EXTRA Driver vs Mercury HQ
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
EXTRA Driver
This app provides delivery drivers and service technicians with an easy-to-use interface to receive routes and complete assigned tasks. It offers features like route tracking, optimization, and real-time updates to streamline operations. Constant GPS tracking is utilized for background location monitoring.
- Route tracking
- Route optimization
- Real-time updates
- Report a delay
- Audible notifications
- Proof of delivery
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EXTRA Driver is a complimentary mobile application paired with a subscription-based Elite EXTRA web application for routing and tracking delivery drivers, service technicians, and more. Drivers receive routes and complete stops and tasks from the easy-to-use mobile application. Some highlights include: - Route Tracking - Route Optimization - Real-time Updates - Report a Delay - Audible Notifications - Proof of Delivery Note: GPS location tracking runs constantly in the background while logged into the app. This can dramatically decrease battery life.
Mercury HQ
Manage and track floral shop wire orders efficiently. Adjust store settings and preferences from any device, ensuring seamless operations for your business.
- Manage wire orders
- Track orders
- Adjust store settings
- Manage preferences
- Cross-device compatibility
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MercuryHQ allows you to manage and track your floral shop’s wire orders, adjust store settings, preferences and more from your desktop, tablet or the palm of your hand.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Mercury HQ at free against EXTRA Driver's subscription. Mercury HQ also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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.
Mercury HQ holds the better App Store score, 3.1 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 77 and 56 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 23% of EXTRA Driver's written reviews are positive against 18% of Mercury HQ's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
EXTRA Driver ships an update monthly, Mercury HQ every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | EXTRA Driver | Mercury HQ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (77 ratings) | 3.1 (56 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 22.5% of reviews — better | 17.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 77 — better | 56 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Subscription | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Extra Trax LLC | FTD, Inc. |
Customer experience
EXTRA Driver
Mercury HQ
In-app purchases
EXTRA Driver
No in-app purchases
Mercury HQ
No in-app purchases
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