The 11 Best Apps for Contractors and Construction Companies in 2025

Constant Changes ⭐⭐

The app/desktop full site version are in constant change. Every time you get used to a new change some IT person has to justify their existence and create an extra step or move a box to the other side of the screen all in the name of making it better. They don’t know their audience or don’t care. Construction workers are about getting the job done and having proven processes that don’t need to change for the sake of change.

I have posted constant feedback to tech support with no results or updates that truly benefit the user. Our company processes are written around Buildertrend and their need to change or move things on the screen has negatively impacted our business on occasion. We had to shut down and revert back to paper contracts after the estimate updates they made.

Most recent change was on the To-Do. Now you have to click on another tab to get to the created checklist instead of just scrolling down the screen. There is delay with the screen loading to the checklist which creates efficiency issues. Loss of time every time you go to that screen.

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The company I work for has been using BT since 2020. Great to see the continuous improvements and updates. One suggestion to make things smoother on the phone would be to expand into more widgets. An agenda view of items scheduled to you as a widget would be a great addition!

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Overall: It has been disappointing. If you are a Coconstruct user I would recommend you wait as long as you can and then either switch to Buildertrend or at that point maybe there will be some better software in the marketplace. Six months in, and tens of thousands of dollars implementing we are 50/50 on whether we will keep it. 

…We are beginning to think they really do not plan on adopting more of Coconstruct and just say they are to attract Coconstruct’s loyal followers.

Pros: The product does look good and they seem well capitalized which bodes well for their longevity. They also bought the software that we used, CoConstruct, and had said they were going to merge the two, taking the best of both software.

Cons: We moved from CoConstruct. Buildertrend has a ton of features but it is not intuitive and does not tie together well. …It does not tie well to Quickbooks either. Overall Buildertrend has lots of features, but they “live” in different silos and one function does not communicate well with the other function. 

…CoConstruct was a beautiful software that worked wonderfully and was design to be efficient. Buildertrend is not.

Does not work as promised ⭐

I have been using time keeping apps for 8 years. I got this system because it does job management as well. It has issues though. I missed payroll three weeks in a row, because I couldn’t invoice customers based on time. I reached out to live chat every week, NOT ONCE DID THEY HELP ME GET MY TIME CARDS RIGHT. I would save info, only to have it revert back. When I type in the correct date, it would revert to previous numbers. I was forced to use my old system.

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lots of great features. Only complaint is it is dependent on internet connection. If I don’t have the connection where I am working I do at the office or at home, and just fill in time/reports there. Allows tracking, travel and production time. Can track a days work by cost codes, allowing for better estimates/streamlining production on future projects. Easier than previous type apps I have used. Well done!

Hopeful for product but overall disappointed. ⭐⭐

Overall: Overall I have had a very negative experience with this program, very buggy and made it hard to train staff on when we had to have constant work arounds. If they were responsive on their customer service team and were able to handle the bugs quickly this wouldn’t have been an issue however as I stated above sometimes it was over a month before I got a response. …This program has cost me far more time and money than if I just would’ve paid more for a better program.

Pros: The numerous features in the project was great.

Cons: There was no training on how all of the modules worked together, just on the modules individually in the videos. The customer support has been terrible… Because of some bugs with the links to QBO we had progress invoices syncing over that were for full value rather than the percentage (This has been Fixed). There is something wrong with the link now that once it syncs over to QBO the values are changing. When completing work orders into invoices the fields would not properly fill out requiring lots of manual entry, we changed our workflow to not use those because of that so I have not checked to see if that has been fixed.

Great Platform, Terrible iPad app ⭐⭐

This platform is by far the best for project management with all of the cool tools and high powered features they offer. It really confuses me however, given how well the web portal version works, that the iPad app could be so bad. 

…Prepare to spend 15 minutes not being able to use anything else on your phone or tablet.

Really is a shame how little effort is put into optimizing the iPad app when most people in the field depend on it over their traditional laptops. Currently, it’s actually easier just to open Procore in Safari, so I’m not really sure why this has such a high store rating. I think people are rating the functionality of Procore more than the actual app.

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I feel like there have not been many positive improvements made to the app in the past 5 to 8 years. Still the leader in jobsite management, I just feel like they could be doing a better job. Definitely a large gap between jobsite necessities and the functions of the application….. I think they would benefit by having more PM’s and Supers over web/app developers.

Excellent project management tool ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Overall: Its the most well rounded project management solution.

Pros: It acts as one database for all of the construction administration process.

Cons: It occasionally has glitches which is based on the setup of the system by the admin. If more than one person is a priority reviewer on a submittal it will get stuck rather than pass on to the next office.

Great option if team is fully committed, not for everyone ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

I am an HVAC contractor. I was was talked into using this by a builder I worked with in order to “play ball”. Initially, I was stoked about this. We took the training, and I thought this was the best thing I had seen! Then we started using it, and I quickly realized it’s only a timesaver if everyone on the team (builder side & fellow subs) use it, otherwise it is a management headache for the few dedicated people that are committed. I burned out after a couple projects, and now use something else that fits why I do at a lot lower cost, and is not tied into a closed ecosystem. 

…The worst part of this is the contract. If you decide you don’t want this anymore, make sure you give the required 30 day notice. When I inquired to how to cancel, I was told that I was stuck with it because I didn’t give the required notice, and was referred to the contract. Nice. Of course we are stuck with the contract, but when the response I receive is a “gotcha” it didn’t improve my outlook on their customer service

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Should at least have the option to view the project without downloading pages first in the app, PC browser allows this. Even if you select “No sheets to be downloaded” it dumps the entire project onto your device. Also does not redraw any windows when going to view tasks. Literally cant see any of them on mobile and the sidebar stays in the same spot. This app needs attention for the unlimited sheet subscription fees you charge.

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Overall: Overall it was okay. The implementation team (3rd party vendor who sold the bundle to us) could have been better, but the product itself was overall good.

Pros: The fact that all of the modules within Build, Cost Management, and Insight tie into each other makes it very easy to create Issues connected to RFIs to Plans, etc.

Cons: Sometimes it can be a little clunky with how some items work on a desktop version, but not on a mobile version. In Meetings, for example, one can assign due dates and people to complete the action items on the desktop version, but you cannot assign people in the mobile version.

Nope ⭐

This app development is such an office move. It’s a nightmare for field workers. It’s kinda another way to get the field guys to do most of the office work. Taking away focus from actual field work in my opinion.

Especially when the crews are narrow and the foreman is a working foreman not a pointing and paperwork foreman. There’s only so many hours in the day and even less for working hours. This complicates it and adds time to every job. Soooo thanks a lot……….

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This has to be the worst app I have ever used. Will not even let me log in since last update and verification. As a field worker who is supposed to rely on this app, beware. The app used to be good, but now it is good for nothing.

Great Product ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Overall: We have come a long way as a company since the time we started with Assigner, back 3 years ago. At the start we were not using the Product to its Full Potential. Now 12mnths in we have made our day-to-day processes faster to action, tasks completed in a timely manner, Compliance is at a higher standard.

Pros: How quickly the response to changes that are made in the System. Great Customer Service when needing Support. User Friendly, able to adapt to our Companys Needs.

Cons: Filtering could be a bit more improved.

Updates that lack testing and follow up ⭐⭐

Overall OK for our small organization, but as they try to improve features, certain critical functions are missed and getting those resolved is a extremely frustrating process. Took almost 4 months to get automatic reminders resolved, and now sitting on 2+ months for custom timesheet output to show correctly. This has literally put our company at risk for L&I liability and I have to reach out to them over and over to get a response, and the response every time is engineering is working on a fix.

The latest update prevents some pictures from being included in the reports. Perhaps they are trying to attract new clients, but unable to take care of the ones they have.

Buyer beware

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I wish you could delete daily work logs from mobile and not need to open the desktop to do it.

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Overall: Very positive. Much preferred to other platforms I have used or reviewed.

Pros: Easy to use. Our field team has created reports that have proven to be significant down the road.

Cons: Difficult to implement changes to the templates. Templates are not very flexible.

Needs improvement ⭐

Whatever you guys updated on the last cycle completed destroyed the functionality of this program. It was 3-4 stars prior to this update. Remove the clock out feature on the web page, and stop the changing times. The three minutes from before wasn’t bad, but changing hours around and etc will cause me to quickly look into other options.

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I’m not able to access a total time of hours clocked in for the day/week/month, and it would be helpful to gauge that in the app.

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Overall: Overall I love ExakTime. System was easy to use and navigate on the website and mobile app. Reports generated were easy to process and read.

Pros: I liked how easy it was to navigate through the website, view daily/weekly timesheets and process time reports. Our employees who used this system on their mobile devices had nothing but good things to say about the ExakTime app. It’s easy to clock in and out, find job address and leave notes in case their time needed to be edited.

Cons: I think from an office-point-of-view, is that we were charged on an annual basis, which didn’t really work with us sometimes because we would occasionally have an employee or two who would only work for a few months yet we would not be able to pro-rate our bill. I loved ExakTime but that was a deal-breaker in the end unfortunately. If they had offered a month-by-month payment arrangement then we would have stayed with them. Other than that, ExakTime was great!

Doesn’t work well ⭐

The company I do work with wanted to use this app. As a contractor I need to put my own jobs on the calendar as well. You have to use task but to see jobs you have to go out of the way. Same as there jobs all you see on calendar is name a order number. If I’m looking at the calendar trying to schedule a job I need more information as to where the jobs are so I can schedule accordingly by zip codes based on their jobs and mine… 

I would and still give the app a zero if I could. It’s cumbersome to use to much toggling around. Calendar is just plain hideous. Cant see any info in the app. Having to scroll down a long list to find the day and see info is a big pain. Forget about using if your in a area without cell/data. Cant get any info. Still have to use paper since you can’t see info like outlook.

Using this for scheduling is a massive mistake if your in a rural area. Forget customer service. They have none. One more thing, the app often doesn’t open or freezes. Fusions alway say your phone isn’t up to date. That’s not true. My phone /iPad update as soon as available. That’s just their excuse for a poor product.

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For a tech, it’s ok; owner/supervisor, it sucks. You cannot do much as a manager. Wouldn’t be bad if desktop version was mobile friendly. This is very frustrating as an owner/manager because I have to wait to go into my office if I have to do anything deeper than just run calls. There should be a robust manager version so we manage from the field with the same functions as the office. It doesn’t work at all without a signal. Would be nice to still work then upload when signal returns.

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Overall: I am really happy with Service Fusion. It does what they say it will. It’s reliable.

Pros: I am very happy with Service Fusion. We have found that the software performs in the way it was presented to us. I like that it integrates with QuickBooks. …I think the paperless is actually appealing to customers in the estimate process and easy for them to view and accept quotes.

Cons: There are some quirks with the QuickBooks integration that would have been helpful to understand better before we transferred our data/customers into Service Fusion. …Our main issue we encountered was that parent/sub accounts from QB came over with all the same name and addresses.

…In general the integration tool seems to skew our list data in QB and we frequently have to rebuild our data and correct things. …If Service Fusion would have offered to help with this for a fee, I would have paid it.