Adonis Kerluke's review of FourKites
I've been using FourKites for about two years. The mobile app is sometimes brilliant - live ETAs and lane-level visibility at a dock actually save frantic phone calls - but it's maddeningly inconsistent once trucks leave the city. With 75 trucks in the Pacific Northwest and eight years managing fleets, I notice the app chokes in low-signal areas, drops push notifications, and occasionally forces a full relog that eats up precious minutes during tight turnarounds. I appreciate the auto-notify when arrivals shift because it cuts down on dispatcher work; yet duplicate alerts and a sluggish map refresh often negate that advantage. Mixed bag: helpful enough that we keep it, but for driver-facing, day-to-day use it still feels half-baked in spots and needs much better offline behavior before I’d lean on it completely.
