Truckbays vs Five ELD v2
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Truckbays
Modernize your property's gates and electronic doors without physical keys or keypads. This app provides secure, remote access control for multiple locations and gates, allowing you to grant virtual keys to drivers, guests, or service providers with customizable access durations. Track activity and receive real-time notifications for enhanced security.
- Operate gates and electronic doors without physical keys
- Provide virtual keys for drivers, guests, and service providers
- Grant long-term or short-term access
- Remotely control access from anywhere
- Real-time and historical activity logs
- Push, email, and SMS notifications
- 24/7 customer support
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The Truckbays Access app allows users to modernize their gates. No more need for clickers, FOBs, or key pads. The app works with a universal device that requires installation and configuration. If you do not have the device installed at your property, this app will not work. Please contact support@truckbays.com for more information. Truckbays Access provides secure control of multiple locations and multiple gates. If you have a fleet you can easily invite drivers in order to be able to gain access to the location. You could also invite guests through the host dashboard. - Operate your gate, or any electronic door without a physical key - Provide virtual keys for Fleets, Drivers, guests, service providers, etc. - You can give long term or short term access - Remotely control your entire property's access controls from anywhere - Get a real-time and historical activity log. - Notifications - email, push and SMS - 24x7 customer support.
Five ELD v2
Manage your fleet and comply with FMCSA regulations with this comprehensive tool. Monitor driver activities, location, speed, and miles traveled to enhance safety and optimize operations. Designed for fleets of all sizes, it offers powerful fleet management capabilities.
- Fleet management tools
- FMCSA regulation compliance
- Driver activity monitoring
- Location and speed tracking
- Miles traveled and route selection
- Detention time tracking
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Five ELD v2 - 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 v2 platform, Five ELD v2 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 v2; later driver can change the password.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Truckbays at 100% against Five ELD v2's 50%. Truckbays also leads on rating (4.3 vs 4.0) and update cadence (every 10 days vs monthly). 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.
Truckbays holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 49 and 12 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Truckbays's written reviews are positive against 50% of Five ELD v2's.
Truckbays ships an update every 10 days, Five ELD v2 monthly. The most recent releases landed on August 27, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Truckbays | Five ELD v2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (49 ratings) — better | 4.0 (12 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 49 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 15 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 90 MB | 128 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Truckbays LLC | ZIPPY ELD INC |
Customer experience
Truckbays
Five ELD v2
In-app purchases
Truckbays
No in-app purchases
Five ELD v2
No in-app purchases
