Five ELD v1 vs TruckStaff ELD
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Five ELD v1
Manage your fleet and comply with FMCSA regulations with this powerful suite of tools. Monitor driver activities, location, speed, and miles traveled to enhance fleet safety and operations. Designed for fleets of all sizes, it aims to keep drivers satisfied.
- Fleet management tools
- FMCSA regulation compliance
- Driver activity monitoring
- Location and speed tracking
- Miles traveled reporting
- Route selection analysis
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Five ELD v1 - The most powerful suite of tools to manage your fleet and comply with FMCSA regulations. Most accurate and relevant data to help you manage your fleet. Monitor current location, speed, miles travelled, route selection, detention time, and other driver activities to improve the safety and overall operations of your entire fleet. Based on the well-known and tested Five ELD v1 platform, Five ELD v1 provides even more functionality to fleets of all sizes while keeping the drivers happy.
TruckStaff ELD
This app helps transportation professionals maintain Hours of Service (HOS) records and comply with the ELD mandate. It offers advanced fleet management features, including GPS tracking and IFTA mileage calculations, for simple and efficient logbook management.
- HOS record keeping
- ELD mandate compliance
- Fleet management
- GPS tracking
- IFTA mileage calculations
- Fault code notifications
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Download TruckStaff ELD to keep HOS records and comply with the ELD mandate. With advanced technology and fleet management features, TruckStaff ELD is the electronic logbook for transportation professionals who like things simple and efficient. The app syncs with the hardware in a few seconds and it is ready to go. Extra features include GPS tracking, idling reporting, IFTA mileage calculations, fault code notifications, and more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: TruckStaff ELD at 5.0 against Five ELD v1's 4.5. TruckStaff ELD also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15). Five ELD v1's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 10 months) and ratings volume (15 vs 3). 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.
TruckStaff ELD holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Five ELD v1 has 15 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Five ELD v1 ships an update every 2 weeks, TruckStaff ELD every 10 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Five ELD v1 | TruckStaff ELD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (15 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 110 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ZIPPY ELD INC | Truckstaff ELD LLC |
Customer experience
Five ELD v1
TruckStaff ELD
In-app purchases
Five ELD v1
No in-app purchases
TruckStaff ELD
No in-app purchases
