Bright Road Star vs OpenRoad Driver
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bright Road Star
This application simplifies Electronic Logging Device (ELD) management for truck drivers. It offers user-friendly features like API integration, location sharing, and driver scorecards, all accessible on smartphones.
- ELD management for truck drivers
- API integration
- 24/7 customer support
- Location sharing
- Driver scorecards
- Smartphone compatible
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Our ELD was tailored to those who need it most: truck drivers. ROADSTAR’s features were created to make day-to-day use simple and easy to understand. USER-FRIENDLY FEATURES Compatible with all smartphones, additional user-friendly features such as API integration, 24/7 customer support, location sharing, and driver scorecards, provide drivers with a great application experience.
OpenRoad Driver
This app streamlines driver operations by providing essential load details, enabling drivers to accept or reject assignments, view crucial information, and submit documents efficiently. It aims to simplify dispatching for users of a specific TMS platform.
- Receive detailed load information
- Accept or reject loads
- View pickup and delivery details
- Track estimated arrival times
- Scan and submit documents
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OpenRoad Driver allows OpenRoad TMS users to easily and efficiently provide their drivers with detailed load information. Your drivers can receive information about an upcoming load, accept or reject loads, view notes and details, see pickup and delivery time and location, see an estimated time of arrival to each destination, quickly scan and submit relevant documents, and more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: OpenRoad Driver at 3.4 against Bright Road Star's 2.4. OpenRoad Driver also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). Bright Road Star's advantage is review sentiment (40% vs 14%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, ratings volume, 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.
OpenRoad Driver holds the better App Store score, 3.4 against 2.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 19 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 40% of Bright Road Star's written reviews are positive against 14% of OpenRoad Driver's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Bright Road Star ships an update every 3 months, OpenRoad Driver every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bright Road Star | OpenRoad Driver |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (16 ratings) | 3.4 (19 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews — better | 14.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 16 | 19 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 71 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Road Star, Inc | Open Road Solutions LLC |
Customer experience
Bright Road Star
OpenRoad Driver
In-app purchases
Bright Road Star
No in-app purchases
OpenRoad Driver
No in-app purchases
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