The Tread vs Bridgestone Toolbox Touch
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.
Bridgestone Toolbox Touch
Streamline fleet and tire management with this app. Conduct inspections, track tire conditions, and generate reports to optimize maintenance and replacement planning. It helps assess tire health and performance against your policies.
- Tire inspections
- Tread depth and inflation measurement
- Tire condition tracking
- Maintenance and wear pattern reports
- Tire lifespan tracking
- Bluetooth probe integration
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Bridgestone Toolbox Touch Boost your productivity in managing your fleet's tires with Toolbox Touch. Effortlessly, conduct tire inspections and instantly access data on tread depth, inflation, and overall tire conditions. Generate comprehensive reports to analyze trends in maintenance, wear patterns, and critical maintenance issues that need immediate attention. Toolbox Touch also features modules for tracking tire lifespan, helping you plan maintenance and replacement more effectively. With 'Bridgestone Toolbox Touch' you can: • Quickly assess how well your tires are being maintained • Measure tire performance to optimize usage • Easily assess tires whether they are in and out of service • Input your own maintenance policies and compare inspections against them • Use a Bluetooth-connected probe to record tire tread depth and air pressure • Generate Immediate Action Reports and identify tires with warning or critical conditions that require maintenance
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Bridgestone Toolbox Touch at 38 against The Tread's 2. The Tread's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.0 for The Tread against 3.0 for Bridgestone Toolbox Touch. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bridgestone Toolbox Touch has 38 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
The Tread ships an update every 2 weeks, Bridgestone Toolbox Touch monthly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | The Tread | Bridgestone Toolbox Touch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better | 3.0 (38 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 14.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 38 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 346 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bridgestone | Bridgestone Corporation |
Customer experience
The Tread
Bridgestone Toolbox Touch
In-app purchases
The Tread
No in-app purchases
Bridgestone Toolbox Touch
No in-app purchases
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