Comparison

DIRECTOR Mobile vs FleetWatcher

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

Head to head
About

DIRECTOR Mobile

This app provides real-time GPS fleet management insights, allowing businesses to monitor vehicle locations, status, and activity. It facilitates communication with the mobile workforce and offers features like route planning and historical playback.

Highlights
  • Real-time vehicle location tracking
  • Vehicle status and statistics queries
  • Two-way messaging with drivers
  • Route-to functionality with turn-by-turn navigation
  • Historical driving route playback
  • Google Maps integration with Street View
Features
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NOTE: You must have an existing DIRECTOR / OnlineAVL2 account to use this app. Please contact Teletrac Navman for further information (see App Support). Businesses that use Teletrac Navman to manage their vehicles are able to reduce costs, improve productivity and provide outstanding customer service. DIRECTOR Mobile is our industry-leading GPS fleet management application which provides insight into where your vehicles are, what they are doing and lets you easily and cost effectively communicate with your mobile workforce. Whether you're in the office, on the road or in the field, we provide you with the fleet intelligence you need, 24x7, directly to your smartphone or tablet. KEY FEATURES: • Real Time Location: Find a vehicle or asset anywhere, anytime and view whether it's active, where it is and what speed it's travelling. • Query: Get instant statistics about a particular vehicle’s status. • Messaging: Easily communicate with one or multiple vehicles with easy to use messaging features. • Route-to Functionality: Instantly send a destination address with navigation instructions directly to a driver, providing turn by turn directions. • Replay a Day: View a vehicle's driving history (breadcrumb trail) as plotted on a map. • Maps: Use Google's standard or satellite maps, including Street View option.

About

FleetWatcher

This GPS fleet management system aids in optimizing fleet utilization, productivity, and efficiency. It provides real-time tracking of equipment across multiple worksites, simplifying logistics for larger fleets.

Highlights
  • GPS fleet tracking
  • Equipment utilization monitoring
  • Productivity analysis
  • Efficiency optimization
  • Worksite equipment management
Features
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FleetWatcher is a GPS fleet management system that helps you make better decisions regarding fleet utilization, productivity, and efficiency. The larger your fleet, the more difficult it is to keep track of all of your equipment. With equipment needing to be moved from work site to work site and the number of worksites always changing, keeping track of where each piece of equipment is can become a full-time job, unless you have a GPS fleet tracking system like FleetWatcher installed.

Screenshots

DIRECTOR Mobile3 screens
FleetWatcher3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: FleetWatcher at fortnightly against DIRECTOR Mobile's every 23 months. FleetWatcher also leads on ratings volume (26 vs 4). DIRECTOR Mobile's advantage is review sentiment (13% vs 0%) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 18.6). On price, rating, 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for DIRECTOR Mobile against 4.0 for FleetWatcher. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FleetWatcher has 26 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 13% of DIRECTOR Mobile's written reviews are positive against 0% of FleetWatcher's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DIRECTOR Mobile ships an update every 23 months, FleetWatcher fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
DIRECTOR Mobile versus FleetWatcher: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDIRECTOR MobileFleetWatcher
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (4 ratings)4.0 (26 ratings)
Positive reviews13.2% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings426 — better
Update frequencyEvery 23 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS8.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB136 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTeletrac Navman US Ltd.Earthwave Technologies

Customer experience

DIRECTOR Mobile

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews38 reviews
Positive13.2%
Neutral15.8%
Negative71.1%

FleetWatcher

All ratings26 ratings
Positive69.2%
Neutral7.7%
Negative23.1%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

DIRECTOR Mobile

No in-app purchases

None

FleetWatcher

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DIRECTOR Mobile free?
DIRECTOR Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FleetWatcher free?
FleetWatcher is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, DIRECTOR Mobile or FleetWatcher?
DIRECTOR Mobile and FleetWatcher are both rated 4.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 26 ratings respectively.
Do DIRECTOR Mobile or FleetWatcher have ads?
Neither DIRECTOR Mobile nor FleetWatcher shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DIRECTOR Mobile or FleetWatcher?
DIRECTOR Mobile ships an update every 23 months, and FleetWatcher fortnightly. Most recently, DIRECTOR Mobile was updated on October 5, 2026 and FleetWatcher on October 11, 2026.

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