Convoy vs Carrier1
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Convoy
Find, bid on, and haul loads from trusted brokers to keep your truck full and earning. Manage your work, get paid fast, and streamline bookkeeping all from your phone. Access thousands of nationwide loads with no phone negotiations required.
- Find, bid on, and win loads 24/7
- Get paid fast with QuickPay
- Request detention and lumper payments
- Manage work and view load details
- Upload documents for bookkeeping
- Track fleet locations with GPS
- Receive load availability alerts
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The Convoy app makes it easy for carriers to find, bid on, and haul loads from trusted brokers that keep their trucks full and earning on the lanes they like to run. With everything done quickly and easily through the Convoy app, you’ll spend less time chasing freight, and more time on what matters. With the Convoy app, you can: MAXIMIZE EARNINGS • Find, bid on, and win loads 24/7—no phone calls required • Get paid fast with Convoy QuickPay • Request no-hassle detention or lumper payment codes within the app REDUCE HASSLE • Find and manage work right from your phone • See broker, shipper and facility names and addresses on every load • Upload documents to streamline bookkeeping • Track your fleet’s locations and arrival times with GPS • Get automatic alerts when loads are available on your preferred lanes SEE ALL THE LOADS • Sign up and book your first loads quickly - no matter the size of your business • Get free access to thousands of nationwide loads from trusted brokers • Book everything through the app and overcome the pitfalls of phone negotiations, like haggling, language barriers, and cultural biases We operate in the contiguous 48 states. Sign up through the Convoy app. The Convoy Platform is owned and operated by Flexport Freight Tech LLC.
Carrier1
Manage shipments and loads efficiently while on the road. Stay connected with dispatch, customers, and corporate for real-time shipment visibility.
- Shipment management
- Load management
- Real-time visibility
- Dispatch team communication
- Customer communication
- Corporate connectivity
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Carrier1 is your all-in-one companion for managing shipments and loads on the road. Stay connected with your dispatch team, customers, and corporate while having complete visibility of your shipments in real-time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Carrier1 at 100% against Convoy's 39%. Carrier1 also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 weeks). Convoy's advantage is ratings volume (3.7K vs 3). 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.
Carrier1 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Convoy has 3.7K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 39% of Convoy's written reviews are positive against 100% of Carrier1's.
Convoy ships an update every 3 weeks, Carrier1 every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Convoy | Carrier1 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (3.7K ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 39.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3.7K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 89 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DAT FREIGHT TECH, LLC | Carrier1 |
Customer experience
Convoy
Carrier1
Bugs and requests
Convoy
Reported bugs
2 issues- App glitches and connectivity issues
- Inaccurate location tracking
Requested features
3 requests- Improved load tracking and updates
- More transparency on load details
- Better compensation for cancelled/delayed loads
Carrier1
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Convoy
No in-app purchases
Carrier1
No in-app purchases
Questions
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