CRST Driven vs WM Bale Route
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.
WM Bale Route
This application digitizes recycling service operations for businesses. It connects haulers directly to Waste Management, replacing manual paperwork with a real-time digital interface for efficient record-keeping and verification.
- Real-time tracking of recycling services
- Digital data sharing and transmission
- Replaces redundant paperwork
- Streamlines record keeping and verification
- Connects recycling haulers with Waste Management
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The WM Recycling Services bale route tracking application (BRTA) is a proprietary software application designed to enable real time tracking, data sharing and transmission as it relates to recycling service performed at the brick and mortar, “behind the store” level. By connecting recycling haulers with the application and ultimately, Waste Management, redundant paperwork is replaced by a speedy, digital interface where record keeping and verification of related information is a priority. As interest in and the environmental impact of recycling grows, it is important that organizations continue to modernize how this type of business is transacted. WM is committed to doing its part to help achieve this objective.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: WM Bale Route at 5.0 against CRST Driven's 1.5. CRST Driven's advantage is ratings volume (23 vs 1) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months). 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.
WM Bale Route holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CRST Driven has 23 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
CRST Driven ships an update every 2 months, WM Bale Route every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CRST Driven | WM Bale Route |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.5 (23 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 23 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 95 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | STI delivers | Waste Management, Inc. |
Customer experience
CRST Driven
WM Bale Route
In-app purchases
CRST Driven
No in-app purchases
WM Bale Route
No in-app purchases
