Weigh My Truck

Review by eFreeware

If you drive a truck for a living and rolling across a CAT Scale is part of your routine, Weigh My Truck is built for exactly that job. The app lets you handle the weigh, the payment and the results without climbing down and joining the line at the fuel desk. Your weights appear on the phone, and the paperwork follows by email.

What I like about the premise is how narrow it is. This is not a general navigation or load-planning tool; it is a single-purpose utility for drivers who already know what they need at the scale. CAT Scale Company makes it, it is free, and there are no ads or in-app purchases attached, which keeps the whole thing transactional and quick.

One thing to sort out before anything else: an account has to be created at the Weigh My Truck website before you download the app. That step is stated up front, and it is the gateway to everything else, including saved truck details and your weigh history.

Built for working drivers, not weekend haulers

The audience here is professional drivers, and the feature set reflects that. Weighing, paying and receiving results happen in one pass from the cab, which is the kind of errand that otherwise eats time you could spend driving. If your day involves multiple stops and tight windows, removing a walk to the fuel desk and a wait in line is the whole value proposition.

It also suits owner-operators and small fleets that need records. The account keeps basic truck information and email preferences, and it stores past weigh transactions, so there is a history to look back on rather than a folder of paper slips. Drivers who bill clients for scale tickets will appreciate that the PDF lands in an inbox.

If you only weigh occasionally, or you drive something that never touches a commercial scale, the app has little to offer. It is a tool for a specific recurring errand, and it assumes you are already in that world.

Weighing and paying without leaving the seat

Weighing, payment and the results all happen through the phone. The developer describes the app as changing how professional drivers weigh, and the practical effect is that the scale stop stops being a walk-and-wait event. You stay in the cab and the numbers come to you.

Payment is handled in the app through PayPal, EFS, Comdata, ACH or a credit card. That spread of options matters for drivers who run fuel cards or fleet accounts, because it means the transaction can go through the same channels already used for other road expenses. The app is free itself, and there is nothing to buy inside it.

The results are the point, and they arrive in a form you can act on. Weights show on the phone screen, and the app emails a PDF scale ticket or a text file of the weight information to as many as five addresses you specify. That covers the common cases: sending a copy to a dispatcher, a billing office or your own records without retyping anything.

The developer notes that the whole process is meant to save time that would otherwise go to finding parking and standing in line. That is the trade being offered, and for a driver paid by the mile it is an easy one to understand.

Paper tickets are still within reach

Not every load closes with an emailed PDF. Some brokers and billing departments still want a physical CAT Scale ticket, and the app accommodates that. An hour after an app weigh, the fuel desk can print a ticket for billing.

That window is worth keeping in mind, because it means the app does not force you to choose between digital and paper. You can weigh from the cab, get the numbers immediately, and still walk in later if the paperwork demands it. For drivers whose back office is slow to modernize, that flexibility removes the main reason to avoid the app.

The account side supports this routine as well. Basic truck information and email preferences are stored, so repeat weighings do not mean re-entering the same details, and past transactions stay on record for reference.

What it costs, and what is not in the price

The app is free to download, carries no ads and offers no in-app purchases. There is no premium tier to weigh, no upsell between you and the scale. The only money changing hands is the cost of the weigh itself, paid through whichever method you choose in the app.

That is the one piece of setup the developer asks for, and it is where truck details, email preferences and transaction history live.

The statistics tell a story worth noting. The app has been installed more than a million times and holds a 3.6 average from 2,901 ratings, with 1,319 written reviews. It has been on Google Play since July 2013, and the most recent update, in October 2026, targets newer Android versions.

Alternatives a driver might weigh against it

The obvious alternative is the old routine: pull onto the scale, park, walk to the fuel desk, pay and collect the ticket. That costs nothing extra, but it costs time and a parking spot, which is exactly what this app is designed to remove.

Another comparison is a fleet's own fuel or payment card app. Those handle transactions across many vendors, but they are not built around the scale stop, the weights display or the emailed ticket. Weigh My Truck is narrower and deeper on this one task.

There is also the option of managing scale tickets by hand, keeping paper copies and photographing them for records. The app replaces that with a PDF or text file sent directly to up to five addresses, plus a stored history in your account. For a driver who weighs often, the difference in friction is the reason to install it.

A focused tool for drivers who weigh regularly

Weigh My Truck does one job and does it without clutter. It is free, ad-free and built around a routine that professional drivers repeat constantly. The account requirement is the price of admission, and the payoff is weighing, paying and receiving results without leaving the cab, with a printed ticket still available at the fuel desk if billing needs one.

I would point it at drivers who cross CAT Scales as part of their normal work and want the transaction and the paperwork handled in one pass. Owner-operators and small fleets that need a record of past weighings fit that description well. If your driving does not involve commercial scales, the app has nothing to offer you.

The 3.6 rating comes from nearly three thousand reviewers. Still, the feature set is clear, the cost is nothing, and for the right driver it removes a small but recurring annoyance from every run.

What's new in version 3.44

Updated to target newer Android versions