Five ELD v1 vs SF 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.
SF ELD
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SF ELD is the dependable, all-in-one solution for compliance and safety concerns that you have been looking for. It has been tried and tested for performance, and it meets FMCSA standards. SF ELD has a driver-friendly design to help truckers manage RODS intuitively with a few clicks without training. It is easy to integrate into your fleet and easy for drivers to use to save time and money. Owner-operators or fleets of any size can use the system to streamline tasks and fulfill DOT requirements.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Five ELD v1 at every 11 days against SF ELD's every 7 months. SF ELD's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Five ELD v1 ships an update every 11 days, SF ELD every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Five ELD v1 | SF ELD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (15 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 116 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ZIPPY ELD INC | Safe Eld Inc |
In-app purchases
Five ELD v1
No in-app purchases
SF ELD
No in-app purchases
