Compare Oversize Permit Apps

By RouteAll Editorial Team · Updated November 12, 2026 · 17 Min Read · Updated November 12, 2026

Publisher disclosure: RouteAll publishes this comparison and sells one of the products discussed. Competitor descriptions come from their official pages, not a comparative road test.

For drivers who want to turn permit documents into a reviewable route and share it with an escort, RouteAll is our recommendation. Compare that workflow with official-route imports, manual waypoint tools and general truck GPS before choosing. The best fit depends on your permit, phone and operating area.

Which App Fits Your Permit?

Start with how the route enters the app. RouteAll reads the document you provide. Other tools may import a connected agency’s route, require you to place waypoints, or calculate a truck route from vehicle dimensions. These solve different tasks. Choose the input that matches your actual permit package.

A route calculated for a truck can still differ from the roads printed on an oversize permit. Read why destination routing differs from permit route following before comparing subscriptions.

The table summarizes each vendor’s own claims about input, states and price. It does not rank safety or measured route accuracy, and prices change, so check the purchase screen before you pay.

Why Choose RouteAll For Your Workflow?

Choose RouteAll when you want the issued permit to be the starting point, then want your escort to see the reviewed route. Its PDF/photo workflow reduces manual transcription. Free shared-route viewing lets the hauler and pilot car discuss the same guidance. Neither feature makes an unread permit safe to follow.

The permit-to-GPS walkthrough explains the review stage. Check the first and last road, each direction, every junction and any separate restrictions. Correct problems before navigation begins.

RouteAll’s pilot car route-sharing workflow is useful when the escort works independently. Review the permit version together and agree how you will handle a closure or amendment.

• Permit review: retain the source document alongside the route; an extraction can be wrong.
• Trip allowance: the current free offer is one trip per month. Check paid-plan and upload limits in the app.
• Connected planning: route creation requires network services. Do not assume downloaded offline map packs are available.
• Multi-state trips: one trip can join up to 6 state permits into one route.
• Wrong reads: if the extracted route looks wrong, send it in and a person corrects it.
• Stays on the permit: guidance does not reroute you onto roads the permit does not name, and it warns when you leave them.
• Six languages: English, Spanish, Punjabi, Russian, Ukrainian and Somali, including spoken guidance.
• Separate authority: RouteAll does not issue permits, approve clearances or authorize an alternative road.

How Does TruckRoute.AI Compare?

As of November 2026, TruckRoute.AI’s homepage describes a truck GPS and AI co-pilot for iPhone and Android with an Oversize plan. You upload a permit as a PDF or photo, and the page says the issued route appears on the map in about 30 seconds. It says oversize routing works with permits from every US state and warns as soon as you leave the route.

The Oversize plan is listed at $29.99 a month or $299.99 a year in the US, with a 3-day free trial. The page describes no pilot car or escort feature beyond reminding drivers to meet escort requirements. If your escort needs the same route, ask how they would get it.

RouteAll Pro costs the same. For that price RouteAll joins up to 6 state permits into one trip, lets escorts open the shared route free and guides in six languages. We did not find those described on TruckRoute.AI’s page, and we did not compare the two apps’ reading accuracy.

How Do Honk And Route Pilot Pro Compare?

Both are newer permit apps. As of November 12, 2026, Honk’s website says it reads a permit PDF or a photo of each page and “works in all 50 states.” Its App Store listing adds the permit’s QR code. The website lists the first permit free with no account, 5 permits for $49.99 that do not expire, and unlimited permits for $179.99 a year as launch pricing; the App Store’s purchase list also shows 5 permit scans for $39.99 and Honk Pro for $99. It runs on iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Android, shows the next turn on the Lock Screen and the watch, and says escort drivers can use the same permit and follow the same route.

Route Pilot Pro starts from the permit’s QR code or the emailed permit PDF. It says it has official route data in 41 states and 2 provinces, with Connecticut and Maine in progress, and builds the route from the permit in other states. Scanning a permit is free; opening the turn-by-turn route needs a subscription of $19.99 a month or $199.99 a year. It runs on iPhone and Android, shows the escort requirements printed on the permit, and describes no escort route sharing.

RouteAll’s difference is the trip, not the scan: it joins up to 6 state permits into one route that meets at each state line, lets escorts open a shared route free and speaks guidance in six languages. We have not road-tested Honk or Route Pilot Pro, so we make no claim about either app’s reading accuracy.

When Should You Consider ProMiles?

Consider ProMiles when your issued permit connects to its route-guidance service. The official ProMiles product page describes a free app that retrieves route data using a permit QR code or number. That is a useful alternative to document extraction. It still needs the correct permit and a supported issuing system.

The vendor page, checked November 12, 2026, says that as of November 3, 2026 the live states are Illinois, Indiana, Mississippi, North Dakota and Ohio, with Colorado and New Hampshire testing. Confirm your actual permit works before relying on it. Its FAQ describes single-trip routed permits and says annual/envelope support is not available there. The page also says the app does no routing of its own and does not store the route, so you retrieve it for each trip.

Agency import avoids one document-reading step; it does not prove that a truck can clear every obstruction today. Check amendments and the permit’s conditions.

What Has Changed In PermitPath?

PermitPath now advertises official Texas TxPROS import from a PDF or QR code, alongside manual route building in any state. The earlier description of it as only a pin-drop tool is outdated. Its current homepage distinguishes the two workflows and says it runs on iOS and Android.

As of November 2026, the published price is $3.99 per month for unlimited waypoints and Texas import. The free tier allows start and end pins plus four waypoints. For a Texas operation, try the Texas import workflow on a real issued permit while parked. Outside that import workflow, budget time to place and review the route yourself.

Manual entry can be a reasonable choice if you prefer to control every waypoint. Inspect the resulting road line between those waypoints as carefully as the points themselves.

What Should You Check In BillyGo?

As of November 2026, BillyGo’s App Store listing describes photo/PDF input, intersection review and voice guidance. It identifies Louisiana as fully supported and Texas as in development. Its Full Service offer says the team prepares a route from a permit in any state. The listing is for iPhone only, on iOS 18 or later. Those distinctions matter when choosing between self-service document processing and a prepared route.

The listing advertises BillyGo Pro at $29.99 per month with a one-week trial. Confirm the current offer and what Full Service includes before paying. Ask how unsupported states, missing intersections and amended permits are handled.

For an Android escort operation, RouteAll’s published Android availability and free shared-route viewing are concrete reasons to consider it. We did not run a side-by-side driving accuracy test against BillyGo.

Where Does PermitPass Fit?

As of November 2026, PermitPass’s official listing focuses on Texas (TxDOT) oversize permit routing. It describes PDF/QR import, maneuver guidance, route advisories and a Pilot Car Directory for finding operators across Texas. PermitPass Pro is listed at $24.99 a month or $199.99 a year, with a 7-day trial on the monthly plan and the first permit route free to navigate. Its website lists a different offer on November 11, 2026: 3 permits a month free and $20 a month unlimited. Review the purchase screen before you pay, since offers change.

The directory helps you find an escort. The listing does not describe sharing your route with that escort.

A Texas-focused tool can fit a Texas operation. For a multi-state job, establish which separate permit documents and route sections your chosen product can handle. Our illustrated TxDMV permit walkthrough helps you check the source document whichever app you use.

Which Newer Permit Readers Should You Check?

More tools now read permit documents. Each is described from its own page as of November 2026.

• PermitNav: its Google Play listing reads permit photos or PDFs from eleven states: New York, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri, Texas, Maryland, Ohio, Indiana, Oklahoma and Illinois (its website, November 11, 2026), with voice guidance and off-route alerts. Car navigation is free. Plans run from $9.99 to $99.99 a month, or $1.99 for a single permit credit.
• PermitPilott: a web app that turns permit PDFs or photos into editable routes you can navigate in the app or export as GPX. It starts with 3 free routes. Texas-Lite covers Texas permits for $10 a month, and Pro covers all 50 states.
• Route-Guardian: its website (November 12, 2026) says permit text from a PDF, photo or scan becomes suggested start, route and destination pins that you review before use. It runs on web, Android and iOS, alongside fleet, dispatcher and pilot car software. The Standard account is $9.99 a month or $79.99 a year for the first year, then $39.99 a month or $349.99 a year. Its App Store listing shows a Founding yearly price of $89.99.
• Offload: a carrier platform for planners, dispatchers and drivers that digitizes permits and sends the confirmed route to the free inRoute and OsmAnd navigation apps. It has a waitlist, lists no price and marks off-route alerts as coming soon.

A GPX file or a separate navigation app adds a handoff. Check that the road line survives it on the device you will drive with.

What About inRoute, Garmin And Google Maps?

None of these seven tools says on its own pages that it reads an oversize permit. You enter the permitted roads yourself, as stops, via points or shaping points. That works in any state, but between two pins the GPS picks the road. The table shows each tool by its own pages, checked November 12, 2026.

Sources: inRoute’s App Store listing and sharing FAQ; Google Maps Help; My Maps import and layers; the Garmin dēzl OTR810/1010 manual; Rand McNally’s route FAQ; Trucker Path’s subscription article and App Store listing; Hammer’s App Store listing.

Drivers report the cost of the manual route in a public TheTruckersReport thread from September 2025. One describes splitting Google Maps routes around its stop cap, with 130 to 140 waypoints on one complex job. Another found entering a 50-mile permit route into a Garmin dēzl frustrating. An earlier thread from June 2021 recommends inRoute for pinning the permitted route and exporting it.

The step-by-step for each tool is in how to turn a permit PDF into a GPS route.

Do You Also Need A General Truck GPS?

A general truck navigation product can help with vehicle dimensions, parking and trip planning. That is useful alongside permit reading. It does not establish that a calculated route matches an issued oversize permit. Ask the vendor to demonstrate the exact permit-following workflow you need, including every intermediate road.

Trucker Path’s driver tutorial documents vehicle profiles, truck routing, parking and offline-map downloads. Trimble CoPilot describes commercial vehicle routing and offline navigation. Neither page describes importing an issued permit route.

Do not transfer an offline-map claim from one product to another. Test the exact device and saved route you intend to use before departure.

How Do You Run A Useful Parked-Truck Trial?

Use one representative issued permit and compare the full result before subscribing. A short demonstration route may miss your real problem: long instructions, multiple sheets or a state-line handoff. Run the check while parked. Record what fails and ask support about that specific document before relying on it.

1. Match the version. Use the current permit, including amendments, route pages and incorporated restrictions.
2. Check the ends. Compare the actual permitted start and finish, including ramps or local access.
3. Walk each road. Match the sequence, direction and junctions to the document.
4. Inspect conditions. Confirm you can retain and read escort, bridge and travel-time instructions.
5. Try the handoff. Have your escort open the shared route on the device they will use.
6. Ask about failures. Establish how a missing road, closure or amended permit is corrected.

Write the result in plain terms: the document loaded, these roads matched, this condition was absent. That evidence is more useful than a five-star score without a permit check.

The Decision In One Minute

Choose your permit app by the work you need to do before the truck moves. Start with the document, not the subscription price. An agency-connected app retrieves an issued route. A document reader extracts the route instructions and needs your review. A manual waypoint tool needs you to build and inspect the whole road sequence. A truck GPS may calculate a useful commercial route, but that route still needs to match your permit. RouteAll is our recommendation for a permit-first workflow that joins up to 6 state permits into one trip and includes free escort route sharing on iPhone and Android. Try your actual document while parked. Compare every road, retain the conditions and confirm how amendments are handled. No app replaces the authority that issued the permit.

Before You Roll

Choose the workflow you can verify against your real permit. RouteAll is a strong fit when document review and an independent escort’s access matter together. Stop and resolve any route mismatch before driving.

Further Reading

• Turn A PDF Permit Into A GPS Route
• Annual Versus Single-Trip Permits
• Share A Route With Your Pilot Car

How We Checked This Comparison

Reviewed November 3, 2026; on November 11, 2026 for Route Pilot Pro, PermitNav, PermitPath and BillyGo; and on November 12, 2026 for Honk, TruckRoute.AI, ProMiles, PermitPass, Route-Guardian, inRoute, Google Maps, Google My Maps, Garmin, Rand McNally, Trucker Path and Hammer, using the linked first-party pages, public store listings and RouteAll’s implemented feature catalog. Competitor facts are as of November 2026 and are attributed descriptions. PermitPilott’s details come from the product description its homepage publishes. Forum quotes are what drivers report in public threads, not our findings. We did not buy subscriptions, road-test competitors, measure their safety or verify every state’s support.