According to Ford, 50 percent of F-Series truck owners regularly tow trailers. Between boaters', contractors', landscapers' and adventure enthusiasts', 50 percent sounds about right. And Ford just made all of their lives a little bit easier.

The auto maker recently announced the first-ever towing and off-roading app for pickup trucks. The app, which is exclusive to the Ford F-Series lineup... at least for now, is not the conventional app you're probably thinking of. It…