Towbook vs RoadSync Checkout
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Towbook
Manage towing operations directly from your iOS device. Add calls, dispatch drivers, receive real-time job updates, and handle impounds. Access digital dispatches from major motor clubs.
- Add new calls
- Dispatch drivers
- Receive job updates
- Manage impounds
- Upload photos
- Lookup VINs from plates
- Accept digital dispatches
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Towbook for iOS is a mobile version of Towbook that lets you access your companies Towbook account from on any iOS device. Add new calls, dispatch calls to drivers, receive job updates, push notifications, print receipts, upload photos, lookup VIN's from Plate numbers, manage impounds and more all straight from your device. Dispatchers can accept digital dispatches from major motor clubs including Agero, Allstate, GEICO, Road America, Quest, Nation Safe Drivers, National Auto Club, and more straight from our mobile app. The Most Trusted Towing Software, Period
RoadSync Checkout
Streamline payments for the logistics industry with digital invoicing and card processing. Accept various payment methods, combat chargebacks, and send work orders to ensure timely payment before job completion.
- Digital payment processing
- Invoice building
- Card payment acceptance
- Chargeback prevention
- Work order generation
- Mobile card reader support
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Get paid faster with RoadSync! RoadSync Checkout powers the logistics industry to process payments digitally and leave slow, manual, paper-based systems in the past. Heavy duty repair and tow shops, warehouses, lumpers, truck washes and more can build invoices and accept cards, saving time and money. Enjoy these benefits: * Process fuel cards, fleet checks, debit and credit cards * Effectively fight chargebacks * Build custom invoices that include shop fees * Send work orders to ensure that you get paid before completing a job * Insert, swipe or tap credit cards to pay with the mobile card reader [:mav: 1.264.18]
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: RoadSync Checkout at 3.8 against Towbook's 3.2. Towbook's advantage is review sentiment (37% vs 0%) and ratings volume (417 vs 16). 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.
RoadSync Checkout holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Towbook has 417 ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 37% of Towbook's written reviews are positive against 0% of RoadSync Checkout's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Towbook ships an update fortnightly, RoadSync Checkout every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Towbook | RoadSync Checkout |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (417 ratings) | 3.8 (16 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 37.2% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 417 — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 169 MB | 95 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Extric | Roadsync, Inc. |
Customer experience
Towbook
RoadSync Checkout
Bugs and requests
Towbook
Reported bugs
5 issues- Photos not saving or uploading correctly
- Notifications not working reliably
- App freezing and crashing on newer iOS devices
- Dispatches not reaching Android users
- Inconsistent behavior when switching between apps
Requested features
5 requests- Allow customization of notification sounds on iOS
- Implement dark mode option
- Add CarPlay and Android Auto support
- Improve photo upload reliability
- Provide more detailed call history and reporting
RoadSync Checkout
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Towbook
No in-app purchases
RoadSync Checkout
No in-app purchases
Questions
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