Salespeople are constantly on the go, meeting with clients, flying out to give a presentation, or running to a team training. Accordingly, access to the best sales apps is necessary for the modern salesperson to stay connected.
Besides company software, salespeople can utilize productivity, educational, travel, sales tools, and other just plain useful apps for work to optimize their time away from their desks.
Here are some of our favorites.
Table of Contents
- CRM and Sales Productivity Apps
- Sales Rep Communication Apps
- Sales Rep Organizational Software
- File Storage and Document Signing Apps for Sales
- Note-Taking Apps for Salespeople
- Knowledge-Based Apps for Salespeople
- Sales Apps for Travel
- Door-to-Door Sales Apps
CRM and Sales Productivity Apps
Tracking deals and staying on top of follow-up communication are paramount for any sales rep. Here are some apps to help you cross everything off your to-do list and shepherd your deals down the pipeline.
Before you read on, check out this video to learn about some of the top mobile apps for sales.
1. HubSpot Mobile App
HubSpot is an industry-leading CRM platform with a sleek and easy-to-use mobile app. Oh yeah, and it’s free! Using HubSpot’s mobile CRM, logging contacts and calls and keeping track of your deals will be a breeze.
What we like: HubSpot CRM makes it easy to stay connected with your team. With features like document sharing, meeting scheduling, and live chat, you and your team will always be connected with prospects.
Pricing: Free
2. ClickUp
Keep track of to-do’s, collaborate on tasks, annotate PDFs with prospects, and more with this all-in-one productivity platform. ClickUp can be the central software hub for your business with its deep set of productivity features.
You can also use ClickUp as a CRM, project management solution, or a tool for keeping teams connected through remote work.
Best for: Teams that want to consolidate their software needs into as few tools as possible.
Pricing
- Basic: Free
- Unlimited: $5 per user a month
- Business: $12 per user a month
- Business Plus: $19 per user a month
- Enterprise pricing upon request
3. Asana
Asana is a task management app that will keep your team on track by organizing all daily tasks into one place. You can build timelines and set goals within the app to ensure you and your reps can focus on engaging with potential customers and closing deals.
Pro tip: You can create templates for common workflows like your sales pipeline and customer implementation. You can close faster and onboard customers more efficiently using repeatable best practices.
Pricing
- Basic: Free
- Premium: $10.99 per user a month
- Business: $24.99 per user a month
4. Trello
Trello is a project management solution that helps you stay on track using Kanban boards to visualize work and maximize efficiency. Use Trello to create sales workflows that the whole team can get behind, from nurturing leads to closing deals.
Pro tip: Trello offers 11 template sales boards so you can hit the ground running.
Pricing
- Standard: $5.00 per user a month
- Premium: $10.00 per user a month
- Enterprise pricing upon request
Sales Rep Communication Apps
Salespeople need to be expert communicators. These apps will help you stay connected with both your team and prospects.
5. Slack
Slack is an industry-leading workplace communication app. Slack stands for Searchable Log of All Conversations and Knowledge, which is accurate.
Not only is Slack a very reliable way to communicate with your team, but you can also search your organization's entire history of conversations and attachments, so nothing gets lost in translation.
What we like: Slack supports multiple integrations with popular products like Google Calendar, Outlook, HubSpot, and more. You can also find some fun integrations like Giphy that lets you search a library of animated gifs when words just can’t fully capture what you’re feeling.
Pricing
- Basic: Free
- Pro: $7.25 per user a month
- Business+: $12.50 per user a month
- Enterprise pricing upon request
6. LinkedIn
LinkedIn is the ubiquitous professional network that we all know and love. Don't walk into a meeting without first looking at the person's LinkedIn profile. With the mobile app, you can always stay up to date on your prospects’ experience and be ready with the right angle to sell.
Pro tip: Consider LinkedIn Premium for access to even more illuminating insights. LinkedIn Premium lets you see who has been viewing your profile, which can be very helpful when identifying sales opportunities.
Pricing
- Free
- Linkedin Premium Career: $29.99 monthly
- Linkedin Premium Business: $59.99 monthly
- Linkedin Sales Navigator: $99.99 monthly
7. Zoom
Zoom offers HD video, meeting encryption, team chat, transcription, and recording. Zoom's app has it all. Add this handy app to your mobile device so you can hop on video calls whenever, wherever. Download free and get going.
What we like: Zoom has recently become the industry leader in video meetings. Their mobile app is thoughtfully designed and reliable.
Pricing
- Basic: Free
- Pro: $149.90 per user a year
- Business: $199.90 per user a year
- Business Plus: $250.00 per user a year
- Enterprise pricing upon request
8. WhatsApp
This free messaging app lets you send messages and make calls anywhere in the world with an internet connection.
Pro tip: WhatsApp is very popular overseas. WhatsApp may be necessary if you do business internationally (especially in countries without access to Google and Meta services).
Pricing: Free
Sales Rep Organizational Software
These apps will help you keep your documents, contacts, and presentations in working order so you can focus less on housekeeping and more on closing.
9. HubSpot Mobile Card Scanner
Try our free business card scanner.
Never worry about misplacing a business card again. The HubSpot Mobile Card Scanner digitizes cards with a simple photo and automatically saves the information to your phone's contacts.
What we like: HubSpot Mobile Card Scanner will automatically enter data into your CRM.
Pricing: Free
10. Keynote
Keynote is the flagship presentation software from Apple. Using its user-friendly mobile app, you can stay on top of your slide decks from anywhere, no laptop required.
What we like: The interface is intuitive and attractive, making updates to your decks just a little better.
Pricing: Free
File Storage and Document Signing Apps for Sales
A lot of paperwork goes into selling. There are contracts to sign, term sheets; you name it. So keep your documents organized and secured in the cloud with these file storage and document signing apps.
11. CamScanner
CamScanner is a high-quality document-scanning app with text recognition (OCR) and intelligent auto-crop features. CamScanner also allows you to edit PDFs on the go and sync across all your devices.
Pro tip: CamScanner also allows you to sign PDFs to close deals on the go.
Pricing
- Basic: Free
- Premium: $4.99 per month
- Business: $6.99 a user per month
12. Dropbox
Dropbox is a stalwart cloud storage solution. It’s reliable and easy to use. Need to send or receive a large file? Enter Dropbox's mobile app. Never again see the "this file is too large to send" error message.
Pro tip: Dropbox also offers Dropbox Sign (formerly HelloSign), so you can streamline contract signing and even embed eSignatures into websites and apps.
Pricing
- Standard: $15 a user per month
- Advanced: $24 a user per month
- Enterprise pricing upon request
13. DocuSign
When a prospect is ready to commit to a contract, a rep will get them to sign, come hell or high water. If your organization uses an eSignature system such as DocuSign, download the corresponding mobile app to enable prospects to sign wherever, whenever.
What we like: DocuSign makes it simple to get signatures and close deals. You’ll no longer need to rely on your prospect to hand-sign a document, scan it, and send it back to you. Instead, DocuSign takes care of it without either party needing to leave the browser.
Pricing
- Basic: Free
- Personal: $10 monthly
- Standard: $25 per user a month
- Business Pro $40 per user a month
- Enterprise pricing upon request
Note-Taking Apps for Salespeople
It’s important not to let details slip through the cracks as a salesperson. These apps will make taking notes a pleasure, so you’ll never need to worry about missing any details.
14. Evernote
Evernote is a top-of-the-line note-taking app and much more. Evernote can be the productivity hub for your whole team, with features like tasks, calendars, document scanning, and multi-device sync to keep you and your team connected from anywhere.
Bonus: Evernote also offers voice-to-text transcription
Pricing
- Basic: Free
- Personal: $8.99 monthly
- Professional: $10.99 monthly
- Teams: $14.99 a user per month
15. Notejoy
Notejoy is a note-taking solution with a focus on productivity and collaboration. Notejoy allows you to attach any type of docs to notes, clip web pages, edit notes collaboratively, make checklists, and chat with your team directly in the app.
Pro tip: Notejoy integrates with HubSpot so that you can take notes directly in your CRM.
Pricing
- Basic: free
- Solo: $4 monthly
- Pro: $8 per user a month
- Premium: $12 per user a month
16. Dragon
Not into written notes? Dragon is a professional-grade dictation and transcription app that automatically transcribes your spoken word to text on your phone.
What we like: Dragon boasts 99% accuracy, so you won’t have to worry about awkward incorrect transcriptions when writing emails or notes.
Pricing
- $15/month or $150/year
- Enterprise pricing upon request
17. Just Press Record
Just Press Record is an award-winning mobile audio recording app that will help you record meetings, notes, and conversations on the go.
Of course, your phone likely already has a recording app. Still, Just Press Record is a notch above, with features like automatic transcription, folder organization of voice memos, Apple Watch integration, and seamless iCloud syncing.
What we like: The interface is simple and beautiful. With just one big red button to begin recording, it's not only easy, but you’ll want to keep track of your phone calls and meetings with this app.
Pricing: A one-time purchase of $4.99
Knowledge-Based Apps for Salespeople
Education is a continuing endeavor. Salespeople who want to stay sharp should check out these apps to keep up with industry trends and optimize development.
18. Feedly
Traveling is no excuse for falling behind on your industry news. Subscribe to your favorite blogs on Feedly and peruse them on the go via the RSS reader's mobile app.
What we like: Feedly’s AI engine can build a custom feed based on your interests and industry.
Pricing
- Basic: Free
- Pro: $6 monthly
- Pro+: $8.25 monthly
- Enterprise pricing upon request
19. Pocket
If you stumble upon an article or webpage you want to read but don’t have the time, don’t sweat it. Instead, save it to Pocket so you can read it later. Tags and search features make it easy to go back and explore meaningful articles.
What we like: Pocket will curate recommended articles based on your preferences and the history of articles you save.
Pricing
- Basic: Free
- Premium: $4.99 a month or $44.99 a year
20. MindTools
MindTools is an on-demand career and management learning platform to help you level up in your professional life. MindTools offers resources for people of all professions, but salespeople specifically can advance their careers with the help of their sales training resources.
What we like: MindTools gives you access to 200+ interviews with experts, so you can be sure you are learning from the best.
Pricing: $27 a month or $270 a year
Sales Apps for Travel
Traveling can be a big part of the job for some reps, and it isn’t always easy. So check out these sales apps that can take care of travel logistics and put your mind at ease.
21. Headspace
Traveling can take a lot out of you. Use headspace to keep your mental health in check and stay focused when it counts. Headspace gives you access to guided meditations and mindfulness workshops that are beloved by many, with over 70 million downloads.
Pro tip: Headspace offers a Headspace for Work plan so you can empower your whole team with mindfulness and reduce stress and burnout.
Pricing: $12.99 monthly or $69.99 yearly
22. Expensify
Uber rides, client dinners, hotel rooms — there are many expenses when you’re a salesperson on the road. Expensify lets you track expenses, scan receipts, pay bills, track mileage, and even book travel.
Pro tip: Expensify’s business credit card makes expense reports even more straightforward, and you get a bonus of 4% cash back on all purchases.
Pricing
- Basic: Free
- Collect: $5 a user per month with Expensify Card — $10 without
- Control: $9 a user per month with Expensify Card — $18 without
23. Google Maps
You're probably familiar with this one. Google Maps is a modern-day necessity for navigation, public transportation, walking directions, and more. Don’t leave home without this one.
Pro tip: Use pins and stars to mark prospects, favorite restaurants, and places you want to visit on the map so you can stay in the know no matter where you are.
Pricing: Free
24. Yelp
A rep's gotta eat. Use Yelp to find the best restaurants wherever you are, and check out the reviews and pictures of the food so you can decide what you want to order before you even get to the restaurant.
Pro tip: Yelp has more than just restaurants. Need a dry cleaner or an oil change? Yelp has you covered.
Pricing: Free
25. Resy
Not only do sales reps need to eat, but taking prospects out to eat at excellent restaurants can be a big part of the job. Resy is your guide to the best restaurants around, and you can make reservations with the click of a button.
Pro tip: Don’t forget to check out Resy’s curated selection of restaurants based on dietary restrictions or the atmosphere you are after. You can even book experiences and special events, like private dining rooms and cooking classes.
26. TripIt
Toggling back and forth between flight confirmations, car rental information, and restaurant reservations when you're traveling can be annoying. To make your day much more manageable, TripIt synthesizes your daily confirmations into a centralized itinerary.
Best for: Sales reps who are constantly traveling. If you only travel once in a while, you may not need to spend extra money on a travel planning app.
Pricing: Free or $49 per year
27. SpotHero
Never be late for a meeting because you can't find a place to park again. SpotHero enables you to search for a spot near your destination and book it in advance.
What we like: With over 40 million parking spaces, you can trust you’ll always have a spot to park in. If there are any issues, they offer a money-back guarantee.
Pricing: Free
28. Uber / Lyft
If a rental car isn't a part of your business trip, you'll need a ride every once in a while. Instead of hailing a taxi, use Uber or Lyft to summon a driver to your location.
Pro tip: Keep an eye out for promotional emails with discounts on rides.
Pricing: The app is free to download; users pay by the ride.
Door-to-Door Sales Apps
Some sales reps specialize in canvassing, which means going door-to-door to make contact with prospective customers. Along with this type of selling comes logistics, like managing rep territory and tracking performance in the field.
The following apps are essential if you’ve got boots on the ground selling products.
29. SalesRabbit
This mobile app is a canvassing CRM with features like territory assignments, team messaging, and lead tracking. Plus, you can connect SalesRabbit to other web services to share your data quickly.
Pro tip: SalesRabbit offers many add-ons at additional cost. Study their features and see what add-ons make the most sense for your business.
Pricing: $39 a user per month
30. Spotio
Spotio is a field sales software that allows reps to canvas with ease. Features include tracking software, territory management, a sales intelligence tool, a leaderboard, and an appointment calendar.
Key feature: Appointment setting capabilities make it easy for canvassers to set meetings and add notes for closers to go in and finish the deal.
Pricing
- Team: $39 a user per month
- Business: $69 a user per month
- Pro: $129 a user per month
- Enterprise pricing upon request