Services · Mobile app development · Logistics apps
We provide logistics app development in Dallas for motor carriers, freight brokers and shippers with their own trucks. The apps cover load entry, dispatch, driver workflows, proof of delivery and customer tracking, built for a market where one dispatcher may handle a local run to a distribution center in southern Dallas County, a turn to Houston on I-45 and a long haul north on I-35 in the same morning. Everything a load needs, from rate to signed paperwork, stays in one place.
Dallas carriers also deal with two sets of rules. Interstate freight follows federal motor carrier regulations, while trucks that stay inside Texas answer to state credentials and Texas intrastate hours. A freight app here has to know which applies to each load.
200+ companies across the US and the UAEFrom a first store to a listed developer
What we build
North Texas sits in the middle of the country's freight map. Interstates 35, 20, 30 and 45 meet here, the Union Pacific intermodal terminal sits south of downtown near Wilmer and Hutchins, and BNSF runs its Alliance intermodal hub in north Fort Worth. That mix means Dallas fleets handle short regional runs, container drayage, cross dock work and long haul freight, often with the same tractors. The features below are the ones Dallas operators ask for most. A first release normally carries three or four of them, chosen in discovery by looking at where your dispatchers and billing staff spend their day, and the rest follow in planned phases on the same platform rather than as separate tools bolted on later. We also look at the systems you already pay for, such as an ELD platform or accounting package, because the cheapest feature is often one that reads data you already have instead of asking drivers to type it again.
Each load is marked as interstate or Texas only, and the app applies the matching hours of service limits to the driver's plan. Texas intrastate drivers work under longer daily driving limits than the federal rules allow, so mixing the two without a flag is how violations happen.
Dispatch plans that respect the right set of limits for each load.
Fleet management app development usually starts here: unit records, preventive maintenance schedules, inspection reports, tire and reefer unit service, registration and permit renewal dates, and alerts before anything lapses. Drivers file pre trip and post trip inspection reports from their phones.
Fewer trucks sidelined by a missed service or expired credential.
Dispatchers build loads with stops, appointment windows and equipment type, then assign drivers based on location and remaining hours from your ELD provider. Turns to Houston, Austin and San Antonio sit alongside longer lanes on the same board.
One board for every lane your fleet runs.
For refrigerated fleets, the app reads set point and return air temperature from your reefer telematics and alerts dispatch when a unit drifts. During a North Texas summer a failed unit can ruin a load quickly, and the temperature log also supports claims.
Temperature problems caught while the load can still be saved.
Load details, turn by turn directions to shipper gates, document scanning, detention start and stop, fuel receipts and messages to dispatch, all in an interface that works with gloves on and in direct sun. It stores data offline on rural stretches and syncs later.
Clean paperwork and accurate detention records from every stop.
Logistics tracking app development for Dallas shippers means a customer view with live location, revised arrival times and delivered documents, shared by link or portal. Large retail and distribution customers can receive the same status through EDI messages.
Customers informed without calling your office.
Delivered loads move to invoicing with signed documents attached. If you factor receivables, the app packages invoices and paperwork in the format your factoring company asks for. Owner operator settlements are calculated from the same load records.
Cash collected sooner after delivery.
Many Dallas shippers run drop and hook programs, so trailers sit at distribution centers for days. The app records where each empty and loaded trailer is parked, how long it has been there and which customer holds it, and drivers update the record with a photo of the trailer number at each swap.
Trailers found quickly and detention billed for the days they sat.
Freight that arrives by rail or from Houston often gets broken down and reloaded at a North Texas cross dock before final delivery. The app links the inbound move to every outbound load built from it, so a customer can follow a pallet through the handoff and your team can trace any shortage.
One trail for freight that changes trucks along the way.
Revenue per mile, deadhead miles, detention collected, on time performance by customer and margin by lane, in a dashboard the owner and sales team can read. It shows which Dallas customers and lanes pay well and which ones only keep trucks busy.
Pricing decisions based on what each lane really earns.
Who we build for
The Dallas and Fort Worth area has a wide spread of freight companies, from small fleets with a handful of trucks to large carriers and brokerages with offices across Texas. The right first release depends on what kind of freight you move and who your customers are. These four profiles cover most of the Dallas operators who come to us, and each one starts in a different place. Some firms fit two profiles at once, for example a reefer carrier with a small brokerage desk, and the platform is planned so that second line of business can be switched on later with its own screens and rules.
A fleet that has outgrown spreadsheets and text messages usually needs dispatch, a driver app and invoicing first. We build a lean version that your dispatcher and drivers can learn in a day, connected to your ELD provider and accounting software, and design the data so maintenance, reporting and customer tracking can be added as the fleet grows. Owners usually notice the difference first in billing, because loads stop waiting for paperwork that lives in a driver's glovebox.
Replace the spreadsheet first, then add the rest.
Food and grocery freight in North Texas brings temperature logs, tight receiving appointments at distribution centers and strict documentation. The first release usually combines reefer monitoring, appointment management and photo proof of delivery with seal numbers, so claims and rejections can be answered with evidence.
Flatbed fleets hauling building materials, steel and equipment across Texas need securement photos, permit tracking for oversize loads and job site delivery notes. We design the driver app around those photos and checklists, because they protect the carrier when a shipper disputes damage.
Dallas has a large brokerage community, and many firms run trucks and broker freight together. We build carrier vetting, load tendering and tracking for the brokered side, and keep company drivers and outside carriers in one load history so reps see everything on one screen. Carrier onboarding checks operating authority and insurance before a carrier can accept a load, and keeps a record of how each carrier has performed on your freight.
One load record, whoever hauls it.
Working with Codeeo
Our team of 80+ works from Dubai, Riyadh and Karachi and has delivered 200+ projects across the UAE and the US. We are logistics mobile app developers for Dallas companies without a Texas office, so every workshop, review and demo runs by video call. Clients usually choose a fixed scope first release, a monthly retainer for continued development after launch, or a dedicated team for a longer roadmap. Many start with the first and move to the second once the app is in daily use. Whichever route you take, the code and accounts belong to you from the first commit.
A defined build with a deadline
We agree what the product has to do, write it down with a price and a date, and build exactly that. Changes are priced before they are made, not discovered on the invoice.
A product that keeps evolving
Named engineers who work your hours, join your standups and stay on the codebase. You direct the backlog; we own the quality of what ships.
Something live that needs looking after
A monthly block of hours for improvements, fixes and the small requests that otherwise wait months. Unused hours carry for a quarter.
Technology
We pick technology that your fleet can run and your team can maintain: cross platform driver apps for Android and iPhone, a browser based dispatch console, cloud hosting in your own account, and connections to the ELD, telematics, factoring and accounting services already in use. If a customer or partner offers an API, we connect to it directly rather than relying on manual uploads.
01Mobile
02Data and cloud
03Marketing and tracking
We agree timing in discovery, based on scope, integrations and your team's availability to test.
A driver app with dispatch and invoicing for one fleet is quicker to deliver than a platform that also covers brokerage, maintenance, reefer monitoring and shipper EDI. Integrations add time because each ELD, telematics and factoring partner has its own approval process. At the end of discovery we write down the phases, what each one contains and when we will review it together, so the plan is clear before development begins. If the pilot shows that a feature needs rework, we adjust the next phase in writing rather than letting the schedule drift.
Schedule a free consultation and get a written recommendation, with costs, before you commit to anything.
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