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Freight dispatch apps

A dispatch board and a driver app, built for carriers.

Most transport management systems are sold to the largest fleets and configured for months. We build the dispatch board and the driver app around how your dispatchers plan and how your drivers actually work, and connect them to the TMS, ELDs and accounting you already run.

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// what matters here

What is different in this industry.

Billing gets the proof at the drop

The driver captures the signature and photos in the app, and billing sees them as soon as the phone has a signal, not when the paperwork comes back to the yard.

Works in the dead zones

Stops, documents and status changes are kept on the phone and sent when it reconnects, so a drop at a rural yard is still logged.

Reads the trucks you already track

Position and hours come from the ELD and telematics providers you already pay for, through their APIs, with no new hardware in the cab.

Customers serve themselves

A tracking link per load shows status and estimated arrival, so the phone rings less and the answer matches what dispatch sees.

// example projects

Priced examples for this service.

Each one is hypothetical, labelled as such, and priced live from our rate card. Open any of them in the estimator and make it yours.

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Dispatch board and driver app

Hypothetical. Not a client, not a result.

// The problem

A regional carrier dispatches by phone and a shared spreadsheet, so customers call for status and proof of delivery reaches billing long after the drop.

// What we would build

A web dispatch board that plans and assigns loads, with an iOS and Android driver app for stops, status updates, signatures and photos, and a tracking link the customer opens instead of calling.

// What is in it

Load board with drag-to-assign, by driver, truck and trailer
Driver app with stops, navigation hand-off and offline status updates
Proof of delivery captured as a signature and photos at the dock
Customer tracking link with live position and estimated arrival
Position and hours of service read from your ELD and telematics provider
Billing notified the moment proof of delivery lands

// Stack

Next.js
React Native
PostgreSQL with PostGIS
ELD and telematics APIs
AWS

// estimate

Build: ≈ US$143,000 to US$219,000, delivered within 30 weeksCAD 203,900 to 311,800
Hosting: ≈ US$492 a monthCAD 700 a month
Support: ≈ US$2,500 a monthCAD 3,565 a month

Prices in your currency are estimates from today's Bank of Canada rate. All invoicing is in CAD or USD.

Timeline by milestone

Discovery: 2.9 to 3.4 weeks
Design approved: 6.9 to 11.9 weeks
Core features: 1.9 to 3.4 weeks
Full build: 1.4 to 2.4 weeks
First build on devices: 3.9 to 6.9 weeks
Testing and fixes: 0.4 to 0.9 weeks
Store submission: 0.9 to 1.9 weeks
Launch: 0.9 to 1.4 weeks

Outside our hands, and added to the calendar

App store review: 1 week
API access from your telematics provider: 1 to 4 weeks
Partner EDI testing and certification: 2 to 6 weeks

How it is paid

Deposit 20%: CAD 40,780 to 62,360
Discovery 9.2%: CAD 18,758.80 to 28,685.60
Design approved 9.2%: CAD 18,758.80 to 28,685.60
Core features 7.6%: CAD 15,496.40 to 23,696.80
Full build 5%: CAD 10,195 to 15,590
First build on devices 20.1%: CAD 40,983.90 to 62,671.80
Testing and fixes 2.5%: CAD 5,097.50 to 7,795.00
Store submission 6.7%: CAD 13,661.30 to 20,890.60
Launch 9.7%: CAD 19,778.30 to 30,244.60
Holdback, 30 days after launch (10%): CAD 20,390 to 31,180

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// questions

Questions we get about this.

Will this replace our TMS?

Not unless you want it to. Most carriers keep the TMS for rating and invoicing, and we add the board and the app where it falls short, connected through its API or its exports.

Which ELD providers can you read from?

Most major ELD and telematics providers publish an API for position and hours of service. We check yours before quoting and plan around any that do not.

Can owner-operators use the app on their own phones?

Yes. The app runs on their phones with a login you issue, shows only their own loads, and is switched off when the contract ends.

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// next

Not quite your project?

Tell us what you have in mind. We will come back to you with a range and the questions that would narrow it. Or book a call and talk it through.

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