CDLLife vs Drivers 1st
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CDLLife
Connect with fellow drivers, access essential trucking tools, and stay updated on industry news. Plan routes, find parking and fuel, and get roadside assistance. Build friendships and advance your career within a supportive community.
- Trucker community feed
- Driver networking and meetups
- Daily trucking news updates
- Truck-optimized trip planner
- Real-time parking availability
- Fuel price finder
- Roadside assistance and legal services
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CDLLife - Where Trucking Lives The nation's #1 trucking app, rebuilt from the ground up to be the fastest, simplest way to find the trucking content you actually want. News, jobs, videos, and real stories from the road, all in one place and built around you. The easier it is to find what matters, the more there is to talk about. This is where trucking lives. FEED · A personalized For You feed that puts the trucking content you care about front and center · Browse your way with quick filters for For You, Latest, Friends, Nearby, and News · Jump into the conversation, get advice, swap tips, and share photos, videos, and polls from the road · Post in seconds and share content straight from your other social platforms EXPLORE · Discover top stories, trending videos, and the posts everyone's talking about · Finding your interests takes seconds, not endless scrolling NEWS · Get all your daily trucking news from the top sources in the industry, delivered right to your feed JOBS · Explore the best trucking jobs around, tailored to your experience, qualifications, and job type · Find the right seat without the endless searching STAY CONNECTED · Connect with other drivers through refreshed, easier-to-use messaging · Follow drivers, keep up with friends, and never miss what they post PLACES & DEALS · Find driver-friendly stops and locations across thousands of spots with Places · Unlock exclusive savings and member-only deals in Deal Depot
Drivers 1st
Connect with fellow drivers and leverage your industry expertise to help recruit new talent. Earn significant bonuses for successful hires through this driver-led network.
- Driver-led recruiting network
- Earn $1,000 per hire
- Connect with industry peers
- Built for truckers, by truckers
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You know the road, the lifestyle, and what makes a great job in trucking. Now you can use that experience to help other drivers, and get paid $1,000 per hire through Drivers 1st, the driver-led recruiting network built for drivers, by drivers.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Drivers 1st at 100% against CDLLife's 50%. Drivers 1st also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). CDLLife's advantage is ratings volume (3.5K vs 9) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Drivers 1st holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CDLLife has 3.5K ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of CDLLife's written reviews are positive against 100% of Drivers 1st's.
CDLLife ships an update fortnightly, Drivers 1st every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CDLLife | Drivers 1st |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (3.5K ratings) | 5.0 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3.5K — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 102 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | CDLLife I LLC | Drivers 1st |
Customer experience
CDLLife
Drivers 1st
Bugs and requests
CDLLife
Reported bugs
4 issues- Text deletion while typing
- Login and account issues
- Unreliable notifications
- Inaccurate GPS routing
Requested features
4 requests- Dark mode option
- Improved trip planning and navigation
- Better moderation and content control
- Ability to post without CDL verification
Drivers 1st
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
CDLLife
No in-app purchases
Drivers 1st
No in-app purchases
