Comparison

Roadnet Mobile vs CRE Toolbox

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

Head to head
About

Roadnet Mobile

This business platform enables real-time tracking of mobile staff, optimizing deliveries and customer service. It provides tools for drivers to manage their routes and for managers to monitor performance and profitability.

Highlights
  • Real-time performance measurement
  • Route optimization
  • Customer communication
  • Delivery/pickup tracking
  • Signature capture
  • Mobile forms
  • Performance monitoring for managers
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Roadnet Mobile, by Omnitracs, is a mobile platform that provides business owners, staff and drivers the ability to, in real-time, measure the efficiency and productivity of servicing customers, completing deliveries and pickups while having the ability to seamlessly communicate to managers and dispatchers. Through this robust tool you are able to measure the performance standards that have been set for your mobile delivery staff, ensuring that customer meetings, deliveries and pickups occur as planned. In today’s competitive market, impeccable customer service and the “face time” your team spends with customers can make all of the difference to your bottom line. Roadnet Mobile can work seamlessly with your current routing, scheduling, and host systems, or with Roadnet Anywhere Routing & Dispatching to help measure delivery activity and customer service with the main purposes of helping to drive revenue. Roadnet Mobile helps provide accountability of your mobile staff, as well as options to manage by exception, rather than constant monitoring. Mobile staff have the ability to: • Start and end their day • Follow planned routes • Log customer arrivals, departures and breaks • Optimize travel—find the closest customers based on location • Seamlessly call customers • Find the best route without entering address information • Capture delivery and pickup information • Verify quantities of delivery and pickup items • Confirm delivery/ pickup completion with signature capture • Capture customer and route information through mobile forms • Receive updates on daily activities, including on-time performance With Roadnet Mobile managers and dispatchers have the necessary tools at their fingertips to monitor key benchmarks that help drive and improve the service and profitability of your mobile team by tracking: • Delivery/ pickup time windows • Face time quotas • Actual arrival and departure times • Leisure mileage vs. work mileage • Merchandising service times • Route variations REQUIREMENTS: You must be a Roadnet Anywhere Dispatching customer. iOS Version: 7 or greater Note, continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

About

CRE Toolbox

Access your trip details, messages, and pay statements conveniently from your mobile device. This tool is designed for drivers and independent contractors to manage their work information on the go.

Highlights
  • View trips
  • Access messages
  • Check pay statements
  • Manage driver information
  • Off-truck access
Features
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CRE Toolbox gives C.R. England drivers and independent contractors the opportunity to view their trips, messages, pay statements and much more while you’re off the truck, all from the palm of your hand!

Screenshots

Roadnet Mobile4 screens
CRE Toolbox4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Roadnet Mobile at 4.3 against CRE Toolbox's 2.5. Roadnet Mobile also leads on review sentiment (25% vs 8%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). CRE Toolbox's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (126 vs 6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Roadnet Mobile holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CRE Toolbox has 126 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of Roadnet Mobile's written reviews are positive against 8% of CRE Toolbox's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Roadnet Mobile ships an update every 3 months, CRE Toolbox monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Roadnet Mobile versus CRE Toolbox: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRoadnet MobileCRE Toolbox
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (6 ratings) — better2.5 (126 ratings)
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews — better7.5% of reviews
Number of ratings6126 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB59 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperOmnitracs LLCC.R. England

Customer experience

Roadnet Mobile

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral40.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative50.0%

CRE Toolbox

All ratings126 ratings
Positive32.5%
Neutral7.1%
Negative60.3%
Written reviews53 reviews
Positive7.5%
Neutral17.0%
Negative75.5%

Bugs and requests

Roadnet Mobile

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

CRE Toolbox

Reported bugs

42 issues
  • Error trying to pull pay review data
  • App only shows a white screen when opened
  • App doesn’t load after closing and reopening
  • App crashes after first use, works on second try
  • Accepting multiple loads keeps thinking
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  • Doesn't recognize user is on duty
  • App closes after 10 seconds
  • Scanning documents not perfect, no crop/edit
  • Shows user is driving when off duty
  • Can't submit paperwork
  • Home time request nightmare
  • Cannot log in to account on new iPhone
  • Services not available error
  • App crashes when agreeing to terms and conditions
  • Pay less transparent and loaded late
  • Unable to login for months
  • Incoming messages not private, shared to truck
  • Messages do not merge to App consistently
  • Messages appear a day later
  • Training checklist not updating
  • Dashboard blank after new update, missing buttons
  • Unable to use app since Feb. 5
  • Crashes every time trying to get work done
  • Can't log in to see loads, trips, pay
  • No updated information for trips or truck number
  • Cannot send messages
  • Cannot request home time
  • Messages have not updated since Thursday
  • App crashes after selecting 'Training' link
  • Won't open for iPhone 6s after update
  • New update not working, crashes right away
  • Contacts don't show up, only company numbers
  • Won't open ever since update, just crashes
  • App doesn't open since updated
  • Won't let me download after deleting to reinstall
  • App crashes when opened and stays in background
  • Crashes on startup, unusable on iPhone 6s Plus
  • Received a lot of errors the next day after download
  • Errors when going to consistent sections
  • Can't use username and password after reinstalling
  • App is never up to date, requires delete/reinstall
  • Keeps shutting off every time clicked on

Requested features

11 requests
  • Push notifications integration
  • Ability to send and reply to macros
  • Dark mode option
  • Improved document scanning with crop/edit
  • Clearer home time request interface
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  • Color-coded time off request status
  • Direct messaging without broadcasting
  • Option to view DM history
  • Integration of push notifications when not logged in
  • Display of DM history for timely responses
  • Ability to see DM history for timely responses

In-app purchases

None

Roadnet Mobile

No in-app purchases

None

CRE Toolbox

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Roadnet Mobile free?
Roadnet Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CRE Toolbox free?
CRE Toolbox is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Roadnet Mobile or CRE Toolbox?
Roadnet Mobile is rated higher. Roadnet Mobile averages 4.3 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while CRE Toolbox averages 2.5 from 126 ratings.
Do Roadnet Mobile or CRE Toolbox have ads?
Neither Roadnet Mobile nor CRE Toolbox shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Roadnet Mobile or CRE Toolbox?
Roadnet Mobile ships an update every 3 months, and CRE Toolbox monthly. Most recently, Roadnet Mobile was updated on October 4, 2026 and CRE Toolbox on October 6, 2026.

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