Comparison

RetailNext vs Buildr

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

RetailNext

This platform offers comprehensive in-store analytics for retail businesses. It connects shopper behavior to sales data, providing insights through heat maps, traffic measurements, and conversion rates for specific store areas. Access key metrics like traffic, sales, and POS transactions on the go.

Highlights
  • Comprehensive in-store analytics
  • Connects shopper behavior to sales
  • Heat maps of visitor traffic
  • Measures traffic over time
  • Micro-level conversion information
  • On-the-go access to key metrics
Features
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RetailNext is the only comprehensive in-store analytics platform that pulls together the full set of information you need to make intelligent business decisions for your retail locations and visualizes it all in a variety of automatic, intuitive views to help you find those key lessons to improve your stores. Our patent-pending technology gives you the ability to connect traffic, dwell times, and other shopper behaviors to actual sales at the register. View heat maps of visitor traffic, measure traffic over time in your stores or areas of your stores, and connect visitors and sales to specific outside events. RetailNext will even deliver micro-level conversion information for areas like departments, aisles, and specific displays, making it the most directly actionable in-store measurement and analysis solution available. RetailNext for iOS provides you with instant, on-the-go access to traffic, sales and conversion information as well as POS transactions, floorplans, and video for your entire store network.

About

Buildr

This platform empowers general contractors with an all-in-one CRM designed for preconstruction. It offers task management, collaboration tools, and contact management to enhance team efficiency and client relationships.

Highlights
  • Task management for precon teams
  • Collaboration tools for pursuits
  • Contact management for clients
  • All-in-one CRM
  • High-performance company tools
Features
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Buildr is the leading preconstruction platform used by general contractors. Buildr provides general contractors with the tools needed to build a high performance company. A powerful, all-in-one CRM to level up how contractors manage preconstruction: - Task management for your entire precon team - Collaboration tools to keep your team in the loop on pursuits and projects - Contact management to ensure you're top of mind for your best clients Mint Construction: "It feels like Buildr was built with construction in mind." WPC: "Our internal communications are 5x more efficient" Rycon Construction: "The level of collaboration, our ability to make the best business decisions, and the construction-specific nature of the software easily hits our return on investment many times over."

Screenshots

RetailNext4 screens
Buildr4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Buildr at 5.0 against RetailNext's 4.4. Buildr also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Buildr holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 5 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RetailNext ships an update every 2 months, Buildr every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
RetailNext versus Buildr: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRetailNextBuildr
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (5 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Number of ratings55
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.5
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRetailNext, Inc.Buildr, LLC

Customer experience

RetailNext

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Buildr

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

RetailNext

No in-app purchases

None

Buildr

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RetailNext free?
RetailNext is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Buildr free?
Buildr is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, RetailNext or Buildr?
Buildr is rated higher. RetailNext averages 4.4 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Buildr averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do RetailNext or Buildr have ads?
Neither RetailNext nor Buildr shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RetailNext or Buildr?
RetailNext ships an update every 2 months, and Buildr every 3 weeks. Most recently, RetailNext was updated on October 23, 2026 and Buildr on October 30, 2026.

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