Keep the radios on site. Use Walkie Pro for everyone off it.
Walkie Pro is not a push-to-talk radio app. Radios are for the crew who can see the building. Walkie Pro is for everyone else — the designer, the supplier, the GC across town — and every call is recorded, summarized and filed under the job.
The short answer
Choose Walkie Pro for everyone who isn't on site, and for anything you'll need to find again.
Keep the radios for the crew who can see the building. For “swing it left”, nothing beats a button.
| What you need to do | Walkie Pro | Two-way radios | Keep it when |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reach the designer, the supplier, the GC | Anyone, anywhere, on their own phone. | Only whoever is holding a radio on your channel. | Keep the radios when everyone who needs to hear it is on site. |
| Where it goes | Each job keeps its own feed, and the call summary lands in it. | A channel is a place. Everything said on it is said to everyone, and then it's gone. | Keep the radios when the message is for right now. |
| What's left afterwards | Every Walkie call is recorded, with a transcript and a summary, filed under the job. | Nothing. Radio traffic isn't kept. | Keep the radios when nobody will need it later. |
| What you agreed to do next | It becomes a follow-up with a date, on your own list. | Whoever heard it has to remember it. | Keep the radios when the job is done the moment it's said. |
| Finding it later | Ask Walkie what was decided, and it opens the call where it was said. | Nothing to search. | Keep the radios when the answer won't matter tomorrow. |
| No signal | Needs a data connection. No signal, no Walkie. | Works with no network at all, which is the whole point. | Keep the radios on a site with no coverage. |
Reach the designer, the supplier, the GC
- Walkie Pro
- Anyone, anywhere, on their own phone.
- Two-way radios
- Only whoever is holding a radio on your channel.
- Keep it when
- Keep the radios when everyone who needs to hear it is on site.
Where it goes
- Walkie Pro
- Each job keeps its own feed, and the call summary lands in it.
- Two-way radios
- A channel is a place. Everything said on it is said to everyone, and then it's gone.
- Keep it when
- Keep the radios when the message is for right now.
What's left afterwards
- Walkie Pro
- Every Walkie call is recorded, with a transcript and a summary, filed under the job.
- Two-way radios
- Nothing. Radio traffic isn't kept.
- Keep it when
- Keep the radios when nobody will need it later.
What you agreed to do next
- Walkie Pro
- It becomes a follow-up with a date, on your own list.
- Two-way radios
- Whoever heard it has to remember it.
- Keep it when
- Keep the radios when the job is done the moment it's said.
Finding it later
- Walkie Pro
- Ask Walkie what was decided, and it opens the call where it was said.
- Two-way radios
- Nothing to search.
- Keep it when
- Keep the radios when the answer won't matter tomorrow.
No signal
- Walkie Pro
- Needs a data connection. No signal, no Walkie.
- Two-way radios
- Works with no network at all, which is the whole point.
- Keep it when
- Keep the radios on a site with no coverage.
Product behaviour, described plainly.
How it all fits together
Call and message the way you already do.
One conversation with each person. Every job you share with them gets its own feed.
Hang up, and it's filed.
Every Walkie call is recorded. The transcript and summary land under the job the call was about. Photos and files stay with their job too.
Loose ends get a date.
Turn any message into a follow-up. Your list is private to you.
Ask, and go straight to it.
Ask Walkie in plain words what was decided, and it opens the call or message where it was said.
What a radio is actually good at
A radio is instant, hands-free and needs no network. Press the button and the crew who can see the building hear you. For “swing it left” and “hold the pour”, nothing is faster.
A channel is a place. You have to be on it, listening, when the words are said. Afterwards, nothing is left.
Who isn’t on the channel
The designer is at her desk. The supplier is on the road. The GC is at another job. None of them is holding a radio, and the thing they need to know was said out loud an hour ago.
Walkie Pro carries those conversations. Every call is recorded and summarized, the summary lands under the job, anything agreed becomes a follow-up, and weeks later you can ask what was decided and go straight to the call.
Keep the radios when…
Keep the radios for the crew on site, and for any site where coverage drops out. Use Walkie Pro for everyone off site, and for the calls you’ll want to find in March.
Start with the person off site you call most.
Questions
Is Walkie Pro push-to-talk?
No. Calls are ordinary calls over the internet, or out to ordinary phone numbers in the US and Canada.
Does it work with no signal?
No. Walkie Pro needs a data connection. Messages you write offline send themselves when signal comes back.
Can I use both?
Yes, and most crews do. Radios on site, Walkie Pro for everyone off it.
What happens to a call after it ends?
Walkie writes the transcript and a summary and files them under the job. You can turn anything in it into a follow-up, and ask about it later.
Can my crew on site use Walkie Pro instead of radios?
For quick back-and-forth on site, a radio is faster: press and talk. Walkie Pro is a phone call, so use it for the conversations worth keeping.
Keep the record without writing it twice.
Walkie Pro is a construction communication app. It keeps the messages and calls you already make organized by job.