Ship System vs MAX ELD
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ship System
Manage driver deliveries with features for tracking mileage, freight temperatures, and location. Submit expenses, view pay statements, and access route documents directly within the application.
- Mileage tracking
- Freight temperature monitoring
- Location tracking
- Expense submission
- Pay statement viewing
- Route document access
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A powerful app that helps manage a driver's deliveries by tracking mileage, freight temperatures, and location. Send completed routes, view pay statements, and view route documents right from the app. Enter any hotel, fuel or misc expenses into the app and submit to the office from the app.
MAX ELD
This app provides FMCSA-approved electronic logging for truck drivers to manage their hours of service on iPhone or iPad. It ensures compliance with federal regulations for automatic onboard recording devices and electronic logging devices.
- FMCSA approved electronic logbook
- Hours of Service logging
- iPhone and iPad compatible
- Compliant with CFR 49
- Automatic onboard recording device features
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MAX ELD is an FMCSA approved and registered electronic logbook that offers truck drivers a way to log their hours of service using their own iPhone or iPad. MAx ELD is fully compliant with Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations CFR 49 Sections 395.15, concerning automatic onboard recording devices (AOBRD) and Section 395.20 regarding electronic logging devices (ELD).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Ship System at 5.0 against MAX ELD's 2.2. MAX ELD's advantage is ratings volume (12 vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). 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.
Ship System holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MAX ELD has 12 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Ship System ships an update monthly, MAX ELD every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Ship System | MAX ELD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 2.2 (12 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 12 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Cold Freight Services | MaxELD Software |
Customer experience
Ship System
MAX ELD
In-app purchases
Ship System
No in-app purchases
MAX ELD
No in-app purchases
