Power Direct vs Blume Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Power Direct
This app connects drivers with intermodal freight opportunities. It facilitates load sharing, document uploads, and payment tracking within a single platform.
- Find intermodal freight
- Share load information
- Upload proof of delivery
- Track payments
- Manage documentation
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Power Direct helps drivers find intermodal freight, share information about loads, upload proof of delivery and documentation, and track payments all in one place.
Blume Connect
This app connects supply chain partners to book cargo capacity and track shipments globally. Receive real-time logistics updates and push alerts for at-risk orders, ensuring you're always informed about shipment status.
- Book cargo capacity
- Track orders and shipments
- Real-time logistics visibility
- Shipment exception alerts
- Request ocean bookings
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Blume Connect is the supply chain app for shippers that brings your partners together to book cargo capacity and track orders, items and freight shipments worldwide. Optional shipment exception push alerts will track and trace freight, notifying you if an important order is at risk of being late or early. Download the app to receive real-time logistics visibility updates from your trading partners for all orders and shipments. Blume Connect allows you to: 1. Be the first to know when an order is later or early 2. Track orders and shipments on your mobile device 3. View all active Orders, Bookings and Shipments on your mobile device 4. Receive push alerts for at-risk shipments 5. Request new ocean bookings and repeat old bookings
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Power Direct at 433 against Blume Connect's 1. Blume Connect's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Blume Connect holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Power Direct has 433 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Power Direct ships an update every 5 weeks, Blume Connect every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.
| Parameter | Power Direct | Blume Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (433 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 433 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 157 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | IMC Companies, LLC | Rez 1, Inc |
Customer experience
Power Direct
Blume Connect
In-app purchases
Power Direct
No in-app purchases
Blume Connect
No in-app purchases
