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Press releaseSeptember 9, 2026

CalendTree Welcomes First Early Access Users

The first wave came onto the platform on September 1. CalendTree is admitting users in waves on purpose — and has spent the past month hardening the security, stability, and reliability underneath them. The iOS and iPadOS app is in final stability testing for App Store review.

A coffee cart owner talking with a customer outdoors
The first wave of early access users came onto the platform on September 1. Photo: CalendTree

ATLANTA, Ga. — September 9, 2026 — CalendTree today welcomed the first early access users onto its business platform for the self-employed. The first wave was admitted on September 1, 2026, the beginning of a staged rollout the company is running deliberately: users are let in a wave at a time so each group gets the best possible experience rather than the one a crowd would leave them with.

Here's what we've been up to since launch

The month between announcing CalendTree and opening the doors did not go into new features. It went into the layer underneath them — the part that decides whether a booking survives a dead zone, whether two accounts on one phone can ever see each other, and whether the number on an invoice is the number that reaches the bank.

We've spent the past month hardening security, stability, and reliability of our platform.

Braden Jordan, founder of CalendTree

In final stability testing for App Store review

CalendTree is currently in final stability testing ahead of App Store review for iOS and iPadOS. The app is universal: one application that runs on both iPhone and iPad, with a layout built for the larger screen rather than a phone interface stretched across it. The web platform at calendtree.com stays in sync with both.

CalendTree running on iPad, showing the sidebar layout with Home, Clients, Bookings, Get Paid, Documents, Workforce, Life, and Settings
CalendTree running on iPhone, showing the home dashboard with bookings, invoices, revenue, and the time tracker
One universal app on iPhone and iPad, in final stability testing for App Store review.

Why any of this matters

The argument CalendTree launched on has not changed. The gap it is built around was never a missing feature — it is a seam. The person doing the job is also the person doing the scheduling, the quoting, the invoicing, the chasing, and the books, and the tools for each of those live in different apps that do not speak to each other. The client's name gets retyped five times. The quote gets rebuilt as a contract, then rebuilt again as an invoice. Every seam is a place where money and hours leak out.

CalendTree closes those seams by following a single job the whole way. A client books through a booking page or scheduling link, and the client record is created on the spot. A quote becomes a contract with a real e-signature, and that contract becomes an invoice carrying the same numbers forward. Payments come in by card, Apple Pay, or a payment link. Expenses, receipts, mileage, and time collect in the background as the work happens, so tax season is a report you run instead of a weekend you lose.

The platform covers more than 300 business types, adapting its terminology, templates, and tools to the trade — a barber's language is not a contractor's language, and the app speaks both. And the business model is the second half of the argument: CalendTree charges for the software and nothing else. Payment processing runs through Square at Square's standard rates, and CalendTree takes no percentage on top. There are no tiers, no per-feature charges, and no upsells.

A woodworker running a compact router along a board
More than 300 business types, each in its own terminology.

Availability

The CalendTree web platform is available now at calendtree.com. The iOS and iPadOS app is in final stability testing ahead of App Store review. Early access users are being admitted in waves, beginning September 1, 2026.

CalendTree is in its founding-member period. The first 1,000 members to join lock in $15 per month for as long as their membership stays active and in good standing, with a 30-day free trial and no credit card required to start. Standard Square processing fees apply separately.

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Press images

Cleared for editorial use with this release. Full-resolution files on request — press@calendtree.com.

CalendTree running on an iPhone, an iPad, and a MacBook side by side
The platform, everywhereiPhone, iPad, and web — product shot
Close-up of the CalendTree quick-action menu on an iPhone
Quick actionsiPhone detail — charge a card, invoice, scan a receipt
A florist holding a finished arrangement in her shop
FloristLaunch film still
A self-employed professional working at a laptop at home
The back officeLaunch film still
CalendTree running on iPad, showing the sidebar layout and dashboard
CalendTree on iPadiPad product shot — sidebar layout
CalendTree running on iPhone, showing the home dashboard
CalendTree on iPhoneiPhone product shot — home dashboard
Two people going over paperwork together at a table
Client workTwo people going over paperwork
A woodworker running a compact router along a board
WoodworkerTrade work in progress
A coffee cart owner talking with a customer
Coffee cartServing a customer outdoors
Two people in aprons baking together in a kitchen
KitchenTwo people baking together

About CalendTree

CalendTree is a business management platform for self-employed professionals and small business owners, published by CalendTree LLC. It brings scheduling and booking, quotes, proposals, contracts with e-signature, invoicing, in-person and online payments, expenses, receipts, mileage, and time tracking into one app on iPhone and the web.

CalendTree makes its money from a single subscription, not from its customers' transactions: payment processing runs through Square at Square's standard rates, and CalendTree takes no percentage on top. During the founding-member period, the first 1,000 members lock in $15 per month for as long as their membership remains active and in good standing.

CalendTree LLC is an Alabama limited liability company. More at calendtree.com.