Comparison

Trip Sheet Central vs Permit Book

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Trip Sheet Central

This business tool simplifies managing trucking operations, including trip reports, income, expenses, and compliance with FMCSA standards. It helps with fuel tax filing and cash-flow management, offering secure access via the app or web browser.

Highlights
  • Manage trip reports
  • Track income and expenses
  • Handle shippers, receivers, and brokers
  • Generate accounting statements
  • File IFTA fuel tax
  • Ensure FMCSA compliance
Features
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Trip Sheet Central is a business tool for managing trip reports, income, expenses, shippers, receivers, brokers, accounting statements and IFTA (fuel) Tax. Trip Sheet Central makes it easy to file Fuel Tax, manage cash-flow, meet FMCSA (Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration) compliance standards, and many more business reports. Trip Sheet Central takes your trucking office to the next level Access and manage trucking business information securely in an easy to use format from the app, or any internet browser. In the app: - Trips, trip expenses, maintenance and office expenses - even with no signal - GPS miles by state and quarterly IFTA reports - Receipt scanning, documents and PDFs - Dashboard with revenue and profit per mile - Home-screen widget, Siri and quick actions - Built-in User Manual and email support Requires a Trip Sheet Central account.

About

Permit Book

Manage commercial truck, trailer, and driver documents electronically. Drivers can access essential documents offline, and fleets can manage updates via push notifications. It simplifies document organization for road-based professionals.

Highlights
  • Electronic document management
  • Driver app access
  • Offline document caching
  • Push notifications for updates
  • Categorized document storage
  • Supports various permit and inspection types
Features
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Permit Book is a revolutionary new way to manage commercial truck, trailer, and driver documents electronically as a driver app and fleet management back-office tool! WHAT IS PERMIT BOOK? Back-office: Allows key regulatory documents to be electronically loaded into the system and assigned to the company, driver, truck or trailer. Driver App: The driver can then access and view these documents by logging into the easy-to-use, simple, user-friendly Permit Book app where the documents are cached and made available for display even when off-line or in an area that is out-of-service. The app is an easy reference of documents stored under category headings such as Company documents, Driver Documents, Truck Documents and Trailer documents. CELL PHONE OR TABLET ACCESS Electronic Permits, Cab Cards, Medical Cards, Maintenance Inspections, any document your driver should have access to out on the road. DOWNLOAD AND FORGET Documents are available even when you don’t have a data connection. STAY CURRENT Push notifications will alert the driver to any new or updated electronic permit or document for your Permit Book.For more information on the Permit Book App and Back-Office Fleet Management Tool, visit https://permitbook.com. WHAT DRIVERS ARE SAYING “It looks very simple to use. If I had a bucket full of drivers, I would jump on it right now because I do understand from a drivers perspective the difficulties as I have worked with a lot of drivers who have difficulty keeping all that stuff together and making sure it is up to date. I understand how wonderful Permit Book is because it is extremely simple.”

Screenshots

Trip Sheet Central4 screens
Permit Book4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Permit Book at 100% against Trip Sheet Central's 53%. Permit Book also leads on monetization model (free vs paid) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). Trip Sheet Central's advantage is rating (4.3 vs 3.8) and ratings volume (166 vs 4). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Trip Sheet Central holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Trip Sheet Central has 166 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 53% of Trip Sheet Central's written reviews are positive against 100% of Permit Book's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Trip Sheet Central ships an update every 3 months, Permit Book monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Trip Sheet Central versus Permit Book: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTrip Sheet CentralPermit Book
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (166 ratings) — better3.8 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews53.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings166 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB26 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperTrip Sheet Central LLCD & S Trucking Solutions

Customer experience

Trip Sheet Central

All ratings166 ratings
Positive82.5%
Neutral1.8%
Negative15.7%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive53.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative46.7%

Permit Book

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Trip Sheet Central

No in-app purchases

None

Permit Book

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Trip Sheet Central free?
Trip Sheet Central is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Permit Book free?
Permit Book is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Trip Sheet Central or Permit Book?
Trip Sheet Central is rated higher. Trip Sheet Central averages 4.3 out of 5 from 166 ratings, while Permit Book averages 3.8 from 4 ratings.
Do Trip Sheet Central or Permit Book have ads?
Neither Trip Sheet Central nor Permit Book shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Trip Sheet Central or Permit Book?
Trip Sheet Central ships an update every 3 months, and Permit Book monthly. Most recently, Trip Sheet Central was updated on October 17, 2026 and Permit Book on October 2, 2026.

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