Azuga ELD vs Ancel Trucker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Azuga ELD
This app provides a certified electronic logging solution for commercial drivers, ensuring compliance with US and Canadian regulations for driving hours and vehicle inspections. It offers a user-friendly tablet interface for accurate record-keeping and regulatory adherence.
- Electronic Hours of Service logging
- FMCSA certified
- Vehicle inspection logs
- US and Canadian regulation compliant
- Tablet-based interface
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Hours of Services is a powerful but easy to use tablet-based service certified with US Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) regulations for electronic logs and vehicle inspections. Regulations for electronic driving and vehicle inspection logs have become commonplace to ensure the veracity of driver tablet input and ensured compliance with regulations. Hours of Service is compliant with federal and state regulations as well as Canadian regulations.
Ancel Trucker
This app allows users to connect to a vehicle's OBD system via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi. It provides one-key password-free login to read and clear fault codes, and perform special functions like DPF regeneration for heavy-duty trucks.
- One-key password-free login
- Bluetooth/Wi-Fi connection to device
- Read vehicle OBD data stream
- Read and clear fault codes
- DPF regeneration
- Special function operation
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Welcome to download the Ancel Trucker APP. Here you can experience one-key password-free login, use Bluetooth or Wi-Fi to connect to the detection device, and remotely read the vehicle OBD data stream and fault codes, clear the fault codes, and operate the vehicle DPF regeneration and other special functions. Ancel Trucker--heavy-duty truck diagnostic platform, focusing on one-click detection of heavy-duty trucks, come and do a physical examination of your vehicle!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Azuga ELD at 2.7 against Ancel Trucker's 2.3. Azuga ELD also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 weeks) and ratings volume (134 vs 38). Ancel Trucker's advantage is review sentiment (25% vs 10%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Azuga ELD holds the better App Store score, 2.7 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 134 and 38 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 10% of Azuga ELD's written reviews are positive against 25% of Ancel Trucker's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Azuga ELD ships an update every 3 weeks, Ancel Trucker every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Azuga ELD | Ancel Trucker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (134 ratings) — better | 2.3 (38 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 9.8% of reviews | 25.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 134 — better | 38 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 86 MB | 167 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Azuga, Inc. | OBDSPACE TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD |
Customer experience
Azuga ELD
Ancel Trucker
Bugs and requests
Azuga ELD
Reported bugs
21 issues- App crashes on login
- App crashes on opening
- Randomly puts driver in service non-driving
- Not compatible with iOS 16.0.2
- App won't open after phone update
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- Cannot connect Engine dongle
- Latency issues
- Disconnects
- Incorrect report data
- Freezes and glitches
- Throws driver into 'on duty not driving' when crashing
- 14-hour clock pauses when going off duty
- New updates do not calculate split sleeper berth
- App crashes when selecting Bluetooth device
- Cannot change location
- Location different in personal mode
- App freezes after last update
- Cannot use after update
- Logs itself out frequently
- Needs data to log in
- Movement speed threshold not working
Requested features
8 requests- Ability to edit logs/forgotten punches
- Automatic 'on duty not driving' when stopped
- Bluetooth profile option for iOS
- Beta testing for iOS updates
- One-push nighttime mode
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- Ability to add multiple trailers
- Customer service number
- Movement speed threshold customization
Ancel Trucker
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Azuga ELD
No in-app purchases
Ancel Trucker
No in-app purchases
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