Dispatch Driver vs MDT Driver
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dispatch Driver
This app allows drivers for private hire, taxi, and limousine services to receive and manage bookings from their dispatching company. It facilitates signing on/off shift, updating booking statuses, and handling payments, including cash and credit card transactions.
- Receive and manage bookings
- Sign on/off shift
- Update booking status
- Manage fare and payment details
- Record cash and credit card payments
- Automatic calculation of charges
- Email receipts to passengers
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Dispatch Driver app can be used by private hire, taxi, chauffeur service and limousine hire drivers to receive bookings from their dispatching company via the Dispatch booking system. It allows authorised drivers to sign on and off shift, receive bookings, update the status of active bookings, manage booking payments (including fare, waiting time charges, car park fees, extras and credit card fees), record cash payments received and take credit card payments. Now you can access all of your pre-booked and instant bookings in the palm of your hand, from anywhere and at anytime! What can you do? - Sign on and off shift - Enable location tracking when you are signed on shift - Instantly receive dispatched bookings with full details of the passenger, flight information, collection time, pickup, via points and drop off locations, wait and return instructions and of any fare to collect - Get push notifications when a new booking is received - Accept or reject dispatched bookings - Easily set the current status of a booking (at pickup, passenger on board, soon to clear or clear) - Have waiting time and credit card fee charges automatically calculated - Record details of any extras such as car park fees - Record details of cash payments and take credit card payments - Email a receipt to the passenger And much, much more. Location tracking enables the current location of all authorised, on shift drivers to be reflected in real time on a map view via the Dispatch booking system, enabling the dispatcher to quickly and easily dispatch jobs to the nearest available driver. All booking status updates are instantly reflected within the Dispatch booking system, enabling the dispatcher to monitor the status of every active job. How to get started? Download the app and simply enter your company's registration number and your driver number to begin. However, your company will have to be registered for Dispatch first. Note: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. When off duty, please sign off shift via the application to disable the GPS based location updates feature.
MDT Driver
This app helps professional medical courier drivers track deliveries, mileage, and earnings. It automatically logs GPS mileage for tax deductions and provides real-time job updates. Drivers can also log expenses and view earnings at a glance.
- Automatic GPS mileage tracking
- Real-time job assignment acceptance
- One-tap navigation to locations
- Live location sharing with dispatch
- Earnings and expense logging
- Offline data synchronization
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MDT Driver is the app for drivers at medical courier companies that run on the MDT dispatch platform. Your company creates your account and gives you your login — MDT doesn't hire drivers, and there is no sign-up in the app. If you're looking for driver work, apply directly with medical courier companies in your area. DISPATCH JOBS - Receive and accept job assignments instantly, with a spoken alert while you drive - One-tap navigation to pickup and dropoff locations - Update job status in real time — accepted, picked up, delivered - Capture signatures and photos for a timestamped chain of custody LIVE DISPATCH - While you're on shift, your live location is shared with your dispatch company so they can see drivers on a real-time map - Provides location-based delivery proof for every job - Tracking runs only during an active shift and stops when your shift ends GPS MILEAGE & TAX DEDUCTIONS - Automatic GPS mileage tracking while you're on shift - Your daily miles and IRS-rate ($0.725/mi) tax deduction, calculated for you right on the Home screen - Background GPS that keeps tracking even when your screen is locked EARNINGS & VEHICLE - See your daily and weekly earnings at a glance - Log gas and vehicle expenses in the Garage - Track multiple vehicles with per-vehicle MPG and cost-per-mile - Offline support — your data syncs when you're back online Need the full breakdown? Detailed trip-by-trip mileage logs and tax reports are also available on your MDT web dashboard at mdtnow.com. Run or dispatch a courier operation? MDT is the dispatch, tracking, billing, and driver-pay platform your whole company runs on — get MDT for your company at mdtnow.com.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MDT Driver at 5.0 against Dispatch Driver's 4.5. MDT Driver also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs monthly). Dispatch Driver's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). On price, ratings volume, 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.
MDT Driver holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively.
Dispatch Driver ships an update monthly, MDT Driver every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dispatch Driver | MDT Driver |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dever Software Ltd | Luis Roberto Martinez Garza |
Customer experience
Dispatch Driver
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In-app purchases
Dispatch Driver
No in-app purchases
MDT Driver
No in-app purchases
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