I have used most of the construction software out there. I’ be taken the classes, read the recommended manuals and gotten a lot of sleep doing it. Construction by nature is far from boring, but construction software training....have you ever watched paint dry?ProCore is easy enough to use that if you have reasonable computer skills, know how to copy and paste, are comfortable with Excel, then you can use ProCore without requisite training. I’ve only found a couple of things that are hard to do. One is to upload a schedule into ProCore from Excel. I just tried to do this last week, only to discover that I need “ admin” priveledge to do so. The other is uploading photos from another source, like google photos. You. Can’t. You need to move your pix into your pictures then upload one by one to ProCore. If you try this on cellular wi-fi it’s going to fail 90% of the time. According to ProCore online help, that’s the nature of the beast. The rest of the software...pretty easy stuff.

Love “In theory” things I love or access current plans and specs for the entire team. Love that you can create markups and have them published or private. That contacts in directory are available for everyone and that you can record information from phone calls directly into the daily log. Access to submittals, even if the submittal tool is horrible.Hate (in function) tools are not arranged. Alphabetically cannot be arranged. Alphabetically must be arranged manually. Submittals when multiple revisions are made, it is almost impossible to differentiate between what current and what was revised and resubmitted without having to search through all submittals. Daily log and manpower that you cannot add someone to the log without them being in the master directory so so if you have temporary contractor for one day, they don’t count into your manpower. Equipment log cannot assign equipment to contractor via drop-down menu. specifications cannot highlight important information directly in the app, trying to input a new section into specifications takes a rocket science degree, with the wind blowing north and south at the same time and holding your mouth at a 32° angle perpendicular to the equator. And the biggest thing I absolutely hate about this app is the constant downloading of same details, same photos over and over and over again every time the app opens so when you have no service, you have no drawings even though you’ve opened them dozens of times

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. It’s essentially just a full screen version of the iPhone app. It does not even in the slightest take advantage of the iPad’s power or features. The pencil features are rudimentary at best, and are somehow more confusing to use than your finger in most instances. The word editor, for example in the meetings tool, has less formatting options that most text messaging apps. Also, why do I have to keep the app open for photos to upload? This is pretty annoying after you’ve just walked the site and taken 50 daily progress photos and you’re on cellular data. 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.

I use mostly for punch list creation, tracking, and resolution. I have found a need for a longer queue in “recent punch items” in order to keep moving through rooms productively. The current update has made things slower because reusing a recent item loads it into the queue twice, etc. Removing other punch items that then have to be recreated. The older version handled this better. The comment and response section when communicating on a specific punch item makes it difficult to have clear communication back and forth using the app tool. Items have been failing to load for me when created and will just stay in the top of the queue unless resolved and reopened in the instance that is possible. When resolve and reopen is not an option there is really nothing much that can be done other than delete in the browser version and recreate.When linking items to a drawing it can begin to glitch and have had the app crash on me without saving atleast 20 previous items that were not loaded yet. A lot of unnecessary steps that may be useful in some scenarios but honestly could be much more productive not having to modify edits or individually add certain unavailable editable features to hundreds of items. The concept and goal of the app is untouchable and can revolutionize job management and communication throughout multiple industries it just needs some updates to the mobile system to help productivity and communication.