CRST Driven vs PTL Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CRST Driven
This mobile tool facilitates communication for CRST driving partners, offering messaging capabilities when away from their trucks. It also provides access to essential information like pay settlements, document scanning, and safety resources.
- Driver messaging
- Pay settlements access
- Document scanning
- Safety information
- For company and owner operators
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A mobile tool for CRST driving partners, either company or owner operators, that allows messaging while away from the truck! It also provides access to key information such as Pay settlements, document scanning, and safety information. Stay tuned for more updates and enhancements.
PTL Mobile
This app provides a convenient portal for employee owners and professional drivers to access essential information and perform tasks on the go. It streamlines operations by allowing document scanning, load management, training access, and HR information retrieval.
- Scan and send documents
- View load and stop details
- Access Vertical Alliance Training
- Perform DVIR
- View pay and HR information
- Accept/Reject planned loads
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Welcome to Paschall Truck Lines! As a 100% employee owned company the PTL mobile app was designed with our fellow owners and valued professional drivers in mind. This is a portal to make it easier and more efficient for drivers on the road and employees to access the information they need. You can do many things through this app, including: • Scan and send documents • View load and stop details, including fuel stops • Vertical Alliance Training • Access Weigh My Truck App • Accept/Reject planned loads • Perform DVIR • View Insurance/Certificates • Access/View pay and HR information • Run the app from tablet devices for larger screen viewing … And much more — anywhere you happen to be!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PTL Mobile at 4.7 against CRST Driven's 1.5. PTL Mobile also leads on review sentiment (33% vs 0%) and ratings volume (631 vs 22). CRST Driven's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 9 months) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 14.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
PTL Mobile holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PTL Mobile has 631 ratings behind it against 22, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of CRST Driven's written reviews are positive against 33% of PTL Mobile's.
CRST Driven ships an update every 2 months, PTL Mobile every 9 months. Both last shipped on October 12, 2026.
| Parameter | CRST Driven | PTL Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.5 (22 ratings) | 4.7 (631 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 22 | 631 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 95 MB | 137 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | STI delivers | Paschall Truck Lines, Inc. |
Customer experience
CRST Driven
PTL Mobile
In-app purchases
CRST Driven
No in-app purchases
PTL Mobile
No in-app purchases
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