Smart Elds vs VLOG ELD
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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 a comprehensive electronic logbook and driver vehicle inspection report.
- Automatic engine sync
- Driving time tracking
- Hours of Service (HOS) logging
- Engine run time recording
- Vehicle movement and location tracking
- Miles driven calculation
- Driver Vehicle Inspection Report (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.
VLOG ELD
This electronic logging device app provides comprehensive features for commercial drivers to manage hours-of-service regulations. It combines a logbook with powerful business tools to meet all your business requirements.
- Hours-of-service regulation support
- Comprehensive logbook features
- Integrated business tools
- Meets commercial driver requirements
- Cost-effective solution
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VLOG ELD SOLUTIONS (electronic logging device) offers the most comprehensive features at the best price to meet all of your business requirements. We designed our logbook from the ground up to support the full range of commercial driver hours-of-service regulations. VLOG ELD SOLUTIONS is more than a logbook, it’s a powerful combination of business tools.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: VLOG ELD at 100% against Smart Elds's 56%. VLOG ELD also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.3) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.6). Smart Elds's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (54 vs 7). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
VLOG ELD holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Smart Elds has 54 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of Smart Elds's written reviews are positive against 100% of VLOG ELD's.
Smart Elds ships an update every 3 weeks, VLOG ELD every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Smart Elds | VLOG ELD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (54 ratings) | 4.9 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 55.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 54 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Asritsolutions LLC | V LOG ELD SOLUTIONS LLC |
Customer experience
Smart Elds
VLOG ELD
In-app purchases
Smart Elds
No in-app purchases
VLOG ELD
No in-app purchases
