Mobile Contractor vs ProTools
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mobile Contractor
This app provides contractors with real-time access to pricing, product availability, and account information. It allows for order creation, stock checking, bid viewing, and saving projects as drafts before checkout.
- Real-time pricing and availability
- Account information access
- Product image viewing
- Stock and bid checking
- Order history and open orders
- Project saving and checkout
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Our Plimpton & Hills Mobile Contractor App connects you to your distributor anywhere and anytime. Allowing you the ability to create orders based on real time pricing, and company wide availability. View your up to date account information and look at pictures of requested product to ensure accuracy when ordering. Plimpton & Hills Mobile Contractor App also allows you to check stock, view bids, open orders, and order history. Easily add products to your shopping cart that acts as a “file cabinet” for you to save and store ongoing projects which you can utilize while you gather pricing, and then later “check-out” once you are ready to purchase and after you have finalized the quote for your customer. Easily locate each of our branches, hours and contact information. When downloading the Plimpton & Hills Mobile Contractor App, you will be given complete confidence with “Information on the Go”. If you have your mobile phone or tablet with you, then you will always have your Plimpton & Hills Mobile Contractor App with you as well!
ProTools
This app offers a collection of tools designed to streamline contractor workflows. It provides faster access to essential information, simplifies registration and warranty processes, and offers convenient access to technical support.
- Quick information access
- Streamlined registration
- Warranty support
- Easy tech support access
- Time-saving tools
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Weil-McLain's Protools provides a suite of tools to save you time. Quicker access to info, quicker registration and warranty support, and easier access to Tech Support when its needed.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ProTools at 4.1 against Mobile Contractor's 3.0. ProTools also leads on ratings volume (17 vs 4). Mobile Contractor's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.6). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
ProTools holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 17 respectively.
Mobile Contractor ships an update every 5 weeks, ProTools monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mobile Contractor | ProTools |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (4 ratings) | 4.1 (17 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 17 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Plimpton Hills | SPX Technologies |
Customer experience
Mobile Contractor
ProTools
In-app purchases
Mobile Contractor
No in-app purchases
ProTools
No in-app purchases
