CAT Scale Locator vs Doc
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CAT Scale Locator
Easily find the closest CAT Scale locations using your current GPS or by custom search. Save your favorite locations for quick access. This app helps truckers and drivers locate essential weighing stations on the go.
- Locate nearest CAT Scales
- GPS-based search
- Custom location search
- Save favorite locations
- Access from iOS devices
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Find your NEAREST CAT Scale! Now you can access CAT Scale locations from anywhere on your iOS device! Easily Locate and Save locations based on your current GPS location or custom search!
Doc
This app streamlines communication and transparency for truck drivers, dispatchers, and shippers. It helps manage loads, provides real-time updates, and facilitates document uploads and communication.
- Load management
- Real-time location and ETA
- Digital document upload
- Voice and text communication
- Revenue tracking
- Turn-by-turn directions
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Let’s face it, being a truck driver is tough. You earn money while driving, but a lot of your time is spent in detention, communicating with dispatch, finding the right materials, and the list goes on. It’s frustrating. Doc-Mate solves these pain points by creating transparency and improving communication between drivers dispatchers, and shippers/ receivers. Tired of the noise? Try Doc-Mate today. Using Doc-Mate mobile app, drivers can: - Accept, reject, and manage your load schedule - Get instructions for loading/ unloading and contact details for shippers and receivers - Provide shippers/receivers real time location information and ETA - Digitally upload required documents - Take pictures of your load at pickup and delivery to take accountability for your load - Easily communicate with dispatch through voice and text - Track earned revenue per load - Have a detailed logs of arrival and departure times - Access Map integration for turn by turn directions
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CAT Scale Locator at 4.2 against Doc's 3.0. CAT Scale Locator also leads on chart position (#173 vs unranked) and ratings volume (14 vs 2). Doc's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 4 months). 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.
CAT Scale Locator holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CAT Scale Locator has 14 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
CAT Scale Locator ships an update every 4 months, Doc every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CAT Scale Locator | Doc |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (14 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 6.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #173 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 83 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BoomerCo | Doc-Mate, LLC |
Customer experience
CAT Scale Locator
Doc
In-app purchases
CAT Scale Locator
No in-app purchases
Doc
No in-app purchases
