ELDMandate HOS vs PrePass
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ELDMandate HOS
This app helps drivers manage their Hours of Service (HOS) to comply with ELD mandates. It offers features like proactive violation alerts, GPS tracking, and automatic IFTA mileage calculation.
- Proactive Violations Alert System
- GPS Tracking
- Automatic IFTA Miles Calculation
- Hours of Service Management
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ELD Mandate is an app for Hours of Service. Features included are Proactive Violations Alert System, GPS Tracking, IFTA miles calculated automatically, and much more.
PrePass
This navigation app allows pre-cleared commercial vehicles to bypass weigh stations using a mobile device or transponder. It offers time and fuel savings, improved efficiency, and enhanced highway safety. Users can select bypass options and receive customizable alerts.
- Weigh station bypass via mobile app
- Transponder option for enhanced reliability
- Works at fixed and mobile weigh stations
- Customizable alerts for parking, safety, traffic, weather
- Nationwide toll payment processing with transponder
- Access to customer support
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The PrePass app gives drivers the option to bypass weigh stations using a mobile device. PrePass is the most reliable, widely utilized weigh station bypass system in North America. With PrePass, pre-cleared vehicles can continue at highway speeds without having to stop. PrePass not only saves fleets time, fuel, and money, but it helps create greater efficiencies for shippers and supports improved safety for all highway users. With PrePass, customers select whether to use the PrePass app, the transponder or BOTH. The PrePass app provides coverage to an expanded number of weigh station sites while the transponder provides greater bypass reliability and integration with NORPASS and Oregon Green Light weigh station locations. The transponder also provides the option of adding toll payment services through PrePass Plus. PrePass is an endorsed featured product of the American Trucking Associations ATA) and is also endorsed by the Owner Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA), Truckers Service Association (TSA), National Association of Small Trucking Companies (NASTC) and state trucking associations across the country. - The most bypassing options with a mobile app and a transponder - Works at fixed and mobile weigh stations - Includes customizable alerts for parking, safety, traffic and weather - Transponder can also be used for nationwide toll payment processing - Includes Florida agriculture inspection facilities upon request - Access to PrePass customer support - Last recall feature provides last bypass confirmation For more information log on to the PrePass website at: https://prepass.com/services/weigh-station-bypass-service/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PrePassForum/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/prepass/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ELDMandate HOS at 93% against PrePass's 19%. ELDMandate HOS also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.3) and ratings volume (1.4K vs 12). 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.
ELDMandate HOS holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ELDMandate HOS has 1.4K ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 93% of ELDMandate HOS's written reviews are positive against 19% of PrePass's.
ELDMandate HOS ships an update weekly, PrePass every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ELDMandate HOS | PrePass |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.4K ratings) — better | 3.3 (12 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 92.7% of reviews — better | 18.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.4K — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 240 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bizringer Inc | PrePass |
Customer experience
ELDMandate HOS
PrePass
Bugs and requests
ELDMandate HOS
Reported bugs
3 issues- Login problems after software updates
- Disconnections while driving
- Inaccurate log recording
Requested features
3 requests- Night mode option for night driving
- More customization options for log displays
- Integration with other fleet management tools
PrePass
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ELDMandate HOS
No in-app purchases
PrePass
No in-app purchases









