Per Diem Plus for Fleets vs CargoTel
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Per Diem Plus for Fleets
This app automatically tracks IRS per diem for truck drivers traveling in the USA and Canada. It helps document trips, 34-hour restarts, and delays, while also allowing for expense tracking and receipt organization. Detailed reports can be generated and sent quickly.
- Automatic IRS per diem tracking
- Tracks travel within USA and Canada
- Documents 34-hour restarts and delays
- Captures and organizes trip expenses
- Generates detailed per diem and expense reports
- Secure cloud data storage for 4 years
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Per Diem Plus® - Fleets is a free mobile app that automatically records IRS’ special trucker per diem for travel within the USA and Canada for solo and team OTR truck drivers. Your fleet must be authorized to use the Per Diem Plus - Fleets platform in order to access the app. To register, it's the same process as Per Diem Plus, but you will need your fleet-assigned Driver ID. There is no subscription fee. You can use the Per Diem Plus® - Fleets app for the term of your employment with your fleet. Per Diem Plus - Fleets Features * One-step activation * Automatically starts tracking your trip once you exit the 25 mile tax halo in your profile (where you park your truck) * Enables you to document 34 hour restarts and other unforeseen delays * Capture and organize trip expenses by category including images of receipts * Send detailed per diem and expense reports, including receipt images, to yourself or fleet in seconds * Data is stored on a secure cloud server for 4 years (IRS requires 3) CONTACT US We'd love to hear from you: * Twitter: twitter.com/perdiemplus * Facebook: www.facebook.com/perdiemplus1 * Email: support@perdiemplus.com
CargoTel
This mobile dispatch application is designed for the finished vehicle industry. It provides drivers with essential tools for vehicle inspections, real-time status updates, tracking, and electronic proof of delivery. Access requires a load assignment from a participating carrier or broker using CargoTel's transport management systems.
- Vehicle inspections
- Status updates
- Vehicle tracking
- Electronic Proof of Delivery (ePOD)
- Industry-specific tools
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The CargoTel app is CargoTel’s latest release of its mobile dispatch application for the finished vehicle industry. It offers robust industry-specific features, like vehicle inspections, status updates and vehicle tracking, and ePOD. To use the app, you must be a driver who has been assigned a load by a participating carrier or broker (3PL) using one of CargoTel’s transport management systems.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Per Diem Plus for Fleets at 5.0 against CargoTel's 1.9. Per Diem Plus for Fleets also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 16.0). CargoTel's advantage is ratings volume (8 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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.
Per Diem Plus for Fleets holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CargoTel has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Per Diem Plus for Fleets ships an update every 3 months, CargoTel every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Per Diem Plus for Fleets | CargoTel |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 1.9 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 16.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 64 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Per Diem Plus | Cargotel |
In-app purchases
Per Diem Plus for Fleets
No in-app purchases
CargoTel
No in-app purchases
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