The Tread vs Holman Insights
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Tread
Access sales and marketing materials for commercial tire products and services. Features include product photos, videos, data books, and technical content. Easily share information and save favorites.
- Sales and marketing materials
- Product photos and videos
- Data books and technical content
- Email sharing
- Favorite folders
- Searchable content
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The Tread app for Bridgestone, Firestone and Bandag commercial tire dealers provides a single source for sales and marketing materials to aid in the education and sale of products and services for Truck and Bus tires, Off the Road tires, and Bandag retreads. Product features include: * Photos, videos, presentations and brochures on our complete product line and services * Data books and technical content * Share product information with others by email * Save products to favorite’s folders * Searchable content Bridgestone and Firestone brand truck tires are available through more than 2,500 dealers and truck stops across the U.S. and Canada. Bridgestone and Firestone off road tires are available through a network of more than 800 dealers in North America. In addition, Bandag retreads are available at more than 1,200 point of sale locations in North America.
Holman Insights
Manage your fleet and vehicle needs on the go. Access fleet activity, approve actions, and monitor vehicle details like mileage and fuel. Request services and report usage from your mobile device.
- AI-powered Fleet Activity feed
- Mobile Dashboard experience
- Action item approvals (PO, stock, PriceNet)
- Support Center for questions and requests
- Vehicle monitoring (mileage, maintenance, fuel)
- Service requests (roadside, fuel cards, plates)
- Critical alert notifications
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Fleet Manager Capabilities: • Stay up-to-date with events in your fleet and industry news through use of the AI-powered Fleet Activity feed. • Leverage the same Dashboard experience found in Holman Insights today, now on your phone. • Take care of action items from anywhere, including Maintenance PO approval, stock purchase approval, and PriceNet order approval. • Get answers to your questions and route requests through the Support Center. Driver Capabilities: • Monitor vehicle mileage, maintenance, licensing, fuel, accidents, recalls and order status, and access fuel PINs and insurance cards. • Request roadside assistance, glass repair, fuel cards and replacement license plates or registration. • Receive notifications for critical alerts for maintaining your vehicle with Holman. • Find gas stations and maintenance vendors. Schedule service for repairs. • Report mileage for personal and business usage and enter inspection reports.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Holman Insights at 4.7 against The Tread's 3.0. Holman Insights also leads on ratings volume (30K vs 2). The Tread's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 16.0). 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.
Holman Insights holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Holman Insights has 30K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
The Tread ships an update every 2 weeks, Holman Insights fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Tread | Holman Insights |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 4.7 (30K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 45.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 30K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bridgestone | ARI - Automotive Resources International |
Customer experience
The Tread
Holman Insights
Bugs and requests
The Tread
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Holman Insights
Reported bugs
8 issues- Monthly mileage basic math
- Many times after I enter my monthly mileage and it confirms report. I'll get a notification my mileage is still needed
- Can't submit a mileage log from my desktop, but more convenient to enter all my trips from the desktop
- I received an email stating I have not been entering my mileage, but neither the app or website have a place for me to enter my personal mileage
- The maintenance/vendor section needs to be fixed and updated
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- The app keeps changing and updating. Keep getting locked out with correct password
- This app keeps changing and updating. Keep getting locked out with correct password
- For some reason e-ticket tab will not open. It just spins trying to load
Requested features
3 requests- Vendor list needs to be updated. Types of service
- Include more information in the app
- Improve customer service
In-app purchases
The Tread
No in-app purchases
Holman Insights
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is The Tread free?
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