Put BuildPilot on your phone
Takes about 20 seconds. Do it once and you never open a browser again.
This is the icon you'll get
BuildPilot
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Make sure you're in Chrome
If you opened this from a text, Facebook or Gmail, it may be inside that app's own browser, which cannot install apps. Tap the ⋮ or ••• menu and choose "Open in Chrome" — or copy this page's link and paste it into the Chrome app.
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Tap the menu (⋮) at the top-right of Chrome
Three dots in the top-right corner. This always works, even if the big button below never showed up.
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Tap "Install app" (or "Add to Home screen")
Chrome will ask you to confirm — tap Install / Add. The BuildPilot icon lands on your home screen.
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Even easier if you see it
If a big orange "Install BuildPilot" button appears below, one tap does all of the above.
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If Android shows a "Play Protect" notice
That's a current Google issue with newer Android versions — it flags apps installed from ANY website, not just ours. Tap "More details", then "Install anyway". BuildPilot asks for no special permissions: no SMS, no contacts, no accessibility access.
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Already added it earlier?
Then it's already on your home screen — just open the BuildPilot icon. Chrome won't offer to install it twice.
Do this before you go to a job
- Your photos stay safe. An installed app keeps them even if you don't open BuildPilot for a week. A browser tab does not — iPhone erases it.
- It opens with no signal. Basements, metal buildings, out of range — the app still opens and shows today's jobs and your customers' phone numbers.
- One tap from your home screen, with the BuildPilot icon, like any other app.