Empower Driver vs LugIt App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Empower Driver
This app connects passengers directly with drivers, offering a more sustainable income for drivers and potentially lower costs and customized rides for passengers. It bypasses large corporate platforms to facilitate direct transactions.
- Direct driver-passenger connection
- Sustainable driver income
- Less expensive rides
- Customized transportation options
- Bypass corporate middlemen
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We started Empower to empower drivers who can’t make a sustainable living under the current rideshare model and to provide an alternative for passengers who want the convenience provided by on-demand transportation platforms, but prefer to support drivers, not the companies exploiting them. By removing the giant corporate middleman, Empower is able to do that, while enabling passengers to obtain less expensive and more customized transportation directly from drivers.
LugIt App
This app connects travelers with spare space to people needing to ship items. Travelers can post their availability for a fee, and shippers can make offers for items matching their routes. The platform facilitates secure pickup, tracking, and delivery.
- Connect travelers with shippers
- Post spare space availability
- Make offers to ship items
- Securely arrange pickup
- Track package status
- Facilitate safe delivery
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Lugit is a crowd-shipping platform that connects travelers with people looking to ship their items. Transport: On any given day, people are moving to, and from their destinations. Some travelers may have spare room for documents, others may have spare room for containers. Lugit, convenient interface, helps travelers securely post their spare space availability, with a reasonable monetary compensation. Ship: people looking to ship an item matching their route, and package dimensions, will be able to securely, make an offer. Convenience: If both parties agree, Lugit will to arrange for pickup, and track package status, until safe delivery.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Empower Driver at 2.8K against LugIt App's 6. Empower Driver also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks) and chart position (#96 vs unranked). LugIt App's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.6) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). 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.
LugIt App holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Empower Driver has 2.8K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Empower Driver ships an update fortnightly, LugIt App every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Empower Driver | LugIt App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (2.8K ratings) | 4.8 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 61.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2.8K — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #96 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 12.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 77 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Yazam Inc. | Camel Logistics LLC |
Customer experience
Empower Driver
LugIt App
Bugs and requests
Empower Driver
Reported bugs
3 issues- Background check delays
- App crashes and freezes
- Inability to delete account
Requested features
4 requests- Destination mode to pick up riders along the way
- Cancellation fees for riders
- Cleanup fees for driver incidents
- Improved GPS accuracy and navigation
LugIt App
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Empower Driver
No in-app purchases
LugIt App
No in-app purchases
