Comparison

Cardata Mobile vs Core

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Cardata Mobile

This app automatically tracks your business trips for IRS-compliant mileage reimbursements. It saves you time by logging journeys automatically and allows for easy management and editing of trip data directly within the application. Receive transparent reimbursement information and dedicated customer support.

Highlights
  • Automatic trip capturing
  • Customizable capture schedule
  • Manual trip start/stop
  • Edit, add, and delete trips
  • View mileage summaries
  • Transparent reimbursement details
  • Driver policy information
Features
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Cardata is an IRS-compliant, automatic trip-capturing app that reimburses drivers fairly and accurately. Save time: Dealing with mileage reimbursements is the last thing you want to do at the end of your workday. Imagine a world where you don’t have to waste precious time filling out a logbook or worrying if your phone is capturing your trips. Cardata Mobile makes this possible. Each year, Cardata Mobile saves drivers weeks worth of time. Once you set a trip capture schedule, the app will reliably and accurately capture your trips automatically. Plus, we know how important your privacy is, so we’ll never capture trips taken outside your schedule. You can also temporarily disable trip capturing right from your Dashboard. - Set a custom capture schedule. - Turn trip capture on and off with a single tap. - Quickly start or stop trips. - Check your trip capture status. - Change your trip capture schedule anytime. Manage & edit trips: No more sitting down at the computer to manage your trips. With Cardata Mobile, you can make any necessary changes like edit, add, and delete trips, right in the app. - Delete trips. - Change a trip’s classification. - Add a missed trip. - Update a trip’s mileage. A comprehensive dashboard: You can accomplish most important tasks from the Driver Dashboard. In just seconds, you can stop or start trip capturing, manually start a trip, check today’s trip capture schedule, and review a summary of your mileage so far this month. - View your trip capture status and trip capture schedule. - Review unclassified trips. - Check out your daily or monthly mileage summary. Transparent reimbursements: At Cardata, we do everything in our power to inform you of upcoming reimbursements and things like whether your payments are non-taxable. Cardata provides ample support to ensure that receiving reimbursements is stress-free and straightforward. You deserve transparency and to know exactly what is happening with your money. - Visit ‘My Payments’ to view upcoming and past payments, and your compliance status. - Visit ‘My Program’ to learn about your reimbursement program and vehicle policy. - You’ll be notified of approaching driver’s license and insurance expiration dates via email and in the app. Ample support: Our customer support team is dedicated to you. Whether it’s a phone call, an email, or a chat message, our reimbursement experts are easy to reach and happy to help. We’ve also built an extensive help center, where you can find detailed information on many topics, including helpful videos. No matter what you need, we’ve got your back, always. - The support team is available via call, message, or email from Mon-Fri, 9-5 EST. - A help center with dozens of articles. - A Youtube channel with video walk-throughs to learn how to use the app. Take control of your privacy: Any trips you classify as personal, or simply left as unclassified, will not be accessible to employers. Taking a quick coffee break during a work day? Simply stop capturing trips from the dashboard and resume it when you’re ready. Rest assured, not an inch of personal driving will be viewable to employers. - Deleted, personal, and unclassified trips are hidden from employers and Cardata. - Any trip taken outside your trip capture schedule will be hidden. Review past trips: You’ll have access to every trip you’ve taken in the last 12 months. Review monthly or daily trip summaries with details on total mileage, stops, etc. An intuitive trip filter feature allows you to filter trips by date and/or classification. - View daily and monthly trip summaries. - Filter trips by classification and/or date. Region-sensitive reimbursements: Different regions have different gas prices, maintenance fees, insurance policies, etc. Your reimbursements reflect the cost of driving in your region, to guarantee that you’ll never lose money for simply doing your job. - Fair, accurate reimbursements curated to where you live.

About

Core

This app provides a streamlined data solution for retailers, offering tools for business management, promotions, category insights, analytics, marketing materials, and industry training. It serves as a comprehensive portal to support partnerships with the developer.

Highlights
  • Order, invoice, and credit processing
  • Access to promotions and new items
  • View planograms and schematics
  • Internal sales and retailer analytics
  • Marketing flyers and programs
  • Industry articles and training courses
Features
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Application Description (Long): Core-Mark's CORE-SOURCE is a "one-stop shop", streamlined data solution for Core-Mark's customers. Core-Mark retailers will have access to a customized portal with all necessary tools to help support a successful partnership with Core-Mark. * Business Management * Ability to process orders, invoices, credits and access to other business management tools.
 * Promotions * Access to Promo Power flyers, online trade shows, new items and promotions. * Category Management * View Planograms and SmartSet schematics. * Business Analytics * Access to internal sales and retailer analytics tools. * Marketing * View marketing flyers and programs, Focused Marketing Initiative plans (FMI), and Business Review Decks. * Training/Education * View relevant, trending Industry articles. * Access to Core-Mark proprietary and LinkedIn Learning training courses.

Screenshots

Cardata Mobile4 screens
Core3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Core at 100% against Cardata Mobile's 49%. Core also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.2). Cardata Mobile's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (187 vs 3). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Core holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cardata Mobile has 187 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 49% of Cardata Mobile's written reviews are positive against 100% of Core's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cardata Mobile ships an update every 3 weeks, Core every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and July 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Cardata Mobile versus Core: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCardata MobileCore
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (187 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews49.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings187 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCarData ConsultantsCore-Mark

Customer experience

Cardata Mobile

All ratings187 ratings
Positive80.7%
Neutral5.3%
Negative13.9%
Written reviews279 reviews
Positive49.5%
Neutral2.2%
Negative48.4%

Core

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Cardata Mobile

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Frequent crashes and freezes
  • Logging out issues
  • Incorrect location tracking
  • Inability to resume/pause tracking

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to manually edit/add trips
  • Improved trip categorization
  • Notification for unclassified trips
  • Desktop or browser app option

Core

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Cardata Mobile

No in-app purchases

None

Core

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Cardata Mobile free?
Cardata Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Core free?
Core is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Cardata Mobile or Core?
Core is rated higher. Cardata Mobile averages 4.2 out of 5 from 187 ratings, while Core averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Cardata Mobile or Core have ads?
Neither Cardata Mobile nor Core shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cardata Mobile or Core?
Cardata Mobile ships an update every 3 weeks, and Core every 5 months. Most recently, Cardata Mobile was updated on September 10, 2026 and Core on July 26, 2026.

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