Hellotracks vs FreightTracer Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hellotracks
This app helps manage field teams by tracking their live location on a map, optimizing job routes, and automating check-ins. It allows for proof of visit collection, such as photos and signatures, and generates mileage reports.
- Live team tracking on a map
- Optimized job routing
- Automatic GPS check-ins
- Proof of visit (photos, forms, signatures)
- Mileage reporting
- Team and office dashboards
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Hellotracks runs your field team from one map. See where everyone is, send the day's jobs in the best order and get proof back from every visit. All your team needs is the phone in their pocket. SEE YOUR CREW LIVE Everyone on one map, with their jobs for the day and where they are right now. Tap anyone to see their day: trips, stops and time on site. JOBS IN THE BEST ORDER Create jobs with address, time window and priority, and send them to the right person. Route optimization puts each day's stops in the best order, with drive time and distance between them. AUTOMATIC CHECK-INS Save your customers' places once. Arrivals, departures and time on site are logged by GPS, with no button to remember. Manual check-ins are there when you need them. PROOF FROM EVERY VISIT Photos, forms and signatures, right on the job. You see them the moment the job is done. EVERY MILE, RECORDED Trips with distance and purpose, for mileage reports without paperwork. FOR YOUR TEAM • Today's jobs in order, with one tap for on the way, started and done • Navigation with the map app they already use • Location is shared on the clock, and the team always sees when FOR THE OFFICE • The dashboard in any browser: dispatch, live map, history and reports • Notifications when someone arrives, leaves or finishes a job • Teams, roles and permissions for operators and workers • An API to connect your own systems UP AND RUNNING TODAY No hardware to buy or install. Invite your team with a link or a code, and they're in within minutes. FREE FOR PERSONAL USE Share your location with family or friends you invite. Everyone sees who they share with, and anyone can leave at any time.
FreightTracer Mobile
This app allows shippers to track freight in real-time, providing visibility into load status from pickup to delivery. Participating drivers can manage loads, upload proof of delivery, and access shipment details. It utilizes GPS and geo-fencing for automatic time tracking and route tracing.
- Real-time FTL GPS tracking
- Automatic time in/out
- Delivery route tracing
- Real-time pickup & delivery info
- Immediate POD upload
- Driver mobile load management
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FreightTracer gives shippers the ability to track their freight in real time, whether they use company drivers, asset-based trucking companies, or third-party logistics (3PL) companies. No longer do they need to rely on phone calls or carrier truck GPS devices to determine exactly where their freight is at any given time. With FreightTracer Mobile, participating drivers are able to interact with the app to manage their loads from pickup to delivery, giving FreightTracer customers insight into the status of each load, every step of the way. IMPORTANT: The FreightTracer Mobile app is required for participating drivers within all associated FreightTracer accounts. Among other features, FreightTracer Mobile offers: * Real-Time FTL GPS Tracking * Automatic Actual Time In/Time Out * Delivery Route Tracing * Real-Time Pick-Up & Delivery Info * Immediate POD Upload * File Upload Storage * Driver Mobile Load Management REAL-TIME FTL GPS TRACKING FreightTracer Mobile offers truck-level insight into the location of shipments, giving drivers the ability to easily manage the shipping process, from dispatch to delivery. FreightTracer respects driver privacy. We will only track drivers during actual transportation of shipments. Drivers will not be tracked in between shipments and when on break. AUTOMATIC ACTUAL TIME IN/TIME OUT FreightTracer utilizes advanced geo-fencing technology, allowing the system to detect when the truck (via the GPS function of the driver's Internet-connected iOS device) has arrived at the pick-up location or any of the delivery destinations. This relieves the driver from having to note pickup and delivery times and compares actual times with those entered by the shipping manager to determine timeliness of the progress of the load. DELIVERY ROUTE TRACING FreightTracer is with your shipments every step of the way. When a load is created and dispatched to a driver, FreightTracer's advanced GPS and mapping technology will display shipment locations, and the route traveled, on maps within the app and FreightTracer web application dashboard. REAL-TIME PICK-UP & DELIVERY INFO From the moment a load is dispatched to a driver, the combination of FreightTracer's advanced GPS tracking functions with geo-fencing technology and minimal driver interaction allow our customers to see in real time when the load is picked up, the path it takes while en route, and when it is delivered. FreightTracer's advanced back-end technology tracks and records multiple data points about each shipment, which customers can access through the dashboard. IMMEDIATE POD UPLOAD As soon as the load is delivered, in addition to FreightTracer automatically updating the load status, the driver can use their iOS device to photograph and upload the POD document directly to the dashboard as a PDF, where it can be viewed, printed, emailed, etc. FILE UPLOAD STORAGE With FreightTracer, drivers have the ability to upload documents related to loads. Using their iOS devices, drivers can photograph and upload important documents associated with each load. DRIVER MOBILE LOAD MANAGEMENT Drivers are integral to tracking the status of their loads. Using their iOS devices along with the guidance of FreightTracer's GPS and geo-fencing technologies, drivers help manage the load process from pickup to delivery. And because driver privacy is very important to us, drivers will not be tracked when in between loads or on breaks. GET STARTED * Participating drivers must download and install the FreightTracer Mobile app * Drivers will receive notification by email and SMS when a load has been dispatched to them * Clicking the link from the SMS message or email will launch the app and pre-populate the Shipment ID field * Drivers must note the Shipment Authorization ID from the SMS message or email and manually enter it on the app login screen * Follow the prompts to view the load’s dashboard Note: Continued use of GPS running in the background can decrease battery life.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Hellotracks at 4.5 against FreightTracer Mobile's 3.0. FreightTracer Mobile's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly) and review sentiment (75% vs 63%). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Hellotracks holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 30 and 20 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 63% of Hellotracks's written reviews are positive against 75% of FreightTracer Mobile's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Hellotracks ships an update monthly, FreightTracer Mobile every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hellotracks | FreightTracer Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (30 ratings) — better | 3.0 (20 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 63.2% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 30 — better | 20 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hellotracks LLC | Freight Exchange Network LLC |
Customer experience
Hellotracks
FreightTracer Mobile
In-app purchases
Hellotracks
No in-app purchases
FreightTracer Mobile
No in-app purchases
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