TruckerTimer vs Driver Excellence
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
TruckerTimer
This app helps truck, lorry, and HGV drivers in the UK and Europe track their driving hours and stay compliant with complex EU driver's hours regulations. It provides graphical countdowns for fatigue violations and supports advanced rules for breaks and daily limits.
- EU heavy vehicle fatigue regulation support
- WTD regulations timers
- Graphical countdowns for rules
- Automatic driving/work switching via GPS
- Advanced rule implementation (split breaks, 10-hour days)
- Manual log adjustment
- Daily and weekly summaries
- Short break alarms
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Truck drivers: save yourself a fine and maximise your driving hours with this advanced tachograph and driving log. TruckerTimer is designed specifically for truck, lorry and HGV drivers in the UK and Europe to help you track your driving hours and alert you to impending fatigue violations. TruckerTimer is designed to keep you legal within the many complex rules of the EU driver's hours regulations. Features: * Supports EU heavy vehicle fatigue regulations * Includes timers for WTD regulations * Rules are suitable for coach drivers also * Graphical countdown for each rule, showing how long you have left * Automatically switch between driving and other work based upon GPS movement * Implements advanced rules: split breaks, 10-hour days twice per week, 15 hour spread and more * Allows manual adjustment of logs in case you forget to switch to rest or driving mode at any time * Gives daily and weekly summaries of all driving activity, able to be offset to match your shift start time. * Ability to set a 15, 30 or 45 minute alarm for short breaks TruckerTimer has seen extensive testing, both in the field and with over 100 synthetic driving logs to ensure that regulations are correctly implemented. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. GPS use is optional and can be controlled within the application settings. iOS6 users: You will prompted to download an older version. This is currently identical to the most recent version except for updates to the iOS7 style. Updating to iOS7 is recommended to get the quickest updates in the cuture.
Driver Excellence
This app provides drivers with detailed performance analysis and tips for improvement. It allows drivers to compare their performance with teammates and offers team leaders a view of driver league tables and engagement levels. The goal is to help drivers enhance their driving style and potentially win awards.
- Detailed driving performance analysis
- Personalized improvement tips
- Team performance comparison
- Driver league tables for teams
- App engagement tracking for team leaders
- Performance management tools
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MICROLISE DRIVER EXCELLENCE APP The Driver Excellence mobile application from Microlise is designed to empower drivers to improve their driving performance, by providing them with detailed analysis, any time, anywhere. Driver Excellence gives drivers a detailed view of their performance against a number of criteria, and provides advice and tips to achieve improvements. The app also gives drivers a view of their performance compared to others in their teams. Team leaders can use the app more extensively, viewing a driver league table showing all drivers in the team sorted in order of performance. Additional information is also available that shows the level of engagement with the app from each of the driver in the team. Driver Excellence allows drivers to manage their own performance and make necessary adjustments to their driving style in order to improveβ¦ It could even help you to win next yearβs Microlise Driver of the Year Award! Please note that the Driver Excellence application will only be of any use to you, if you work for / on behalf of a company that uses the Microlise Transport Management Solutions. If you do not work for a company using Microlise software, you will not be able to logon or access any driver performance data.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Driver Excellence at Free against TruckerTimer's $5.99. TruckerTimer's advantage is review sentiment (46% vs 15%) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Driver Excellence is free to download; TruckerTimer costs $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
TruckerTimer ships an update monthly, Driver Excellence every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TruckerTimer | Driver Excellence |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $5.99 | Free β better |
| Positive reviews | 45.7% of reviews β better | 15.4% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Monthly β better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free β better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod β better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 β better |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | App Holdings | Microlise Limited |
Customer experience
TruckerTimer
Driver Excellence
In-app purchases
TruckerTimer
No in-app purchases
Driver Excellence
No in-app purchases
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