Trip Sheet Central vs Permit Book
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Manage trip reports
- Track income and expenses
- Handle shippers, receivers, and brokers
- Generate accounting statements
- File IFTA fuel tax
- Ensure FMCSA compliance
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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.
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.
- Electronic document management
- Driver app access
- Offline document caching
- Push notifications for updates
- Categorized document storage
- Supports various permit and inspection types
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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.”
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Verdict
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 10 months). Trip Sheet Central's advantage is rating (4.3 vs 3.8) and ratings volume (167 vs 4). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
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 167 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.
Trip Sheet Central ships an update every 10 months, Permit Book monthly. The most recent releases landed on August 24, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Trip Sheet Central | Permit Book |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (167 ratings) — better | 3.8 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 53.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 167 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Trip Sheet Central LLC | D & S Trucking Solutions |
Customer experience
Trip Sheet Central
Permit Book
In-app purchases
Trip Sheet Central
No in-app purchases
Permit Book
No in-app purchases
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