Comparison

5thWheel Trips vs IFTA Track

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

Head to head
About

5thWheel Trips

This app helps owner-operator and company truck drivers meticulously track income, mileage, and fuel expenses. It simplifies financial analysis by calculating key metrics like dollar per mile and miles per gallon, while also organizing important documents like rate confirmations and bills of lading.

Highlights
  • Track gross income, mileage, and fuel spending
  • Analyze dollar per mile ratio
  • Calculate miles per gallon usage
  • Organize receipts and trip documents
  • Generate annual reports
  • Create weekly driver reports for carriers
Features
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This App is great for owner operator truck drivers to track their gross income, total mileage and fuel spendings. It helps to analyze dollar per mile ratio and miles per gallon usage. The App collects all the receipts and trips with rate confirmations and bill of ladings. Keeping your trucking data in one place will help you to create an annual report for your office needs. It is also convenient tool for company truck drivers for sending driver's weekly report with all the mileage and fuel expenses to a carrier company.

About

IFTA Track

This app automatically tracks your trucking business's mileage by state using GPS, providing detailed reports on miles, fuel, and tax information. It helps manage trips, fuel stops, and calculate per diem costs, with an option to export data as PDFs. Premium features offer cross-device syncing and fleet management.

Highlights
  • Automatic GPS mileage tracking by state
  • Manual odometer and highway entry
  • Load drop and fuel stop tracking
  • Automatic MPG calculation
  • Summary reports (miles, gallons, cost)
  • Trip days calculation for per diem
  • PDF report export
Features
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A Powerful App For Your Trucking Business Auto track miles by State or Province using your phone's GPS to get accurate readings. Automatically tracks miles, jurisdictions, interstates and highways travelled. Additional option to manually enter the odometer reading when entering each state and enter highways travelled to get total trip miles for each state. Keep track of the load drop locations throughout the trip. Enter your fuel stops and get an auto MPG calculation for each trip. Create Summary Reports that calculate the Total Miles, Taxable Gallons, Total Gallons, Net Taxable Gallons, and Total Fuel Cost per jurisdiction. You also get an automatic Trip Days calculation on the report to expedite tracking days on the road for per diem costs on yearly taxes. Export your trip details and monthly or quarterly Summary reports as a PDF. Unlock more with Premium access: • Access your data across multiple devices • Sync effortlessly across platforms • Manage fleets, vehicles, and driver assignments • Create, save, and share reports • Add users and customize permissions Take your trucking business to the next level with smarter, cloud-powered tools. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

5thWheel Trips4 screens
IFTA Track4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: 5thWheel Trips at 100% against IFTA Track's 55%. 5thWheel Trips also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). IFTA Track's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (206 vs 6). On price, ads and device support 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. IFTA Track sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. 5thWheel Trips asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

5thWheel Trips holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: IFTA Track has 206 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of 5thWheel Trips's written reviews are positive against 55% of IFTA Track's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

5thWheel Trips ships an update every 7 months, IFTA Track every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
5thWheel Trips versus IFTA Track: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter5thWheel TripsIFTA Track
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings) — better4.8 (206 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better54.5% of reviews
Number of ratings6206 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB55 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer5TH WHEEL LABS LLCAlliops LLC

Customer experience

5thWheel Trips

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

IFTA Track

All ratings184 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral4.9%
Negative2.2%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive54.5%
Neutral27.3%
Negative18.2%

In-app purchases

None

5thWheel Trips

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

IFTA Track

Subscriptions4
  • Basic access$2.991 Month
  • Premium access$5.991 Month
  • Basic access$24.991 Year
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  • Premium access$49.991 Year

Questions

Is 5thWheel Trips free?
5thWheel Trips is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is IFTA Track free?
IFTA Track is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, 5thWheel Trips or IFTA Track?
5thWheel Trips is rated higher. 5thWheel Trips averages 5.0 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while IFTA Track averages 4.8 from 206 ratings.
Do 5thWheel Trips or IFTA Track have ads?
Neither 5thWheel Trips nor IFTA Track shows ads.
Which is updated more often, 5thWheel Trips or IFTA Track?
5thWheel Trips ships an update every 7 months, and IFTA Track every 3 weeks. Most recently, 5thWheel Trips was updated on November 3, 2026 and IFTA Track on November 3, 2026.

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