Smarthop vs Truckbase
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Smarthop
This app helps trucking businesses and dispatchers increase earnings and streamline operations. It aggregates loads from top sources, offers optimized recommendations, and automates back-office tasks like payroll. Focus on finding better loads and growing your business.
- Aggregated load board
- Customized load recommendations
- Route and profit optimization
- Automated payroll
- Market analysis
- Performance reporting
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SmartHop is an app that helps fleets and independent dispatchers earn more while simplifying the day-to-day by improving decision-making and automating manual tasks. Our load board brings together loads from the top brokers and load boards, including DAT, to give you access to the best loads, regardless of your size or years of experience. Get customized load recommendations based on your business and real market data to ensure you’re booking the best load possible. Simplify your back office, or let us handle it completely, so you can spend more time finding great loads and moving your business forward. *Real-Time DAT & Broker Integrations *Route & Profit Optimization *Aggregated Load Board *Book & Bid Now Loads *Market Analysis Highlighting Hot Lanes *Performance Reporting & Forecasts *Trip Management & Automated Payroll *Easy Setup & Excellent Customer Support Try SmartHop today, request a demo at smarthop.com.
Truckbase
This mobile app empowers drivers, dispatchers, and admins with essential tools for managing loads and documents on the go. Drivers can view dispatch details, update statuses, and upload documents, while administrators can create, assign, and search for loads.
- View dispatch information
- Scan and upload documents
- Update load statuses
- Create and assign loads
- Search for loads
- Leave notes on loads
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Truckbase's mobile dispatch provides drivers, dispatchers, and admins power in your pocket. Drivers can - View dispatch info - Scan & upload documents - Update load statuses - Leave notes Admins & dispatchers can... - Create & assign loads - Search for loads - Scan & upload documents - Update load statuses - Leave notes
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Verdict
Smarthop and Truckbase both sit at 3.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 58% of Truckbase's written reviews are positive against 25% of Smarthop's. Smarthop's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ratings volume 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 — 3.6 for Smarthop against 3.8 for Truckbase. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 21 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 25% of Smarthop's written reviews are positive against 58% of Truckbase's.
Smarthop ships an update every 2 weeks, Truckbase every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and July 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Smarthop | Truckbase |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (20 ratings) | 3.8 (21 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 58.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 20 | 21 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 80 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Smarthop Inc | Truckbase, Inc. |
Customer experience
Smarthop
Truckbase
In-app purchases
Smarthop
No in-app purchases
Truckbase
No in-app purchases
