Comparison

Freight Book vs Mack Trucks Driver Guide

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

Head to head
About

Freight Book

This app helps truck drivers manage their trips, providing load information, GPS tracking, and audible instructions for pickups and deliveries. Drivers can share trip progress and history effortlessly, eliminating the need for manual updates to stakeholders.

Highlights
  • Create and manage trips
  • GPS tracking for progress
  • Audible pickup/delivery instructions
  • Share trip history
  • Load information
  • Substantiate detention claims
Features
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Freight Book Inc offers an effortless way for all truck drivers to create their own trips, track their location and progress, view their trip history, and even share their the trip history! Now drivers can hear audible helpful instructions as they arrive to the pickup, delivery. This app allows you to put the phone down and let voice instructions guide you in. No more calling shippers, brokers and consignees with updates on your location. Simply share your link with them and let the app do the check ins. -Trips- **Freight Book provides all of the load information you need to safely and accurately complete your Frieght Book load! **You can better keep track of trips and safely hear instructions: When you arrive at your pre-defined pickup, delivery will read you verbal instructions so you do not have to look at your phone. No more fumbling with your phone while you are driving. Arrive at your location and hear your instructions! -GPS Tracking- ** Freight Book allows you to easily track your trips progress and update load stakeholders with no effort on your part. ** You can quickly enable or disable GPS through the location setting! ** Freight Book provides you with the data to help you substantiate driver detention claims against shippers and consignees and to use GPS to prove on time delivery for guaranteed shipments! -My Trip Button- ** You can easily view and share your trip with anyone with a touch of a button!

About

Mack Trucks Driver Guide

Features
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The official Mack Trucks product manual for all conventional truck models. Available in 3 languages. Truck models available in North America (Canada, USA, and Mexico) and these countries: Argentina Bolivia Chile Colombia Costa Rica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador EMA (Jordan, Saudi Arabia) Guatemala Haiti Honduras Mexico Nicaragua Panama Trinidad & Tobago Venezuela are supported in the version of this app available in those markets. The app allows you quick access to tailor-made user instructions for your truck. Demo trucks for all models are also available. An efficient search function will help you quickly find what you are looking for along with tips for best use. Content for each truck in your Truck List can be downloaded to your device so that the app can later be used offline. The app supports up to 256 trucks for each device on which it is installed.

Screenshots

Freight Book3 screens
Mack Trucks Driver Guide4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Mack Trucks Driver Guide at 5.0 against Freight Book's 3.0. Freight Book's advantage is iOS requirement (13.2 vs 16.6). On price, ratings volume, 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

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

Mack Trucks Driver Guide holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Freight Book versus Mack Trucks Driver Guide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFreight BookMack Trucks Driver Guide
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 14 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.2 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFreight Book, IncMack Trucks, Inc.

In-app purchases

None

Freight Book

No in-app purchases

None

Mack Trucks Driver Guide

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Freight Book free?
Freight Book is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mack Trucks Driver Guide free?
Mack Trucks Driver Guide is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Freight Book or Mack Trucks Driver Guide?
Mack Trucks Driver Guide is rated higher. Freight Book averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Mack Trucks Driver Guide averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Freight Book or Mack Trucks Driver Guide have ads?
Neither Freight Book nor Mack Trucks Driver Guide shows ads.

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