Everything still on WhatsApp. No new apps.
You manage the business over WhatsApp, we capture the data, make it visible. No more messaging chaos.
Sesotho, as the worker said it
Pompo e lokisitsoe, empa motlakase o ntse o tsoile. Ke hloka Thabo hosane.
English, as you read it
The pump is fixed, but the power is still off. I need Thabo tomorrow.
From any language to any language.
Manager sends an instruction in Afrikaans and the worker receives it in Sesotho. No more language barriers.
R 399 a month, the first 2 workers on WhatsApp included, then R 99 each. 14 days free.
Sesotho, as the worker said it
Difensetere tsa mokatong oa bobeli di hloekile. Ke tsoetse pele ka tsa pele.
English, as you read it
The second floor windows are clean. I have moved on to the first floor.
Hlatsoa difensetere tsa mokatong oa bobeli. Qala ka 08:00 mme u tsebise ha u qeta.
07:15 · 07:16Up and running in 5 minutes.
Load your business and worker phone numbers. We’ll onboard them in minutes.
Dumela Nomsa. Bloemhof Terreindienste e batla ho romela mesebetsi ho uena ka Sesotho. O dumela?
17:50 · 17:51Ke dumela
17:52Mabone a workshop. Qala ka 07:00 hosane.
17:53Three of the things YardNote runs today
How it works
Everything runs through WhatsApp. Nobody installs anything.
Your people use the phone and the chat they already open every day.
Create your free trial
No credit card needed, just a chance to make your life easier.
Onboard your team in 5 minutes
Load their phone numbers, load your business phone number, assign roles and let the system onboard everyone. POPIA compliant. Nothing is sold, and no other business can see your people.
POPIA compliant. Nothing is sold, and no other business can see your people.
You and your employees respond to the questions on WhatsApp
Voice note or text, our system understands everything.
Choose the process you want to manage in your business
Like onboarding seasonal workers or work order management.
See everything you manage through WhatsApp recorded, traceable and manageable in our online portal.
Every job, who it went to and when, with the recording and the translation kept beside it. Open the portal from any computer or phone browser.
Everything recorded. Nothing missed.
WhatsApp goes from a group nobody can search to organised business data. Nothing missed, nothing forgotten.
No signal? WhatsApp sends the message when the signal comes back.
Processes
Choose what runs on WhatsApp
Turn on the processes you need. Each one works the same way: your people use WhatsApp, and you get a record.
Work orders
Plan the jobs, send each worker a number and your voice note, and hear the replies on the right job.
Sesotho, as the worker said it
Difensetere tsa mokatong oa bobeli di hloekile. Lemati la morao ha le koale hantle, ke hloka senotlolo hosane.
English, as you read it
The second floor windows are clean. The back door does not close properly, I need the key tomorrow.
Two phrases were uncertain and are underlined. The original recording is kept, so you can always play what was said.
Seasonal worker onboarding
Load a list of names and numbers when a new group starts. Each person is asked on WhatsApp, in their own language, agrees from their own phone, and the agreement is kept with the language on record.
Each person’s first job goes out once they agree.
The difference
Built for the people doing the work, not the people at a desk
Most business software stops at the office door. YardNote goes where your people are.
Traditional business software
Office staff at a computer
YardNote
Everyone, including workers out on the job
Traditional business software
An app, a login and training
YardNote
The WhatsApp they already have
Traditional business software
Written, usually in English
YardNote
Spoken, in each person’s own language
Traditional business software
A printout, or someone relays it at the gate
YardNote
A voice note on their own phone
Traditional business software
A form filled in later, if at all
YardNote
A voice reply on the right job, the same day
Traditional business software
What someone typed afterwards
YardNote
The actual recording, kept
Traditional business software
Weeks or months of setup
YardNote
The same evening, with 14 days free
YardNote runs alongside the systems you already use and handles the part they can’t reach.
Price
One price. No surprises.
Pay for the business, and for each worker on WhatsApp after the first 2.
R 399a month for the business, with the first 2 workers on WhatsApp
R 99a month for each worker after those
No charge per message. Workers can reply as often as they need.
Office staff use the app at no extra cost.
Try it free for 14 days.
10 workers: R 1 191 a month
Questions
Questions managers ask
Do my workers need to install anything?
No. They use the WhatsApp they already have. There’s no app, no login and no training.
Will my people actually use it?
They already open WhatsApp forty times a day. A voice note is something they send already. YardNote just puts the job number in front of it.
What does it cost my workers in data?
Voice notes are small. A one-minute voice note uses well under 1 MB. Workers use their own data, as with any WhatsApp message.
Which languages does it work in?
Your people can speak Afrikaans, English, Zulu and Sesotho, and you read what they said in your own language. A job is read out loud by machine in Afrikaans and English; in the others your workers hear your own recording. Each person chooses their own language, and you don’t have to share one.
What if the translation is wrong?
Then you press play. Every reply keeps the original recording, so you always hear exactly what was said. The translation is there to save time, not to replace the recording.
Whose name do workers see on WhatsApp?
Messages come from a YardNote business number. Every job opens with your business name, so the worker knows who is asking.
What about POPIA?
Each worker agrees from their own phone before receiving anything, and that agreement is kept on record. Only the people you give access to can open a recording or a translation, and the privacy notice says who else sees one.
What happens if there’s no signal?
WhatsApp holds the message and delivers it when signal comes back. Nobody has to do anything.
Can I stop at any time?
Yes. It is month to month. Cancel before the month ends and nothing further is charged.
Start tonight
Send your first job this evening
Open a trial, load your team, and the work goes out on the WhatsApp they already have.
R 399 a month, the first 2 workers on WhatsApp included, then R 99 each. 14 days free.