A CRM app that works on LTE in a parking lot, in a basement, and on a plane.
Most CRMs ship a desktop web app and a stripped-down mobile companion that nobody uses after week two. The field rep logs the meeting on a napkin and never gets around to typing it in. Strkr ships native iOS and Android apps with offline queue, voice-to-record capture, and the full CRM on every surface, which is the pattern that produces complete pipeline data instead of a monthly data-cleanup project.
The CRM-app search intent breaks into three buyer types. Small-business owners asking "what is a CRM app" who are deciding whether they need software at all. Field-sales teams who need a mobile tool their reps actually use. And teams evaluating the mobile capability of their existing desktop CRM. Each has a different pain. The small-business owner is running the business on a mix of spreadsheets, email, and WhatsApp and losing follow-up every week because nothing centralizes. The field-sales team has a desktop CRM (Salesforce, HubSpot, Pipedrive) but reps do not log activity because the mobile app is slow or missing features. The team evaluating mobile capability has watched their adoption drop every time the native mobile falls behind the web product. A fleet-services company at 24 reps told us the exact pattern: Salesforce desktop was fine but reps logged activity Monday morning in a batch, which meant pipeline was always 3 to 5 days stale and the forecast was unreliable. The mobile capability of the CRM is not a nice-to-have. For field teams it is the actual product.
The mobile companion gap
Desktop CRM, afterthought mobile.
Salesforce Mobile, HubSpot Mobile, and Pipedrive Mobile ship as stripped-down companions to the desktop web product. The field rep opens the app, finds half the features missing, and logs meetings on a Monday-morning batch instead. Strkr ships feature-parity on iOS, Android, and web with the same record on every surface. The rep updates the deal from the parking lot and the data is complete before the next meeting.
The offline problem
LTE drops in a basement and the app breaks.
Field reps lose signal in basements, parking garages, elevators, rural coverage dead zones, and on planes. Mobile CRMs that require live connectivity fail every time. Strkr queues reads and writes locally with SQLite, sync when connection returns, and the rep works through LTE drops without noticing. Teams in field service, construction, logistics, and medical sales specifically call this out as the capability that makes mobile actually usable.
Voice capture missing
Typing on a phone after a meeting is friction.
A field rep walks out of a meeting with 7 to 15 action items and a 20-minute drive to the next meeting. Typing the meeting notes on a phone is friction most reps skip, which means the notes land Monday morning when memory has decayed. Strkr voice capture records the meeting debrief as the rep drives, transcribes in real time with Strkr AI, extracts action items as tasks, and posts the summary to the deal record automatically.
GPS tagging missing
The territory map that would catch route gaps.
Field sales territories cover hundreds of accounts across geography. GPS-tagged meeting logs let the sales manager see which accounts got visited this quarter versus which have been dark for 90+ days, and whether the rep is routing efficiently. Most mobile CRMs do not GPS-tag the meeting log. Strkr captures GPS at check-in, surfaces the territory map by rep, and flags accounts without recent visits for route-planning.
Business-card capture
The scanned contact that sits in Camera Roll.
A rep at a trade show collects 40 business cards in 2 days. The cards sit in the leather folio or the Camera Roll until Friday afternoon when the rep tries to batch-enter them manually. Half never make it. Strkr business-card scan uses the phone camera plus OCR plus enrichment to turn a photo into a complete contact record in under 10 seconds, which converts the trade-show-haul to pipeline inside the week instead of after a month of nagging.
The companion app tax
Separate login, separate permissions, separate confusion.
Some CRM mobile apps run on a separate backend or require separate configuration, with reps complaining about permissions mismatches, missing custom fields, or dashboard differences. Strkr runs one backend with native mobile clients on iOS and Android. Permissions, custom fields, dashboards, and automations work the same way on every surface because they are the same product.
What the Strkr CRM app ships
Full CRM, iOS, Android, web, offline.
A production CRM app covers 7 capabilities: offline-first storage, voice capture, GPS tagging, business-card scan, barcode or VIN scan for inventory motions, in-app messaging, and feature parity with the web product. The cards below are the specific capabilities Strkr ships on iOS, Android, and web.
Offline storage
SQLite local cache with queued writes.
The mobile app runs on local SQLite with the full user record set cached, read-write available offline, and queued writes sync when connection returns. A rep working a basement data center visit, a rural territory, or a cross-country flight stays productive. Conflict resolution runs on last-write-wins with per-field conflict surfacing where needed, which is the pattern Google Docs and Linear use for similar sync requirements.
Voice capture
Meeting debrief as the rep drives.
Voice recording captures the meeting debrief with the Strkr Record button during the drive to the next appointment. Strkr AI transcribes in real time, extracts action items as tasks, identifies next-step commitments and routes them to the deal record. The rep walks into the next meeting with the prior meeting fully documented and the follow-up tasks queued. The pattern replaces 15 to 30 minutes per day of after-hours typing.
GPS tagging
Meeting check-in with location captured.
Meeting check-in captures GPS at the start of the appointment with the rep tapping Check In when they arrive on-site. The location logs to the activity record. The sales manager sees the territory map by rep with meeting density by ZIP, accounts covered in the last 30 days, and routing efficiency. Teams running territory motions report route-time dropping 15 to 25 percent after activating GPS tagging.
Business-card scan
Camera to CRM in under 10 seconds.
Business-card scan uses the phone camera plus on-device OCR plus enrichment to turn a photo of a card into a complete contact record. Name, title, company, email, phone extract via OCR. Firmographic enrichment adds company size, industry, and website. The contact lands in Strkr with the event or trade-show attributed as the source and the rep continues to the next card.
Barcode and VIN scan
Inventory motions on the phone camera.
For teams running inventory motions (dealer sales, equipment rental, parts distribution, automotive), the barcode and VIN scan reads product codes directly into the deal or opportunity record. The rep walking a dealer lot or a warehouse captures the inventory in real time instead of typing SKUs. For automotive, VIN decode pulls year, make, model, trim, and spec from NHTSA so the deal record carries the vehicle context inline.
In-app messaging
Strkr Messaging on the phone.
Strkr Messaging ships inside the mobile app for SMS and MMS directly from the contact record. The rep texts a prospect from the mobile app with the message logged to the deal, the delivery and read receipts captured, and the opt-out status enforced automatically. No separate text-messaging tool, no personal-phone-number exposure, no missed message in the rep's inbox after they leave.
Feature parity on every surface
iOS, Android, and web, same record.
Every record, every field, every custom object, every automation, every report, every dashboard works the same on iOS, Android, and web. A rep logs activity on mobile, the manager opens the record on web, the record is identical. The pattern replaces the "web product plus mobile companion" split that most legacy CRMs ship.
Push notifications
Deal activity, replies, assignments in real time.
Push notifications fire on configurable triggers: a replied-to email, an inbound SMS, a new assignment, a deal stage change, a scheduled task reminder, a @-mention in a comment. The rep gets alerted in real time without having to open the app on a schedule. Notifications respect quiet hours and the rep's notification preferences, which is important for teams that cross time zones.
Camera attachments
Photos tag to the deal or the property.
Camera attachments from the mobile app upload directly to the deal, contact, property, or custom object with GPS metadata and timestamp preserved. A field rep documenting an installation site photographs the location and the photos attach to the record. Trade-show booth photos, product samples, business cards, whiteboard sketches from a meeting all land in Strkr with the right record attribution.
Who the Strkr CRM app serves
The specific teams that run on mobile first.
The CRM app pattern serves specific team shapes: field sales, outside sales, trades and services, logistics, medical device sales, construction, event sales. Each has a different motion but a shared need: the data has to be captured in the field, not at a Monday-morning desk. The cards below walk through the specific team shapes.
Field sales
Reps who drive 400 miles a week.
Field-sales teams running account coverage across geography (medical device, industrial equipment, building products, agricultural inputs) drive 300 to 700 miles per week and run 15 to 30 meetings. Mobile is their primary interface. Teams running Strkr mobile report pipeline-data completeness rising from 55 percent to 92 percent within the first quarter because reps actually log activity in real time.
Trades and services
HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing.
Trades and services teams running residential and commercial jobs log site visits, quotes, work orders, and invoices in the field. The business owner or office manager runs the pipeline from the office. Strkr mobile captures the job walkthrough, the quote generated on-site, the signature at close, and the invoice issued the moment the job completes. Cash cycle shortens by 7 to 14 days for teams that activate the full mobile workflow.
Outside B2B sales
Field reps who travel to customer sites.
Outside B2B sales teams at manufacturing, SaaS enterprise, and professional services visit customer sites for discovery, demo, and close. Mobile captures the meeting debrief, uploads the whiteboard photo, and routes the next-steps to the deal record. The sales manager sees the pipeline in real time instead of waiting for the Monday ride-along debrief.
Logistics and transport
Drivers and dispatchers on the road.
Logistics teams running freight brokerage, 3PL, and last-mile delivery coordinate between dispatchers in the office and drivers on the road. Strkr mobile captures the load status, the pickup and delivery timestamps with GPS, the proof-of-delivery photo, and the driver notes. Dispatchers see the fleet position in real time without flipping between the TMS and the CRM.
Event and trade show
400 cards in 2 days, pipeline inside the week.
Event and trade-show motions capture 40 to 400 cards per booth per day. Strkr business-card scan plus voice capture plus event attribution lets the rep process every card in under 10 seconds per card. The post-event follow-up queue is loaded by Friday with full enrichment and a tailored sequence per segment. Trade-show ROI measures run from the attributed pipeline instead of the vendor-provided scanner data.
Small business owner
The one-person operation that needs a CRM.
A solo founder or small-business owner running the whole operation needs a CRM that works on the phone because that is where the business runs between meetings. Strkr mobile ships the full product for the solo motion: contacts, pipeline, email, text, voice capture, follow-up reminders. The owner stops losing follow-up because the tool is in their pocket, not on a desktop they open twice a week.
What CRM app evaluators compare on
The honest evaluation criteria.
Most CRM app comparison articles rank by app-store rating or feature-list length. The honest evaluation criteria sit elsewhere: offline capability, voice capture quality, GPS tagging, business-card scan accuracy, barcode scan support, feature parity with web, and total cost at team scale. The six criteria below show up on every mobile-first CRM evaluation.
Offline capability
How well the app works without signal.
Strkr: full offline with SQLite local cache and queued writes. Salesforce Mobile: offline mode available on Mobile Lightning, limited scope. HubSpot Mobile: online-dependent with limited offline. Pipedrive Mobile: online-dependent. Zoho CRM Mobile: offline mode available. For field teams in territories with signal gaps, offline capability is a hard requirement, not a nice-to-have.
Voice capture
In-app recording with transcription.
Strkr: voice capture with Strkr AI transcription and action-item extraction. Salesforce: Einstein voice features in specific editions. HubSpot: light voice features. Pipedrive: no native voice. Dialpad and Gong integrate with legacy CRMs for separate workflows. For field reps who want to debrief while driving, native voice is specifically what unlocks the real-time workflow.
GPS and location
Meeting check-in with coordinates.
Strkr: GPS check-in with territory map by rep. Salesforce: location tracking available on specific editions. HubSpot: light location features. Pipedrive: meeting location via calendar sync. For teams running territory motions, GPS tagging is the capability that surfaces route-planning insights and account-coverage gaps.
Feature parity
Can the rep do everything on mobile.
Strkr: 100 percent feature parity across iOS, Android, and web including custom objects, custom fields, automations, reports, and dashboards. Salesforce Mobile: partial parity with Mobile Lightning covering the common objects. HubSpot Mobile: partial parity with the common workflows. Pipedrive Mobile: partial parity. For reps who want to work the full product in the field, parity matters.
In-app messaging
SMS and MMS from the mobile app.
Strkr: Strkr Messaging native in the mobile app with the carrier-fee transparent pricing. Salesforce: SMS via Twilio or carrier integrations, separate configuration. HubSpot: SMS via HubSpot Service or third-party. Pipedrive: SMS via marketplace integrations. For teams running SMS as a primary outreach channel, native integration matters.
Three-year TCO
What this actually costs on a mobile-first team.
Strkr: $45 per seat per month flat on every tier. Salesforce: $75 to $300 per seat per month with mobile capability varying by edition. HubSpot: $45 to $150 per seat per month. Pipedrive: $14 to $99 per seat per month. For a 20-rep field team, three-year TCO delta between Strkr and Salesforce can run $84K to $320K depending on edition.
Head-to-head
Strkr vs Salesforce Mobile for a field-sales team.
Salesforce Mobile ships with Salesforce Sales Cloud and remains the default mobile CRM at enterprise. The honest head-to-head for a 25-rep field-sales team:
Feature
Strkr
Salesforce Mobile
Offline capability
Full offline with SQLite local cache
Offline mode available, scope varies
Voice capture
In-app recording with AI transcription
Einstein voice features in specific editions
GPS meeting check-in
Native with territory map by rep
Available on specific editions
Business-card scan
Native with enrichment
Via AppExchange partner
Barcode and VIN scan
Native in app
Via custom build or AppExchange
SMS and MMS in app
Strkr Messaging native
Twilio or carrier integration, separate setup
Custom objects on mobile
Full parity
Via Mobile Lightning configuration
Push notifications
Configurable with quiet hours
Available with configuration
App-store rating
Modern UX comparable to Linear or Attio
Enterprise-standard UX
Pricing
Flat per seat on every tier
$75 to $300 per seat by edition
How teams use Strkr
How mobile-first teams run Strkr today.
The common thread across customers: get the rep logging activity in real time instead of Monday-morning batch, which drives pipeline-data completeness from 55 percent to 90+ percent and makes the forecast actually reliable. The playbooks below are motions live on customer accounts right now.
24-rep fleet-services company
Pipeline-data completeness went from 55 to 92 percent.
A 24-rep fleet-services company running territory sales across 11 states moved from Salesforce desktop plus the Salesforce Mobile companion to Strkr mobile. The Monday-morning batch-logging pattern ended because reps logged activity in real time with voice capture and GPS check-in. Pipeline-data completeness rose from 55 percent to 92 percent in the first quarter. The forecast finally reflected reality, which the CRO called out specifically as "the thing that fixed our Q4 attainment problem."
HVAC services firm
Cash cycle shortened by 11 days with mobile invoicing.
An HVAC services firm with 18 technicians activated the full mobile workflow: site walkthrough with photos, quote generation on-site, signed quote via Strkr e-signature integration, invoice issued the moment the job completed, payment captured via Stripe link. Cash cycle shortened from 23 days average to 12 days average, which freed roughly $140K of working capital on a $4.2M annual revenue base.
Medical device sales
400-mile territory covered with GPS tagging.
A medical device sales team of 12 running territories across the US Southeast activated GPS tagging on every meeting. The territory map surfaced accounts without visits in the last 90 days (14 percent of the account list) and the sales manager routed those accounts to the next scheduled trip. Quarterly account coverage rose from 68 percent to 89 percent. The manager called the territory map "the single most useful dashboard we have ever had."
Trade show B2B SaaS
DreamForce booth captured 487 cards into pipeline.
A B2B SaaS company running the DreamForce booth captured 487 business cards over 3 days using the Strkr mobile scan. Each card processed in under 10 seconds with enrichment and event attribution. The post-event follow-up queue was loaded by Monday morning with tailored sequences per segment. The event generated $820K of attributed pipeline over the following 6 months, which the CMO used as the ROI anchor for the next event-marketing budget.
Solo founder
Running the business from the phone during 90-day sprint.
A solo founder in the first 90 days of a new venture ran the entire business from Strkr mobile: contacts, pipeline, email, text, voice-capture meeting debriefs, follow-up reminders. The founder reported closing 7 of 11 deals in the pipeline specifically because the follow-up was consistent and the voice-capture debrief preserved context between meetings. The desktop app opened perhaps twice per week for the ad-hoc report, which is the inverse of most CRM usage patterns.
A CRM app that works on LTE in a parking lot, in a basement, and on a plane.
Start a 14-day trial with the mobile app on iOS and Android plus the web product. Full offline capability with SQLite local cache, voice capture with Strkr AI transcription, GPS meeting check-in with territory map, business-card scan with enrichment, barcode and VIN scan, in-app Strkr Messaging, 100 percent feature parity across iOS and Android and web.
A CRM app is customer relationship management software accessible via mobile (iOS and Android) and web. The app covers the full CRM workflow: contact management, pipeline tracking, activity logging, email integration, task management, and reporting. A modern CRM app ships offline capability (works without live internet), voice capture (record meeting debriefs that transcribe automatically), GPS tagging (location-stamped meeting check-in), business-card scan (camera to contact in under 10 seconds), and feature parity across iOS, Android, and web. The CRM app replaces the pattern of logging activity on paper or in Excel after the fact, which is the primary cause of incomplete pipeline data and unreliable forecasts.
Is there a free CRM app?
Several CRM products offer free tiers. HubSpot Free covers basic contact management and pipeline on web and mobile with meaningful limits on automation, email volume, and users. Zoho CRM Free covers up to 3 users with basic features. Bitrix24 Free covers up to 12 users with wide feature coverage but a learning curve. Freshsales offers a free starter tier. The free tiers work for solo users and tiny teams exploring the category. For teams past 3 to 5 users, the free tier limits start to bite and the move to a paid tier (or a different vendor) happens quickly. Strkr does not offer a free-forever tier; the 14-day trial covers the full product so teams can evaluate at the actual feature set before committing.
What is the best CRM app for small business?
The best CRM app for small business depends on the business motion. For solo founders and 1 to 3 person teams running simple pipeline, HubSpot Free or Pipedrive at the entry tier covers the basic motion well. For 5 to 25 person teams running complex pipeline with field sales, mobile-first workflow, and real automation, Strkr covers the motion at $45 per seat per month flat. For services businesses with job-based pipeline (HVAC, plumbing, electrical, cleaning), ServiceTitan and Housecall Pro are vertical specialists. For real estate agents and teams, Follow Up Boss and kvCORE are vertical. For solo professional services (coaches, consultants, freelancers), Dubsado and HoneyBook combine CRM with proposal and invoicing. Test 2 or 3 against your actual workflow for 2 weeks each before deciding.
Does Strkr work offline?
Yes. Strkr mobile runs on SQLite local storage with the full user record set cached and read-write access offline. Writes queue locally and sync when connection returns. The rep working a basement data center visit, a rural territory, a cross-country flight, or a crowded conference floor stays productive without noticing the connection drops. Conflict resolution runs on last-write-wins at the record level with per-field conflict surfacing for the specific cases where it matters (two users editing the same field simultaneously). The offline capability covers reads (view records, review history), writes (log activity, update deals, capture voice), and attachments (photos, documents, business-card scans).
How does voice capture work in the Strkr CRM app?
Voice capture records audio through the phone microphone, transcribes in real time using Strkr AI, extracts action items as tasks, identifies next-step commitments and routes them to the deal record, and posts a summary paragraph to the activity log. The rep hits the Strkr Record button after a meeting, drives to the next appointment, and arrives with the prior meeting fully documented. The capture works offline with transcription running when connection returns. The AI tagging extracts specific sentence patterns ("Sarah will send the proposal by Friday", "we need to follow up with legal on the MSA") into typed tasks with the right assignee and due date. Teams running voice capture report saving 15 to 30 minutes per rep per day of after-hours typing.
Does the Strkr CRM app support custom objects and custom fields?
Yes. The Strkr mobile app supports custom objects (any entity your business tracks beyond the standard CRM objects), custom fields across 14 types (text, number, currency, date, picklist, user lookup, formula, and more), and custom automations configured on the admin console. Mobile parity with web is complete: a rep adds a record to a custom object on iOS and the manager views the identical record on web, with the same custom fields, the same automation triggers, the same permission matrix. The pattern replaces the common "web product plus stripped-down mobile companion" split that produces data gaps on legacy CRMs.
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