How the LaneTally Truck Driver App Works: Stops, BOL Photos, Receipts and Chat (Video + Steps)

1. See the big picture first (0:00)

Texting receipt photos, "where are you?" calls all day, and a BOL lost somewhere in the truck: the driver app replaces all of that. The driver and the dispatcher work in one app, always in sync. On the phone the driver has the load and its stops, receipts, chat, pay and papers, and every tap updates the dispatcher right away. Drivers never pay. The free demo needs no sign-up and no card and uses fake data.

2. Today: the duty switch, your load, the stops and the trip (1:05)

The driver app opens on Today. The menu at the bottom of the phone has Today, Receipts, My pay, Chat and More.

• The duty switch is at the top. On duty means your dispatcher sees your stop updates. While a load is on the road you stay on duty: the switch says Finish your load first.
• An alert warns about a paper that expires soon, such as a medical card with 21 days left (step 9 shows how to send the new one).
• The load card shows the status (On the road), the load number, a small map with the stops numbered in order, and each stop with its appointment time and the average wait at that place. Under it: the truck and trailer, and the note from dispatch, such as Gate 3, call on arrival, so you do not scroll through texts to find it.
• Navigate opens Google Maps with the address filled in, or Apple Maps. I finished stop 2 marks the stop done.
• Your trip shows when the load was accepted, when you got on the road, and when it was delivered. The button to deliver the load only shows at the last stop, so you finish your stops first.
• Paperwork has two photo boxes: the BOL and the delivery receipt. Broker tracking is Ready on launch day.

3. The route map, finishing a stop, waiting time and detention (2:54)

Tap the small map to open the route. Five buttons show diesel, parking, rest areas, weigh stations and Walmart on the map, with the stops in order and the truck. Each stop has a Navigate button. These are car directions, so check truck restrictions on the way. The trip plan gives the total miles and driving time, each leg with its miles and time, and a suggested fuel stop. Live truck position (GPS), HOS breaks, weather alerts and exact road miles are Ready on launch day.

• Unloaded at a drop? Tap I finished stop 2. The stop says done and the next one is marked next. Your dispatcher gets a note right away, so there is no "where are you?" call.
• At the delivery, a card shows Waiting time. Tap I arrived at delivery: the phone saves the time. When the truck is unloaded, tap I am unloaded and leaving. It shows how long you waited.
• When the wait is longer than the free time, Ask for detention pay shows up. Add what happened if you want (for example Dock was full, waited at the gate) and a photo of the signed in and out times, which helps brokers pay faster. Tap Send to my dispatcher. Your dispatcher decides the amount and tells the broker. The times were saved when you tapped, so there is no arguing over them later.

4. The BOL photo, I delivered the load, and the delivery receipt (5:09)

• Under Paperwork, tap Photo of BOL. The camera opens and you take a photo of the bill of lading. It says Added, your dispatcher can see it, and the photo stays on the load.
• Tap I delivered the load. It asks how many stops you made in total; change it only if you made more or fewer than the load has.
• Next it asks for the signed delivery receipt, because the broker does not pay without it. Tap Photo of delivery receipt and take the photo. Both papers are now on the load, and your dispatcher can see them.
• Today then says Waiting for your next load. A new load shows up the moment it is booked.

5. My loads (6:10)

More holds My loads, Fuel and My paperwork. My loads lists your loads, newest first: the load number and status, where it goes, the pickup and delivery times and the miles. Older loads say Delivered. Tap a load to open it: the route and map, each stop with Navigate, the paperwork photos (a BOL or delivery receipt can be added later from here too), the truck and trailer, the load details and the note from dispatch.

6. Receipts: a photo instead of a text (6:52)

Fueled up, paid a toll or a scale, parked, or got a repair? Open Receipts and tap the box to take a photo of the receipt. Only the photo is needed. You can also pick what it is for (for example Fuel) and type the total. Add details adds the gallons, the state where you bought the fuel, how you paid (company card, or your own money when you need it paid back) and a note. A line shows which load the receipt goes with. Tap Send receipt.

The receipt shows at the top of My receipts as Sent. While it waits for your dispatcher you can tap Change or Take it back. Once your dispatcher approves it, it says Approved.

7. Chat with dispatch (8:00)

Chat shows a badge with the number of new messages. The group chat is everyone at the carrier: the owner, the dispatcher and the drivers. The private chats are Dispatch (only you and your dispatcher) and The owner; New private chat starts one.

A message from dispatch can carry the load number: tap it to open the load. To answer, tap Write a message, type it, pick the load it is about, and tap Send. The camera button sends a photo. Your dispatcher gets the message at once, with the load and the time. Delete takes back your own message. Writing a message with AI is Ready on launch day.

8. The fuel map and diesel prices (9:07)

Open More, then Fuel. The map around you shows your truck in the middle, with buttons to turn diesel, parking, rest areas, weigh stations and Walmart on and off. Live truck positions (GPS) are Ready on launch day. Below, diesel prices shared by drivers are listed cheapest first, each with the station, city, date, who shared it and the price per gallon.

Just fueled up? Under I just fueled up, type the station name, the city and state and the price per gallon, and tap Share this price. Other drivers can see it, with today's date and your name.

9. My paperwork and the roadside check (10:10)

• From the alert on Today, tap Send my new paper. Pick what it is (for example Medical card), the date it expires, and take a photo of the new paper. Tap Send. Your dispatcher gets a note to check it, and the alert is gone from Today. Reading the file with AI is Ready on launch day.
• More, My paperwork lists your CDL, medical card and other papers, each with the file, the date it expires and the days left. A paper you just sent says it is waiting for your dispatcher to check it. Replace or update sends a newer copy, and Send a paper adds a new one: a CDL, medical card, driving record, drug test and more. At the bottom, Change edits your phone and emergency contact.
• Roadside check: show my papers puts everything an officer asks for in one place. The line on top says what needs attention, such as a BOL photo not taken yet. Then come your papers (tap Show this paper to open it on the phone and hand it over), the truck and trailer papers, the company papers and your load. Money papers, rates and fees stay private.

10. My pay and the weekly statements (12:04)

My pay has your pay statements, one for each week. Only you and your carrier can see them. The line on top says it is information only: your pay comes from your carrier's records, and it is not tax advice.

• Last week shows the dates, whether it is paid yet and what you will get. Open statement shows the load, the miles, the pay for the load and the net pay.
• This week so far shows the pay from delivered loads, and about how much more you get when the load on the road is delivered. Approved detention and extra stops are added to that week's pay by themselves.
• Your trips lists every delivery with the miles, loaded and empty, what you made and the pay per mile. How you are paid says how your pay is figured.
• Then the weekly pay statements, each with Open, and at the bottom your tax papers from your company's accountant. LaneTally does not make tax forms.

11. The duty switch and Spanish (13:22)

With no load on the road, the duty switch can go off. Tap it: while you are off duty, no stop updates are shared and nothing is recorded, and your dispatcher sees that you are off. Picking when you are back on duty is optional; LaneTally reminds you to turn it back on. Tap Go off duty, and tap the switch again when you start.

The driver screens also speak Spanish. At the top, tap EN and pick Español: every screen changes, and only you see this choice. Your dispatcher keeps English on their side. Tap ES, then English, to go back. The three dots at the top hold Light or dark.

12. What your dispatcher sees (14:22)

On the dispatcher's computer, right after the driver's taps:

• The bell has a note for each thing the driver did, each with the time: the new medical card, the message, the receipt photo, the BOL photo, the detention request and the stop finished.
• Chat already has the driver's message, with the load.
• Carrier books, under Receipts from drivers, has the fuel receipt waiting. Review shows the photo and what the driver filled in, and Approve adds it to the books with its photo. On the driver's phone the receipt then says Approved.
• Loads: the load shows the stops done and next, the BOL photo from the driver, and the detention request waiting for review. The dispatcher decides the amount and bills the broker.

13. What the broker will see (15:36)

Further down the load, Tracking for the broker is a preview of what the broker will see: a dot for each stop, filled up to the stop the driver marked, and the steps (accepted, departed, each stop done, delivered). Broker tracking and the broker tracking link are Ready on launch day, as the tag in the app says.

14. Wrap-up and the free demo (16:14)

That is the LaneTally driver app: stops, photos, receipts, chat, papers and pay, and the dispatcher sees it all right away. LaneTally is dispatch and accounting software, now in beta. You can open the same driver screens yourself in the free demo: no sign-up, no card, fake data.