MacroPoint for Truckers

Descartes Intl.

About this app

Descartes MacroPoint™ for Truckers is the most trusted and secure app used by drivers. Enjoy automated communication of arrival, departure, and in-transit location data to your customers in real time. Descartes MacroPoint™ for Truckers is free to use. Automatic location updating keeps the app hands-free. Ensure a safe and uninterrupted driving experience with MacroPoint for Truckers.

Benefits & Features
• Automatically sends in-transit location data
• Reduce check calls & increase on-road performance
• Receive real-time notification of load assignments
• Instant tracking connectivity to all your customers
• Improve customer satisfaction

Descartes MacroPoint™ for Truckers enables location sharing and other communication with your trusted partners during active load assignments only and always over a secure connection.

To read more about our terms and privacy policy, please visit: www.MacroPoint.com/privacy-policy/

Ratings and reviews

The app itself seems to work well, but I only install it when required for a specific load, then I DELETE as soon as I deliver. I suspect that the seemingly constant location ping, 30 min or less in between, will drain a battery in a matter of hours! Keeping a phone plugged in will destroy battery life, yes, I heard the collective "DUH" from the techy people.. I do wonder why companies are requesting this of drivers, when they work for a company that tracks any way...

Installed this app and uninstalled it after it wouldn't track without allowing permission for Alarms & Reminders. I will not allow that permission simply for the fact that Alarms & Reminders override the Do Not Disturb setting. I do not want to be disturbed when I am on sleeper birth. Edit: If the permission is only used to wake up the app, and not to send any audible alarms, maybe explicitly state that on the page that asks for the permission. I have no problem with it if that's the case.

The app requires permission to send notifications and set alarms on my phone. I don't want the app to change anything on my phone, but if I don't give permission to change the alarm, it doesn't work. On iPhone, the API does not provide access to the alarm, and the app works without it. On Android, tracking stops working if you only give permission to access your location.

What’s new

In this version we squashed some bugs and made some infrastructure updates to make the app more reliable than ever. Please send us your feedback and ideas!