Real ELD vs Smart Elds
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Real ELD
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Real ELD is a powerful tool that helps you manage your fleet and comply with FMCSA regulations. Very accurate, monitors current location, current speed, miles traveled and helps to select the most efficient route, keeps track of detention time, improves, and makes it easy to communicate with your drivers. Capable of working with all fleet sizes. User-friendly platform, created by drivers for drivers.
Smart Elds
This app automatically syncs with commercial vehicle engines to log driving time, hours of service, engine run times, and miles driven. It provides an electronic logbook and driver vehicle inspection reports for efficient fleet management.
- Automatic driving time tracking
- Hours of Service (HOS) logging
- Engine run time recording
- Vehicle movement and location tracking
- Miles driven calculation
- Electronic Logbook
- Driver Vehicle Inspection Reports (DVIR)
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Smartelds automatically sync with a commercial motor vehicle’s engine to track and record driving time, hours of service (HOS), engine run times, vehicle movement and location and miles driven.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Smart Elds at every 3 weeks against Real ELD's every 2 months. Real ELD's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Real ELD ships an update every 2 months, Smart Elds every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Real ELD | Smart Elds |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.2 (55 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 55.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 55 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Real Trucking Inc | Asritsolutions LLC |
In-app purchases
Real ELD
No in-app purchases
Smart Elds
No in-app purchases
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