As a trucker, it can be a challenge to find all of the best tools and resources that are available for you—but we have you covered! We’ve compiled the top ten apps that can make your job as a trucker easier, organized into four categories: productivity, entertainment, health, and navigation.
You’ll never want to go back to doing things the hard way after you find out how easy these apps make your job.
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Today, there’s a mobile app for everything—including what you need to make life easier on the road. Many factors go into planning and executing each haul. Trucking and lifestyle apps can help you do your job to the best of your ability. Drivers can stay connected, find truck stops, compare fuel prices and stream music directly from their smartphones.
Remember to never use your phone while driving. FMCSA considers using hand-held devices while driving a serious violation. Actions like texting while driving can result in fines or driver disqualification.
BEST APPS FOR TRUCK DRIVERS
If you’re new to the job, you may wonder what the best apps for truck drivers are with so many options available. Prime Inc. offers its own mobile app so drivers can stay connected to Prime no matter where they are. In addition to the Prime Mobile app, we’ve compiled a list of apps for truck drivers to help you on your next haul.
1. TRUCKER PATH
Trucker Path is the ultimate trip planning and mapping trucking app. Using Trucker Path, you can find information and helpful reviews from other trucker drivers for over 40,000 truck stops in the United States and Canada. You can plan a multi-day trip in advance and get real-time information on parking availability and weigh stations as you drive. Additionally, Trucker Path provides custom routes made specifically for your truck type and weight, helping you avoid low overpasses and bridges.
Cost: Free
Available: App Store and Google Play
2. TRUCKER TOOLS
Planning your routes and stops takes time. Trucker Tools features a robust truck stop guide that helps you plan where you will stop before you head out or find what’s nearby while you’re traveling. The app identifies truck stops, rest areas, weigh stations, parking, truck washes and even Walmart locations. With Trucker Tools, you can find the places you need for food, fuel and rest along your route.
Cost: Free
Available: App Store and Google Play
3. WAZE
Accidents, road construction and traffic jams can seriously put you behind schedule. Get traffic updates in real time with Waze. The app sends you alerts for traffic, police and other hazards so you can be prepared to meet them or avoid them altogether. As you drive, Waze estimates and updates your expected arrival time so you know when you will get to your destination.
Cost: Free
Available: App Store and Google Play
4. WEIGH MY TRUCK
Weigh My Truck is an app made by the CAT Scale Company. Drivers can sign up and use the app to weigh their trucks automatically. The app locates the CAT scale you’ve arrived at and allows you to pay with your smartphone, sending a PDF receipt of the ticket and weight information to your email. You don’t have to leave your truck!
Cost: Free
Available: App Store and Google Play
5. DRIVEWYZE
The Drivewyze mobile app detects weigh stations and inspection sites across North America—and lets you bypass them. When you are two miles away from one, the app automatically alerts you and sends a bypass request. Drivewyze lets you know if you need to pull into the site or if you can keep rolling.
Cost: $17.99/month (starts with a 30-day free trial)
Available: App Store and Google Play
6. GASBUDDY
Download GasBuddy to find fuel stations and view gas prices across the country. The app shows prices at fuels stations near you so you can compare costs and find the best deals on the road. GasBuddy includes a trip cost calculator, station outage tracker, gas price map and log to track your fuel purchases.
Cost: Free
Available: App Store and Google Play
7. SPOTIFY
Listen to your favorite music or podcasts as you drive. Spotify offers both free and paid versions of their mobile app. You can create your own playlists or listen to Spotify’s curated playlists based on artists, genres or moods. Spotify also builds personalized daily mixes and discovery playlists based on your listening history.
Cost: Free
Available: App Store and Google Play
8. THE WEATHER CHANNEL
Weather conditions affect your ability to drive and can change your estimated arrival time. Get accurate weather updates wherever you are with The Weather Channel’s mobile app. Truckers can use this app to plan for severe weather. The Weather Channel app lets you easily view radars and forecasts so you can be prepared.
Cost: Free
Available: App Store and Google Play
9. MY FITNESS PAL
Eating well on the road is hard. Apps like My Fitness Pal help truck drivers track their meals and movement. Log your meals on the app and use the nutritional insights to plan future meals or make healthier choices when ordering out. My Fitness Pal lets you log food by scanning barcode labels or choosing items from its database, which includes many meals from restaurants and fast food establishments.
Cost: Free
Available: App Store and Google Play
10. ROLLING STRONG
Rolling Strong is a health and wellness app made specifically for professional truck drivers. It’s like having a personal fitness coach in your pocket. This app for truck drivers offers on-demand wellness coaching and guided workout routines for the days you’re on the road. In addition to exercise and education, Rolling Strong lets you log food, water and sleep habits to monitor your overall health.
Cost: $4.99/month
Available: App Store and Google Play
BONUS: WHITE NOISE
Sleeping at odd times on the road is one of the hardest things about trucking. Help yourself fall asleep and stay asleep with White Noise. The steady hum of white noise can help you relax, unwind and get well-deserved rest. The White Noise app functions as an alarm clock, too, so you only need one app to send you to sleep and help you start your day on time.
Cost: Free
Available: App Store and Google Play
trucker apps for android
There are more apps than ever designed to help truckers who are in it for the long haul. We’re taking a look at some of the most popular ones to help make those long road trips just a bit easier.
We’ll consider the total number of downloads for the apps, how well they are reviewed and what sets them apart.
(Note: while these apps are very useful for truckers on the road, we urge caution when using them while sitting behind the wheel. Be mindful of state and local laws pertaining to driving while using a cell phone.)
So before you set out on your next long haul trip, make sure you have these apps on your phone:
Trucker Path Pro
Trucker Path Pro highlights nearby weigh stations, parking availability and truck stops
One of the most popular and fully featured mobile apps built for truckers, Trucker Path Pro is essentially a more advanced version of the maps app already on your phone. It highlights trucker-centric locations such as weigh stations, truck stops, hotels, truck washes and rest areas.
Trucker Path Pro offers the unique ability for truckers to advertise any empty space they have on their truck and their route—effectively acting as a matchmaker with shippers—so they can avoid driving “empty miles.” This function is free for truckers, while the shipper is charged a fee to use the service.
Fast Facts:
- Available on iOS and Android devices
- iOS App Store rating: 5 stars (2,208 reviews)
- Google Play rating: 4.7 stars (25,051 votes)
- Price: Free
KeepTruckin
KeepTruckin’s scheduling feature
This handy app helps you stay on top of governmental regulations pertaining to scheduling and driving time. Approved by the Department of Transportation, KeepTruckin allows users to track the miles and time they are driving, ensuring that they are hitting the requirements for sleep time and breaks.
Fast Facts:
- Available on iOS and Android devices
- iOS App Store rating: 5 stars (1,641 reviews)
- Google Play rating: 4.7 stars (5,296 votes)
- Price: Free, with monthly subscription for electronic logging device (ELD). Hardware support starting at $20/month
NOAA Radar
NOAA Radar’s real-time weather tracker
Forget your smartphone’s built-in weather app. The NOAA app is one of the best choices for tracking weather and providing real-time and future weather patterns. As the weather data is culled from the U.S. government’s weather monitoring systems, it is by far one of the most accurate weather radar apps on the market.
The app includes weather information such as snow depth, as well as hybrid weather/geographic maps and accurate seven-day forecasts. Drivers can enable push notifications to alert them when inclement weather is approaching.
Fast Facts:
- Available on iOS and Android devices
- iOS App Store rating: 4.5 (1,900 reviews)
- Google Play rating: 4.5 (3,658 votes)
- Price: $1.99
Waze
Waze map highlighting traffic jams
More advanced than Google or Apple’s native maps applications, Waze features real-time updates concerning road conditions including inclement weather, accidents and traffic jams. It also provides alternate routes when the original route has been impeded.
Fast Facts:
- Available on iOS and Android devices
- iOS App Store rating: 4.5 stars (4,429 reviews)
- Google Play rating: 4.5 stars (4,872,792 votes)
- Price: Free
Gas Buddy
Gas Buddy updates prices typically within hours
Become your back office accountant’s best friend by always finding the cheapest gas on the road. With Gas Buddy, users can find up-to-date prices for gas at nearby stations. The data for gas prices is crowdsourced by users, who are incentivized to post updated prices by being entered into a raffle to win—you guessed it—free gas.
Fast Facts:
- Available on iOS and Android devices
- iOS App Store rating: 3.5 stars (13 reviews)
- Google Play rating: 4.5 stars (689,815 votes)
- Price: Free
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