Industries / Pest control
Quarterly service, a label that matches the pest, and a log the state can audit.
Works today
Run recurring service routes, keep treatment notes, never miss a callback.
Apex keeps recurring pest customers on a stable route day, offers new customers only days when a tech is nearby, and is designed to block a product that does not match the pest.
Who it is for: Pest control operators running initial service plus quarterly or monthly recurring routes, with termite and rodent work alongside.
What generic schedulers get wrong for pest control
Route density is the metric
Recurring plans live or die on stops per tech per day. Offering any open day to a new customer wrecks the route.
The log is a legal record
Product, EPA registration number, amount, target pest, area, applicator license, wind and temperature, kept for years and reported to the state.
The product must match the pest
One reviewer complained that software let them pick any pest regardless of the product label. A hard check belongs in the app.
Callbacks inside the warranty window are free
A re-service within the window must not be billed, and must not break the route.
Cost is a recurring complaint
Reviewers of one large pest platform call it expensive, with many features costing extra and mandatory contracts.
Drawn in code for pest control
A day in a pest control business
- Initial service
- Quarterly plan
- Re-service
- Termite inspection
- Rodent
New customers see only the weekday for their zone.
The label check and log are in build.
The same zone, the same weekday, every cycle.
A pest-control week: zone days, an initial service and a free re-service inside the window. Illustration of planned screens: entries are examples, not customer data, and not every screen shown is built yet.
How pest control runs in Apex: the key settings
Starter settings for this trade. You change any of them. Nothing here is a promise about your numbers.
How jobs get booked
Route day for plan visits (morning or afternoon labeled), two windows for initial service.
Stops in a day
Around 12 stops a day per tech, set by the owner.
Routing
Fixed zone days: each zone has a weekday, and recurring visits stay on it.
Who says yes
Initial service confirmed by the owner; plan visits follow the plan once enrolled.
How you price
Initial service by square feet tier with a minimum, recurring plans per cycle, and termite by site inspection.
Repeat customers
Quarterly or monthly, anchored to the first visit and the zone day, with a re-service window.
Follow-up calls
Day-3 call after an initial service; call after a re-service.
Review requests
Review request after the initial service and after a clean re-service, once.
What we ask the customer
- Pest type and severity
- Structure type and square feet
- Pets and children at home
- Prior treatments
- Interior access needed
- Gate or dog access
- Chemical sensitivity
Photos and papers to collect
- Photos of activity or damage
- Treatment areas and bait stations
- Before and after photos on termite findings
Rules to watch
- Technician license category
- Application log with product, EPA registration, amount, area, wind and applicator
- Product-to-pest label check
- State report of restricted-use applications
What you get as a pest control business
7 of 16 work today. The other 9 are coming soon.
Fixed zone days
Each zone has a weekday and recurring visits stay on it.
Two windows for initial service
Morning and afternoon windows for first visits.
Per-tech stop cap
Twelve or more stops a day, set by you.
Quarterly reminder and next-visit text
With opt-out handling and quiet hours.
Missed-call text-back
A text asking for the pest and the address.
Call tasks after initial service
A day-3 call with outcomes and a recovery task on a complaint.
Starting pack for pest control
Route-day booking, twelve stops and zone days as owner-confirmed defaults.
Application log with state export
Product, EPA registration, amount, area, wind and applicator per visit.
Product-to-pest label check
A hard block when the product does not list the pest.
Recurring plans that generate visits
Initial plus recurring, with a due-date range and a re-service window.
Re-service without a charge
A callback inside the warranty window skips billing.
Termite warranties and renewals
Annual renewal, inspection and a structure diagram.
Pet and child re-entry notice
A message after an interior treatment.
Customer-not-home skip rules
Access-needed visits rebook themselves.
Weather reschedule for exterior work
Rain or wind moves exterior visits and tells the customer.
Applicator license check
The tech's license category matched to the job.
The tools in pest control, and where we can honestly do better
Tools our research found in use for pest control: FieldRoutes, PestPac, Briostack, Jobber, Housecall Pro. Listing a tool is not a claim about it.
PestPac
Capterra reviewers describe it as expensive, with many features costing extra, a non-responsive web app, mandatory contracts and dated design.
Review-site summary: Capterra, PestPac reviewsWhat Apex does about it: Plan prices are public with no mandatory contract. Cancel anytime and export your data.
Pest-control software
One Capterra reviewer complained that any pest could be selected regardless of the product label.
Individual user report (anecdote): Capterra, PestPac reviewsWhat Apex does about it: The label check is designed as a hard block. It is in build.
FieldRoutes
Capterra reviewers say the price can be high for smaller firms and mention extra fees.
Review-site summary: Capterra, FieldRoutesWhat Apex does about it: Priced by users, not by stops, and plan prices that are public.
FieldRoutes
Capterra reviewers cite onboarding, complex admin, report depth, filters and rescheduling as frustrations.
Review-site summary: Capterra, FieldRoutesWhat Apex does about it: Trade packs preconfigure routes and plans. We have not timed setup against anyone.
PestPac Mobile v3
The iOS listing shows 2.39 stars across 150 ratings, as read 2026-10-06.
Public store listing: App Store listingWhat Apex does about it: Our crew app is in build. This store rating is a bar to clear, not a claim that ours is better yet.
FieldRoutes (Android)
The Google Play listing shows 2.00 stars across 220 ratings, as read 2026-10-06.
Public store listing: Google Play listingWhat Apex does about it: Our crew app is in build; offline use is an acceptance test, not a shipped feature.
When another tool may be the better choice: FieldRoutes and PestPac are the established pest-control platforms and handle termite, compliance and billing today. If you are above a handful of techs and need those this year, evaluate them. Apex is newer and the compliance items are in build.
What it costs for pest control
Apex lists three public plans, priced by users: Solo $59 per month for 1 user, Crew $99 for 2 to 5 users, Business $129 for 6 users plus $10 for each extra user. No plan includes any texts, AI phone minutes or AI usage. For this trade we would start you on Crew. Multiple techs on zone days fit Crew; a larger operator with an office moves to Business.
Jobber lists Core at $29 to $49, Connect at $99 to $139 and Grow at $149 to $199 or more per month. Markate lists a base plan at $49.95 per month with online booking, customer portal, reviews and Zapier at $10 each. These are public figures as read on 2026-10-06, verify before buying. Seat counts and included features differ between vendors, and we have not verified every one, so compare your own crew size on the pricing page before you decide. Texts and AI run on your own provider account or a prepaid wallet, and card processing is at the processor's own rate.