HubDespatch vs FleetLocate V5
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HubDespatch
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The HubDespatch app has been designed to allow out of hours Despatching of jobs for companies using Hub Systems FMS Application. Despatchers can review and allocate jobs to their drivers, as well as some management functions such as deallocating jobs, marking jobs as picked up, completing jobs, adding POD Names to stops. Unallocated jobs can be shown by Service Area, or Date, and Driver Details show online status, load status, allocated work and location on map. Access can be restricted to allow customers to allocate work to their regular drivers, or allow dispatchers to manage separate areas without overlapping. Once the app has been installed you must enter the FMS Company ID, and your user name and password.
FleetLocate V5
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Fleetlocate allows you to manage your vehicles with bespoke dashboards that are highly intuitive. Along with this users are able to locate, track, manage, recover and send commands to their vehicles in real-time, via a secure internet portal. FleetLocate provides many user-friendly features for mobile asset management like: a) Dashboards: Represent real-time executive summary of your vehicles defined by a bespoke performance criteria. - Utilisation dashboards help in understanding how your vehicles are being used in order to make informed decisions. - Driver Report Card: Gives drivers’ rank based on their driving style by monitoring harsh braking, cornering, speeding and acceleration. It provides meaningful insights to identify ‘at risk’ drivers. b) Real-Time Visibility: View your vehicles in real-time including location and direction so you can locate and assign the closest vehicle to a job. c) Digital Logbooks: Allows drivers to input an ATO approved purpose of trip while on the move and our software does the rest eliminating multiple logbook entries d) Alerts: You can set up email and SMS alerts when key business rules are broken.
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Verdict
HubDespatch and FleetLocate V5 are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
HubDespatch ships an update every 2 months, FleetLocate V5 monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HubDespatch | FleetLocate V5 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hub Systems | Procon Telematics |
In-app purchases
HubDespatch
No in-app purchases
FleetLocate V5
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is HubDespatch free?
Is FleetLocate V5 free?
Do HubDespatch or FleetLocate V5 have ads?
Which is updated more often, HubDespatch or FleetLocate V5?
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