Bright Road Star vs Mountain ELD
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.
Mountain ELD
This app provides a DOT-compliant Electronic Logging Device (ELD) solution for managing Hours of Service (HOS) and fleet operations. It offers powerful yet simple tools for tracking and tracing, supporting property-carrying FMCSA regulations for US and Canada.
- DOT Compliant ELD Solution
- HOS Management Tools
- Fleet Operations Oversight
- GPS Track and Trace
- Property-Carrying FMCSA Regulations Support
- USA and Canada Duty Cycle Support
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Mountain ELD is a self-certified and compliant ELD Solution which offers a huge variety of tools to manage your HOS as well as oversee your daily operations. Powerful yet simple to use tools makes Mountain ELD one of the few ELD solutions on the market to stand out. The Electronic logging device and GPS track and trace system for fleet management. The Electronic logging device supports Property-carrying FMCSA regulations and main Duty Cycles according to the USA and Canada regulations.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Bright Road Star at 2.4 against Mountain ELD's 1.0. Bright Road Star also leads on review sentiment (40% vs 0%) and ratings volume (16 vs 3). On price, update cadence, 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.
Bright Road Star holds the better App Store score, 2.4 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bright Road Star has 16 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of Bright Road Star's written reviews are positive against 0% of Mountain ELD's.
Bright Road Star ships an update every 3 months, Mountain ELD every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 13, 2026 and September 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bright Road Star | Mountain ELD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (16 ratings) — better | 1.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Road Star, Inc | Mountain Safety Inc. |
Customer experience
Bright Road Star
Mountain ELD
In-app purchases
Bright Road Star
No in-app purchases
Mountain ELD
No in-app purchases
