# BuildOps: Commercial Trades

> Field Tools for Contractors

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1459667206](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1459667206)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1459667206`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** BuildOps
- **Category:** Business
- **Rating:** 3.10 / 5 (470 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.80.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-01
- **First published:** 2019-05-29
- **Size:** 176 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-17
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/buildops-commercial-trades/id1459667206)
- **Website:** [http://buildops.com](http://buildops.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://buildops.com/privacy-policy/](https://buildops.com/privacy-policy/)

## Description

BuildOps: Commercial Trades is field tools for contractors that keep office and field teams connected. Designed for technicians and journeymen in the field, it enables real-time access to work orders, simple time tracking, photo capture with auto-organization, shared notes, and asset lifecycle tracking for commercial HVAC, refrigeration, electrical, plumbing, and fire-safety jobs.

Powered by AI features, including a nameplate scanner with OCR to capture data from sun-bleached assets, BuildOps reduces manual entry and boosts consistency across inspections and service calls, helping your teams work faster and more accurately.

## Rankings

- #87,727 — Overall

## Review summary

User reviews are mixed. Many praise BuildOps for reducing paperwork, easy-to-use interface, and better field-to-office communication and labor tracking. However, recurring complaints dominate: persistent bugs and crashes, instability, and unreliable data handling; cumbersome mobile forms/attachments and time-tracking workflows; clunky UI with weak search/history; slow or failed media uploads; and occasional login/log-out issues. Some users report rocky initial implementation but eventual gains, while others find it unusable. Overall, value appears when the app can operate reliably and streamline field-office coordination; otherwise it hinders production.

### Pros

- Reduces paperwork by consolidating tasks into one easy-to-use app
- Improves communication between field and office and overall efficiency
- Easy to use; helps users get things done faster
- Helps track labor/time more efficiently
- Support is responsive and collaborative in solving issues

### Cons

- Frequent bugs and crashes; app is unstable and sometimes down
- Time tracking is unreliable and cumbersome; forms/attachments require many steps
- Clunky UI with too many taps; poor searching/history; notes disappear or change
- Media uploads (photos/videos) are slow or fail; camera/gallery integration issues
- Occasional login/logout issues and general reliability concerns

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1459667206)