Comparison

FleetLocate V5 vs VisionLink™

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

Head to head
About

FleetLocate V5

Features
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Fleetlocate allows you to manage your vehicles with bespoke dashboards that are highly intuitive. Along with this users are able to locate, track, manage, recover and send commands to their vehicles in real-time, via a secure internet portal. FleetLocate provides many user-friendly features for mobile asset management like: a) Dashboards: Represent real-time executive summary of your vehicles defined by a bespoke performance criteria. - Utilisation dashboards help in understanding how your vehicles are being used in order to make informed decisions. - Driver Report Card: Gives drivers’ rank based on their driving style by monitoring harsh braking, cornering, speeding and acceleration. It provides meaningful insights to identify ‘at risk’ drivers. b) Real-Time Visibility: View your vehicles in real-time including location and direction so you can locate and assign the closest vehicle to a job. c) Digital Logbooks: Allows drivers to input an ATO approved purpose of trip while on the move and our software does the rest eliminating multiple logbook entries d) Alerts: You can set up email and SMS alerts when key business rules are broken.

About

VisionLink™

Manage your entire fleet of equipment, both Cat and non-Cat assets, with easy access to real-time data. This application helps increase production, control costs, and improve operator performance for a more efficient and safer operation.

Highlights
  • Full fleet visibility for mixed fleets
  • Up-to-date asset tracking (location, hours, fuel)
  • Equipment health monitoring and fault codes
  • Planned Maintenance tracking
  • In-app parts ordering and service requests
  • Inspection report downloads
  • QR scanning compatibility
Features
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Manage your entire fleet – both Cat® and non Cat assets – with easy access to your equipment's data. VisionLink™ provides you with tools that can help make your operation more productive and efficient. VisionLink allows you to increase production, control costs, improve operator performance and even provide a safer operation for both Cat® and non Cat assets. The new VisionLink app blends features from VisionLink Unified Suite, My.Cat.Com and the Cat App into a single convenient offering. It improves customer experience, user workflows while leveraging a consistent data source. Other features include: - Compatibility with mixed fleets, providing full fleet visibility - Connectivity offerings for users of all sizes and industries - Up-to-date asset tracking, including location, operating hours, fuel levels, and overall utilization - Improve operations with working and idle segmentation of runtime and fuel usage - Monitoring of equipment health, fault codes, fluid analysis and inspections - Planned Maintenance tracking for all assets, including non-subscribed and non-powered equipment - Convenient in-app parts ordering and service requests - Ability to download Inspection reports - In-App QR scanning compatability The new VisionLink also provides a much more intuitive user interface, improved application performance and more efficient integration of Cat SIS, SOS, Cat Inspect and Preventative Maintenance modules. Download the VisionLink app today and take your operation to the next level.

Screenshots

FleetLocate V54 screens
VisionLink™4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: FleetLocate V5 at 12.0 against VisionLink™'s 16.0. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FleetLocate V5 ships an update monthly, VisionLink™ every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
FleetLocate V5 versus VisionLink™: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFleetLocate V5VisionLink™
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.4 (43 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—43 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB175 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperProcon TelematicsCaterpillar Inc.

In-app purchases

None

FleetLocate V5

No in-app purchases

None

VisionLink™

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FleetLocate V5 free?
FleetLocate V5 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is VisionLink™ free?
VisionLink™ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do FleetLocate V5 or VisionLink™ have ads?
Neither FleetLocate V5 nor VisionLink™ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FleetLocate V5 or VisionLink™?
FleetLocate V5 ships an update monthly, and VisionLink™ every 4 weeks. Most recently, FleetLocate V5 was updated on October 25, 2026 and VisionLink™ on October 24, 2026.

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