LandstarOne® vs Pilot Car Loads
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LandstarOne®
This app provides owner-operators and carriers with a centralized platform to find available loads, manage fuel expenses, and access essential services. It offers advanced search and filtering for loads, detailed load information, and fuel discount opportunities.
- Load search and filtering
- Detailed load information
- Fuel station search and discounts
- Booked loads tracking
- Trip advance and card balance
- Agent and inspection site search
- SmartHook™ technology integration
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LandstarOne® is the one-stop mobile app for Landstar owner-operators and third-party carriers to access Landstar's available loads, fuel savings, card balances, inspection stations and more. Haul more with Load Search Quickly find the best loads for your business with our advanced load search and filtering options. Stay in the know with Load Details See important details for a load, including revenue, rate per mile, load dates and times, weight, miles, load age, load comments and more. Keep hauling with Fuel Search Find and save your favorite fuel stations, see Landstar fuel discounts, calculate your net fuel cost and more. Keep track of it with Booked Loads See current, upcoming, and past loads in one place. Additional features for Landstar BCOs: Do more with Trip Advance & Card Balance Request a Trip Advance and see your balance right in the app. Connect with Agent Search Quickly find and contact agents to ask questions, book loads and more. Locate Inspection Sites Find Landstar-approved inspection sites, view open hours and contact directly. SmartHook™ provides users and their mobile devices and personal computer devices support in tracking and managing of truck and trailer equipment and transportation logistics within the downloadable LandstarOne® App. Disclaimers: To become a BCO and join the Landstar network, visit leasetolandstar.com. To onboard as a qualified carrier visit https://onboard.dat.com/landstar. Please remember to be safe. Do not use the application while operating your vehicle.
Pilot Car Loads
This app connects pilot car drivers and companies with oversize load opportunities. Drivers can set custom alerts for jobs based on location and pay. Companies can easily post and manage loads, finding suitable drivers.
- Personalized load alerts
- Job notifications by location and rate
- Pilot car directory
- Post and manage loads
- Mark loads as covered, quick pay, text only
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Pilot Car Loads is a powerful job board for pilot cars. Pilot Car Loads gives escort car drivers the power to set up personalized load alerts to get notified of jobs based on location, rate, and more! -------- For Pilot Car Drivers & Pilot Car Companies: Get access to an advanced load board and be alerted for jobs that are most relevant to you. Add yourself to the Pilot Car Directory so companies can find you. -------- For Trucking Companies & Brokers: Post and manage your loads quickly and easily. Mark loads as covered, quick pay, and/or text only. Find the right driver to fill your job. Get your loads covered! All for free.
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Verdict
LandstarOne® and Pilot Car Loads both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 57% of LandstarOne®'s written reviews are positive against 13% of Pilot Car Loads's. LandstarOne® also leads on ratings volume (9.1K vs 656). Pilot Car Loads's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for LandstarOne® against 4.6 for Pilot Car Loads. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LandstarOne® has 9.1K ratings behind it against 656, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 57% of LandstarOne®'s written reviews are positive against 13% of Pilot Car Loads's.
LandstarOne® ships an update monthly, Pilot Car Loads every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LandstarOne® | Pilot Car Loads |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (9.1K ratings) — better | 4.6 (656 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 57.5% of reviews — better | 12.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9.1K — better | 656 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 133 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Landstar System Holdings, Inc | Endurance Digital LLC |
Customer experience
LandstarOne®
Pilot Car Loads
Bugs and requests
LandstarOne®
Reported bugs
2 issues- Saved load searches crash the app
- Load alert needs to be louder
Requested features
6 requests- Should be able to mute certain loads
- Deadhead calculation needs to be more accurate
- Need to be able to track cheapest fuel along route
- Add more integration with Landstar website
- Built-in bill scanner
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- Marry app to map product to plan routes easier
Pilot Car Loads
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
LandstarOne®
No in-app purchases
Pilot Car Loads
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is LandstarOne® free?
Is Pilot Car Loads free?
Which has better reviews, LandstarOne® or Pilot Car Loads?
Do LandstarOne® or Pilot Car Loads have ads?
Which is updated more often, LandstarOne® or Pilot Car Loads?
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