PARAGON ELD vs Five ELD Driver
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PARAGON ELD
This app connects to vehicle logging devices for easy and safe management of driving hours. It offers on-the-go compliance management with seamless integration for drivers.
- Connect to logging devices
- Manage hours of service compliance
- On-the-go flexibility
- Seamless vehicle integration
- Driver-friendly interface
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The PARAGON ELD app allows you to connect to logging devices quickly, easily, and safely. It provides the flexibility to manage your hours of service compliance on the go. The logging devices are installed directly into vehicles with electronic control modules (ECMs), providing a seamless integration that is easy for drivers to use and improves their experience overall.
Five ELD Driver
Manage your fleet and ensure FMCSA compliance with this comprehensive tool. Monitor driver activities, location, speed, and mileage to enhance safety and operational efficiency. Designed for fleets of all sizes, it aims to keep drivers satisfied while providing accurate fleet data.
- Fleet management suite
- FMCSA regulation compliance
- Driver activity monitoring
- Location and speed tracking
- Route and mileage analysis
- Detention time tracking
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Five ELD Driver - The most powerful suite of tools to manage your fleet and to comply with FMCSA regulations. Most accurate and relevant data to help you manage your fleet. Monitor current location, speed, miles traveled, route selection, detention time, and other driver activities to improve safety and overall operations of your entire fleet. Based on the well-known and tested Five ELD Driver platform, Five ELD Driver provides even more functionality to fleets of all sizes while keeping the drivers happy. The fleet manager will assign login and Password of Five ELD Driver; later driver can change the password.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PARAGON ELD at 5.0 against Five ELD Driver's 3.8. PARAGON ELD also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15). Five ELD Driver's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 14 months) and ratings volume (96 vs 2). 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.
PARAGON ELD holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Five ELD Driver has 96 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
PARAGON ELD ships an update every 14 months, Five ELD Driver weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PARAGON ELD | Five ELD Driver |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 3.8 (96 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 96 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 14 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 110 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ZOOM TRANSPORTATION INC | ZIPPY ELD INC |
Customer experience
PARAGON ELD
Five ELD Driver
In-app purchases
PARAGON ELD
No in-app purchases
Five ELD Driver
No in-app purchases
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