Vector Mobile vs Strategy Live Carrier
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Vector Mobile
Manage all your freight paperwork on the go. Scan and store documents like PODs, receipts, and more. Securely back up files and easily share them with dispatch, brokers, and customers.
- Scan and manage freight documents
- Secure cloud backup
- Share paperwork with dispatch and brokers
- Add and view comments on documents
- Web portal access
- Unlimited uploads
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Get started with Vector and have all your freight paperwork within reach from your smartphone or computer. The app is for OTR truck drivers to scan and manage all their documents. All your files will be backed up safely so you can't lose them. Easily invite others to view or leave comments for your POD's, receipts, weight tags, lumper receipts, OS&D paperwork, and more! * Unlimited uploads of paperwork and images * Quickly access previous documents * Easily share paperwork with dispatch, brokers, customers, and factoring companies * Add and view comments * View your documents on the web portal
Strategy Live Carrier
This app connects to transportation software, receiving dispatch information and allowing users to update stops. It facilitates messaging with dispatch and sends periodic GPS location reports. Be aware that continuous GPS use can impact battery life.
- Receive dispatch information
- Update stop status
- Send and receive messages from dispatch
- Periodic GPS location reporting
- Communicate with Strategy Live software
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This application communicates with Strategy Live transportation software. Strategy Live Carrier receives dispatch information from your dispatcher and lets you update stops. You can send and receive messages from dispatch. Periodic GPS location reports will be sent to dispatch. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Vector Mobile at 3.2 against Strategy Live Carrier's 2.3. Vector Mobile also leads on ratings volume (125 vs 6). Strategy Live Carrier's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.6). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Vector Mobile holds the better App Store score, 3.2 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Vector Mobile has 125 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 43% of Vector Mobile's written reviews are positive against 50% of Strategy Live Carrier's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Vector Mobile | Strategy Live Carrier |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (125 ratings) — better | 2.3 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 42.9% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 125 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 133 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | LoadDOCs | Strategy Systems, Inc. |
Customer experience
Vector Mobile
Strategy Live Carrier
Bugs and requests
Vector Mobile
Reported bugs
39 issues- App quits working
- App freezes and gets stuck
- Submit button off-screen on new phones
- Cannot press options on iPhone 15 Pro Max screen
- Screen does not align well on iPhone 15 Pro Max
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- Workloads update inconsistently
- GPS stamp cannot be changed
- App keeps closing
- Cannot type information
- Crashes every time it opens
- Photos not uploading back to dispatch
- Notifications don't work on iPhone 12 Pro Max
- Crashes when taking pictures with flash
- Crashes after update
- Does not upload docs
- App crashes too much for photos
- Hit or miss document border detection
- Shows dark blotches in low light
- Manual cropping required
- Blurry photo errors
- Does not transmit all necessary information
- Slow to load
- Hard to tell if paperwork uploaded
- Drains data significantly
- Re-enter load information upon arrival
- No default settings for truck/team
- App won't send dispatch to teammate
- Add recipients is buggy
- Active info entry area not highlighted
- Confusing for new users
- No long loud notification tone
- Cannot delete old dispatches
- Dispatchers get behind, slow info
- Cannot clear completed trips
- Scans are very noisy
- No way to delete build-up in dispatches
- No notifications for incoming messages/dispatches
- Customer service not good
- Crashes phone, fried friend's phone
Requested features
11 requests- Add a torch/flashlight function
- Enable dark mode
- Allow multiple photo selection from library
- Add a long loud notification tone
- Allow deletion of old dispatches
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- Add user editable feature for corrections
- Option to take single or multiple pictures in a row
- Swap 'x' and 'delete' buttons on review screen
- Allow editing/cropping images in review screen
- Add matrix page for location codes
- Highlight active info entry area
Strategy Live Carrier
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Vector Mobile
No in-app purchases
Strategy Live Carrier
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Vector Mobile free?
Is Strategy Live Carrier free?
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Do Vector Mobile or Strategy Live Carrier have ads?
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