# Marten Driver — user reviews > 63 indexed App Store user reviews of Marten Driver by Marten Transport, rated 4.30/5 from 680 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/marten-driver/id1152960349/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/marten-driver/id1152960349.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 490 · 4★ 64 · 3★ 46 · 2★ 27 · 1★ 53 ## What do users think of Marten Driver? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🚀 Helpful for checking messages and loads while away from truck - 👍 Intuitive and fluid app navigation - 🚀 Fast app response **Cons** - 🐛 Constant login issues, requiring frequent re-registration - 🐛 Notifications not working, unable to see new messages - 🐛 GPS issues, unable to determine speed or location - 🐛 Crashes and performance issues after recent updates **Commonly reported bugs** - Incompatibility with new iOS versions - Tracking enabled 24/7 even when app is closed, causing lag - Redundant and confusing load information display - Issues with Transflo integration **Most requested features** - Ability to view and manage HOS logs - Notifications for new loads and messages - Ability to send macros and respond to messages from the app - Access to settlement information and payroll details - Option to delete old messages - Load details like pickup/delivery addresses and numbers ## Newest reviews (13 of 63) ### 4/5 — Messages *2025-03-27, version 6.3.1* Needs a update wont let me look at messages ### 3/5 — Speed *2024-10-16, version 6.1.3* Since update moves slow ### 3/5 — Notifications *2024-02-19, version 4.2.3* I am not receiving any notifications from this app, no messages or load info. Please fix ### 2/5 — Needs updating *2023-09-20, version 4.2.3* The app does not work well with the iOS 17 on iPhone 13 ### 4/5 — Great app *2023-03-23, version 4.2.3* Great app the only thing I would add is the ability to access our HOS logs ### 3/5 — Ok *2022-05-21, version 4.2.3* It’s ok ### 3/5 — Push notifications aren’t working *2022-02-15, version 4.2.3* Ever since the latest update, it no longer sends me push notifications of a new load. I go home daily so it would be extremely useful to know when I get sent a new load for the next day. ### 1/5 — Piece of crap *2020-11-08, version 4.2.3* Worst update so far!!!! Tried to give negative stars but can not!! You need to fire the idiots building this dumb stuff and hire the people you had before. This is garbage, worst update ever please fire the idiots that made this!! ### 3/5 — Some trips come up. And some don’t. And it don’t tell me the miles driving. The app needs help *2020-10-26, version 4.2.3* V ### 1/5 — Absolutely horrible *2020-10-23, version 4.2.3* The new changes make it very difficult to find the necessary information at a glance and messages are sent out of order meaning it takes 4-5x longer to find info, now I use my qualcom in my truck when I need to. This app also does not allow docs to be sent to email which I was doing for months. Also changes to transflo are terrible. The pics to send seem darker and photo does not frame automatically like it used to. They should have left it alone, Bring back the old Marten app ### 1/5 — Should have micro *2020-08-04, version 1.0.1* It would be nice if they had macros on here as well also a history of any messages sent it also kicks you off a lot we have to sign back in also when you go into the building you can’t use it as much if you are deep into a building in history or just it if you are stopped then it doesn’t matter if the GPS is on or off ### 2/5 — Needs work *2020-07-21, version 1.0.1* It’s not friendly enough for a driver in my opinion.... no alerts for incoming messages and can’t see messages when in motion... I understand it’s a safety thing but it’s a pain ### 3/5 — Signals *2020-06-08, version 1.0.1* It’s a update to fix the login process it’s taking forever talking about I’m logged on drive time and I haven’t been in truck since Thursday ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Constant problems *2025-05-30, version 6.5.2* For one notifications constantly that are not there for two you tap on chat and it doesn’t wanna open you tap on anything sometimes it doesn’t wanna open. You have to uninstall reinstall just to get it to work again. I’ve complained about this problem through the company itself ### 1/5 — Notifications *2024-07-19, version 6.1.3* It is always showing notifications that I don’t have and I can’t clear them. Endless little message notifications in the chat but I have read every one still won’t go away Now I am not some old man confused by my phone, I have a background in website design and development. This app is not well organized and has a lot of redundant bloat on it, and issues with notifications not clearing out. The platform science is down today with issues and this is an example of why all the macros should be on the app not just a few. ### 1/5 — Latest updat *2024-07-03, version 6.1.3* This latest update leaves tracking on 24/7 when it is only set to run when open creating massive lag when actually using the app and several user functions are missing. Great app before the update considering deleting this app and if marten wants to know where I am or give me information pertaining to my loads they can call me since I can’t delete the crappy update that was forced upon me ### 1/5 — Bad *2024-04-01, version 4.2.3* Settlement ### 1/5 — Not supported on new iPhone *2023-10-08, version 4.2.3* Certain features are crashing with new iPhone updates. Like not being able to submit daily PTI ### 1/5 — App no longer works *2023-09-26, version 4.2.3* This app no longer works with new iPhone update. ### 1/5 — Works well to a point *2022-08-08, version 4.2.3* App works good as long as you could stay logged in I get kicked off the app every single day and have to re-register. it’s backed Omnitracs ### 1/5 — Keeps logging me off after 2 months using *2022-03-01, version 4.2.3* Once a day at least I have to re login fix this ### 1/5 — Driver *2021-01-09, version 4.2.3* Used to be a good app until they linked it to TRANSFLO. Now it’s messed up. ### 1/5 — App *2020-12-08, version 4.2.3* One of the most terrible app that I know. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Wonderful App *2025-02-03, version 6.3.1* App works fairly well. Only downside is Platform Science messages aren’t synced with Marten app. If you send a message on tablet it doesn’t show on app. Also wish under the loads section they could show all the details regarding the load like pickup number etc. ### 5/5 — Could be better *2024-12-29, version 6.1.3* Notifications would be great. The old Qualcomm used to read messages out loud while I drove. The new one doesn’t and the app doesn’t either. It would really help if I didn’t have to pull over to see if I have an important message. ### 5/5 — Loving it. *2024-11-23, version 6.1.3* Been here 2 months now and enjoying it. They keep me running and I’m home whenever I need to be. ### 5/5 — Not working *2024-02-24, version 4.2.3* I have not received any Notifications on my phone in a week, does the app need a update? ### 5/5 — Complete Load Info please *2021-03-05, version 4.2.3* When accepting load we need to know the mileage, date and time of pick up and delivery. I shouldn’t have to go looking for complete info to accept a load. This is first priority to a driver. ### 5/5 — Review *2021-03-01, version 4.2.3* An Overworked, Overloaded Server So, what is your server doing while the user is waiting to get the app up and running? It is running application code, accessing files from disk, switching between a bunch of tasks and interacting with thousands of other users. With so much going on, your server is overloaded. It could be running out of memory and taking too long to process requests. In turn, it makes a number of requests wait their turn before being able to process them. The Solution: Adding a Reverse Proxy Server. Taking some load off your server could help make it work faster and process more requests. Adding a reverse proxy server lets you offload some of the tasks a server has to carry out. A reverse proxy server is directly connected to the internet, allowing it to sit in the front of the machine and handle internal traffic. This enables it to communicate with the application server over a much faster internal network. This frees up the application server to build pages and pass them on to the reverse proxy server, which can in turn, wait on the users and pass on the readily available pages, without any delay. This way, the application can run at benchmark speeds and really ace the speedometers of app performance. To take things a step further, you can go ahead and add a load balancer that helps distribute traffic and make the application server’s job even easier. 2. Too Much Data This one’s a bit of a no-brainer – if your app has too much data, it is going to slow your app down. The more your servers have to load, the longer they will take. But this does not mean that you can simply chomp down on the data and make your app leaner by sacrificing rich features. The Solution: Data Compression Always compress your data. From sounds to rich graphics and video content, compressing data can make it faster to load without compromising on the aesthetics of functionality. Compression can have a dramatic effect on accelerating the app’s speed. The important thing is to use the right compression standards as suitable for different components such as images, videos or music. You can check out a super helpful resource from Apple right here. 3. Un-Optimized SSL and TLS Secure Sockets Layer and Transport Security Layer are an integral part of application security and hence, almost impossible to avoid. They encrypt the data while it is in transit from the origin to the server. In fact, Google deems the presence of SSL/TLS as a positive attribute. However, all the good things aren’t without their share of bad. SSL and TLS certainly affect the performance of your app and slow it down considerably. This is mainly because of two reasons. One is that every time a new connection is opened, an initial handshake is required, which hits the speed. Secondly, there is a consequent ongoing overhead that comes with encrypting the data while on the server and then decrypting it on the client-side. The Solution: Optimize SSL/TLS A lot can be done to minimize the overhead from SSL and TLS. Implementing HTTP/2 and SPDY ensure that the browsers need just one connection per session. This results in the app requiring just one handshake, thus dramatically reducing SSL overhead. There are other options like using OpenSSL, session caching, OCSP Stapling and Session Tickets. 4. Outdated Software Versions If your application is running on older versions of software and frameworks, or if you haven’t updated to newer versions in a while, you will encounter a drop in performance over time. Older software cannot leverage the newer capabilities like new compiler optimizations, increased enhancements and more adoption and support from the community. The solution: Upgrade to the latest version of the software Take a good look at your software stack and single out any software that hasn’t been updated to its latest version. New versions have enhanced capabilities and higher compatibilities. They offer a far superior stability and performance. From better tuning optimizations to security alerts and bug fixes, new versions offer a plethora of enrichments that can instantly boost your app speed and performance. 5. Flawed SDKs and Libraries Even after you have taken every care to ensure optimal application performance, problems may arise from the sources you least expected. While SDKs and libraries are an absolutely integral part of the app development process, you simply cannot take their safety for granted. Third-party libraries are still code, and code can have flaws, bugs and dependencies. Using a library without thoroughly checking it can lead to the problems in them affecting your application and slowing it down. Worse still is the probability of a bag passing on to your app, sending you into a scramble to figure out the problem. The Solution: Check Your Third-Party Libraries and SDKs Thoroughly Before Introducing Them to Your Application Always use libraries that have a track record of reputation, stability and security. Be sure to check and recheck before implementing them and choose ones that have a large and actively engaged community. ### 5/5 — Delete Delete Delete *2020-10-27, version 4.2.3* Wld be GREAT if we cld delete OLD messages . On this New Format , there’s no rime or reason to the load information . Each load has 5-7 segments. Each time a load is sent out , these segments are all mixed up . When you hav 3 or 4 loads sent to you , thers a lot of confusing trying to sort the segments. ### 5/5 — More options *2019-01-18, version 1.0.1* Would be better if we get notifications when we get a load or messages. To see how many miles we have for the week or access to logs to log ourselves on or off duty etc. ### 5/5 — Hmmm! *2018-09-02, version 1.0.1* Keeps me up to date while on hometime. I love being able to use my phone to send a message, the Qualcomm is much more of a pain. ### 5/5 — Marten App *2018-06-19, version 1.0.1* This app actually work better than the Omni tracks IVG Unit I just wish we can send our load information on here arrival departure all the good stuff it would work great on here if that is something that can be done --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-13.*