and 14 days |
| Reminders | Email confirmations and 24-hour SMS reminders; servicing notifications at a frequency you set* | Confirmations, 24-hour reminders by email and free SMS, and an annual re-sweep prompt about 11 months after the sweep, for bookings made through We Sweep |
| Route optimisation | Not mentioned on its website* | Yes — each day's jobs ordered to minimise driving |
| Works offline in the field | Yes — works with or without a phone signal* | Yes — complete jobs, photos and certificates with no signal; sent when you're back in signal |
| Accounting | Exportable reports and access for your bookkeeper; no accounting software link mentioned* | Xero, QuickBooks and Sage sync included at no cost to you — paid jobs post as itemised, VAT-correct invoices |
| Technicians included | £20 a month for each extra user* | Unlimited, at no extra cost |
*From The Heating App's own website, checked 19 October 2026. Features and prices change, so check their site before deciding.
Why sweeps choose We Sweep over The Heating App
Built for sweeping, not boiler servicing
The Heating App describes itself as built specifically for heating professionals. We Sweep is built for one trade: appliances and flues, smoke draw tests and CO alarm checks, certificates and the annual re-sweep.
A sweep certificate ready to use
With The Heating App you choose from its form templates or build your own with drag and drop. We Sweep's certificate is made for sweeping: one for every flue, with before and after photos, your HETAS or association numbers and the next sweep due, filed in the customer's portal.
Customers book themselves on your website
The Heating App's website doesn't mention customers booking online. With We Sweep the booking widget goes on your own site, and customers either pay by card when they book or pay you on the day.
Annual re-sweeps that bring customers back
About 11 months after the sweep, for bookings made through We Sweep, the customer gets a prompt to book their next one, without you setting anything up.
No monthly fee, however many vans
The Heating App is £25 a month plus £20 a month for each extra user. We Sweep has no monthly fee and unlimited technicians; your customers pay a £1.95 online booking fee.
Routes planned and books kept
We Sweep orders each day's jobs to cut the driving, chases unpaid jobs at 3, 7 and 14 days, and posts paid jobs into Xero, QuickBooks or Sage as itemised, VAT-correct invoices.
Frequently asked questions
Why do chimney sweeps look for a Heating App alternative?
The Heating App is built for heating professionals, with forms you pick from templates or build yourself. Sweeps look for an alternative when they want a sweep certificate ready to use, customers booking and paying on their own website, and annual re-sweep reminders sent for them.
Is We Sweep cheaper than The Heating App?
For your business, yes. The Heating App is £25 a month, plus £20 a month for each extra user. We Sweep has no monthly fee, no per-user charge and nothing per booking: your customers pay a £1.95 online booking fee.
Does We Sweep work without a signal?
Yes. The field app lets you complete the job, take photos, fill in certificates and record a cash or bank transfer payment with no signal, and sends it all when you're back in range.
Can I bring my customers and bookings across?
Yes. We Sweep's import takes your existing bookings from a spreadsheet (CSV or Excel), and bookings you import in your first 14 days carry no booking fee, for you or your customers.
Weighing more options? See the full UK chimney sweep software comparison or the SmartSweep alternative guide.