XBE vs Tread Materials Logistics
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
XBE
This app streamlines logistics for the horizontal construction industry. It connects contractors, suppliers, and property owners to manage production, dispatch, and payments. Track drivers, equipment, and monitor project progress from the field or office.
- Production planning and scheduling
- Lineup and dispatch
- Arrival management
- Production monitoring
- Time card management
- Driver and equipment tracking
- Invoicing and payment generation
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A full featured construction logistics app primarily servicing the horizontal construction industry (paving, grading, utility, etc). XBE coordinates the work of contractors, truckers, material suppliers, and property owners -- both in the field and at the office. Features include production planning and scheduling, lineup and dispatch, tendering and assignment, arrival management, production monitoring and management, time card management, driver shift location tracking, equipment driver location tracking, invoicing and payment generation, and reporting and analysis. The XBE app is used to support all types of XBE solutions including brokerage, transportation management, and supply chain optimization.
Tread Materials Logistics
Manage job assignments and work details digitally. Input information directly into the app, eliminating paper forms. Upload photos of scale tickets to streamline job submission and payment processing.
- Manage assignments from dispatch
- Review and complete jobs
- Input information digitally
- Upload photos of scale tickets
- Streamline job submission
- Faster payment processing
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Use Tread to manage assignments from Dispatch, review jobs and complete work. Tread removes the need to track work on paper forms by inputting that information directly into the app. Upload photos of scale tickets to record with jobs and to submit more easily to the back office teams, allowing you to get paid more quickly and easily. Download Tread to get started!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Tread Materials Logistics at 3.4 against XBE's 2.6. XBE's advantage is review sentiment (14% vs 0%) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). 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.
Tread Materials Logistics holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 89 and 26 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 14% of XBE's written reviews are positive against 0% of Tread Materials Logistics's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
XBE ships an update weekly, Tread Materials Logistics every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | XBE | Tread Materials Logistics |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (89 ratings) | 3.4 (26 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 89 — better | 26 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 70 MB | 130 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | XBE LLC | Tread Technologies Inc. |
Customer experience
XBE
Tread Materials Logistics
In-app purchases
XBE
No in-app purchases
Tread Materials Logistics
No in-app purchases
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