Oregon ePermitting App vs Mercury Build
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Oregon ePermitting App
This app enables contractors and homeowners to manage building inspections. Schedule, reschedule, or cancel inspections, upload photos, and participate in live video inspections. Communicate directly with inspectors via direct messaging and receive important push notifications.
- Schedule, reschedule, and cancel inspections
- Upload photos to inspections
- Participate in live video inspections
- Receive push notifications from inspectors
- Direct message with inspectors
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Allows Oregon contractors and homeowners to schedule/reschedule/cancel building, onsite, and public works inspections. As well as upload photos to inspections, participate in live video inspections, receive push notifications from inspectors, and direct message with inspectors about upcoming inspections.
Mercury Build
Streamline construction project management with this intuitive software. Focus on building rather than wrestling with complex tools. Designed to enhance efficiency and productivity on job sites.
- Construction project management
- Streamlined workflow
- Enhanced efficiency
- Intuitive interface
- Focus on building
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Mercury Build is a new program for construction project management. Let the software get out of the way of the process and start building instead of managing software!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Mercury Build at 5.0 against Oregon ePermitting App's 2.8. Mercury Build also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months). Oregon ePermitting App's advantage is ratings volume (15 vs 3) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Mercury Build holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Oregon ePermitting App has 15 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Oregon ePermitting App ships an update every 5 months, Mercury Build monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Oregon ePermitting App | Mercury Build |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (15 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 120 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Oregon DCBS/Building Codes Division | Shoestring Valley Holdings Inc. |
In-app purchases
Oregon ePermitting App
No in-app purchases
Mercury Build
No in-app purchases
Questions
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