Detention Time Tracker.
An app idea for trucking and logistics.

What the search found

Who pays

Owner-operators and small fleets who eat the loss today

The problem

Drivers sit for hours past the free window and then get told the claim is denied for lack of proof. As one driver put it, most small fleet guys just eat the loss because chasing $200 is not worth it.

The gap

Existing detention apps are tied to a TMS or a fleet account, so the solo owner-operator has no standalone tool that turns his own photos and timestamps into a claim letter he can send himself.

Already out there

• Detention Pay - DMRG apps.apple.com

  Tracks and manages detention pay, but is built as a business management app rather than a claim generator for a solo driver.

• Toro TMS torotms.com

  Tracks and bills detention, but it is a TMS for carriers, not a tool an owner-operator buys on his own.

  What else Toro TMS leaves open

People asking for it

• Detention denied reddit.com

  Drivers describe detention being denied and the back and forth over who owes what.

• Do you bother filing claims reddit.com

  Small fleet guys say they just eat the loss instead of chasing small detention money.

• Detention pay documentation otrsolutions.com

  Poor documentation causes most carriers to lose valid detention claims.

The big assumption

Drivers will pay for a tool that only helps them chase money they already believe they will never collect.

Test it this week

Post in r/Truckers and r/OwnerOperators offering to write a detention claim letter by hand for free for ten drivers, and see how many send timestamps and photos.