TCS Fuel vs Five ELD Driver
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TCS Fuel
Manage your trucking business on the go with real-time updates, fuel price searches, and fuel card management. Issue industry checks and access client services directly from your mobile device. A free account offers insights into program benefits for drivers.
- Real-time account updates
- View reports
- Fuel price finder
- Manage fuel cards
- Issue industry checks
- Contact client services
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Trucking companies that do business with TransConnect Services (TCS) are always on the move, and we understand the need to manage your business from anywhere. With the new TCS Mobile App, you will have many benefits available at all times on your mobile device. TransConnect clients will be able to use the mobile app to: • Receive real-time account updates and view reports to stay informed of all activity • Search for the lowest fuel prices nationwide with the TCS Fuel Finder • Manage your company fuel cards from anywhere • Securely issue industry checks directly from your TCS account • Contact TransConnect Client Services for unparalleled levels of service and support Are you not a TransConnect client yet? Check out the Driver’s Corner section of the app by creating a free account today! This will help you learn more about our program which includes tools to drive success and profitability, services to solve your needs, and support whenever you need it. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
Five ELD Driver
Manage your fleet and ensure FMCSA compliance with this comprehensive tool. Monitor driver activities, location, speed, and mileage to enhance safety and operational efficiency. Designed for fleets of all sizes, it aims to keep drivers satisfied while providing accurate fleet data.
- Fleet management suite
- FMCSA regulation compliance
- Driver activity monitoring
- Location and speed tracking
- Route and mileage analysis
- Detention time tracking
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Five ELD Driver - The most powerful suite of tools to manage your fleet and to comply with FMCSA regulations. Most accurate and relevant data to help you manage your fleet. Monitor current location, speed, miles traveled, route selection, detention time, and other driver activities to improve safety and overall operations of your entire fleet. Based on the well-known and tested Five ELD Driver platform, Five ELD Driver provides even more functionality to fleets of all sizes while keeping the drivers happy. The fleet manager will assign login and Password of Five ELD Driver; later driver can change the password.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Five ELD Driver at every 9 days against TCS Fuel's monthly. Five ELD Driver also leads on iOS requirement (15 vs 17.0). TCS Fuel's advantage is review sentiment (14% vs 0%). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Five ELD Driver holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 270 and 95 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 14% of TCS Fuel's written reviews are positive against 0% of Five ELD Driver's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
TCS Fuel ships an update monthly, Five ELD Driver every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TCS Fuel | Five ELD Driver |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (270 ratings) | 3.9 (95 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 13.6% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 270 — better | 95 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 128 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TransConnect Services | ZIPPY ELD INC |
Customer experience
TCS Fuel
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In-app purchases
TCS Fuel
No in-app purchases
Five ELD Driver
No in-app purchases
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