EXTRA Driver vs Lytx Driver
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.
Lytx Driver
Enhance driving safety and efficiency with tools to review video events, track performance data, and manage vehicle inspections. Stay compliant with Hours of Service reporting and plan routes with real-time road condition updates from a nationwide camera network.
- Review driving event videos
- Track 90-day performance trends
- Submit DVIR reports
- FMCSA compliant ELD service
- View nationwide road conditions
- Hours of Service reporting
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This app provides the tools drivers need to be more efficient and drive more safely. SAFETY Take charge of your driving safety by reviewing your own video and performance stats so you can track how you’re doing. Fast, Easy Event Review * Watch videos of your events in the Activity tab * Quickly see which videos are new in the feed Track Your Performance Data * See your 90-day trend line * Dive deeper into your performance with detailed stats * Understand behavior frequency and duration DVIR (DRIVER VEHICLE INSPECTION REPORT) * Submit Vehicle Inspections before or after your trip ELD SERVICE * User-friendly, FMCSA compliant solution * Hours of Service Reporting * End-to-end vehicle inspection workflow ROAD CONDITIONS * See what’s happening right now on public roads nation-wide with the Lytx camera network. * Explore weather-related road conditions highlighted on the map. * Plan ahead for bad weather, traffic, construction, and closed roads. Key benefits: * Simplify compliance * Increase productivity and efficiency * Increase accuracy of reporting * Easily respond to roadside inspections
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Lytx Driver at 4.5 against EXTRA Driver's 2.9. Lytx Driver also leads on monetization model (free vs subscription) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 weeks). On price, review sentiment, 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.
Lytx Driver holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lytx Driver has 451 ratings behind it against 74, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 24% of EXTRA Driver's written reviews are positive against 27% of Lytx Driver's.
EXTRA Driver ships an update every 4 weeks, Lytx Driver every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on September 23, 2026.
| Parameter | EXTRA Driver | Lytx Driver |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (74 ratings) | 4.5 (451 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 23.7% of reviews | 27.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 74 | 451 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | 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 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Extra Trax LLC | Lytx, Inc. |
Customer experience
EXTRA Driver
Lytx Driver
Bugs and requests
EXTRA Driver
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Lytx Driver
Reported bugs
10 issues- Videos stopped working
- App not working properly after new update
- No drive cams, no location, nothing
- Safety Tab never opens, keeps loading
- App won’t load new videos after using for a bit
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- App won’t load, stays blank on iPhone
- Performance section won’t load on iOS
- Only half of the iOS app works
- Upon logging in, no data exists for the fleet
- Redirects to browser to login
Requested features
10 requests- Satellite allocation improvement
- Real-time data before thresholds at traffic lights
- Fix for iPhones
- Research infrared lights and their effect on eye health
- Fix for Safety Tab not opening
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- Improve AI functionality
- Improve camera quality
- Fix app login redirecting to browser
- Fix iOS app Performance section loading
- Ensure app shows fleet data like PC version
In-app purchases
EXTRA Driver
No in-app purchases
Lytx Driver
No in-app purchases
