FTD Mercury Mobile Plus vs EXTRA Driver
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FTD Mercury Mobile Plus
Manage orders, deliveries, and payments on the go. Track delivery routes, capture signatures and photos, and view real-time order status. Requires FTD Mercury X6 or later and Mercury Delivery.
- Mobile Dashboard for orders, tickets, and charges
- Delivery Snapshot with current order status
- Delivery Routes with turn-by-turn directions
- Delivery Confirmations
- Signature and Photo Capture
- Wireless Dashboard Messages
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FTD Mercury Mobile Plus includes time-saving features such as: • Mobile Dashboard: Keep track of what’s going on with orders, tickets, and credit card charges. • Delivery Snapshot: Keep track of your deliveries for the day, including the current order status. • Delivery Routes: See routes, stops, and orders and mark them delivered. • Map and Directions: View a map of the current truck and recipient locations, plus get turn-by-turn directions. • Delivery Confirmations: Mark orders delivered from your phone. • Dashboard Messages: Get your Dashboard messages delivered wirelessly. • Delivery Signature Capture and Photo Capture from Phone. Note: You must be using FTD Mercury X6 Fall or later and Mercury Delivery to use FTD Mercury Mobile Plus with Delivery Routing and new signature and photo capture
EXTRA Driver
This app provides delivery drivers and service technicians with an easy-to-use interface to receive routes and complete assigned tasks. It offers features like route tracking, optimization, and real-time updates to streamline operations. Constant GPS tracking is utilized for background location monitoring.
- Route tracking
- Route optimization
- Real-time updates
- Report a delay
- Audible notifications
- Proof of delivery
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EXTRA Driver is a complimentary mobile application paired with a subscription-based Elite EXTRA web application for routing and tracking delivery drivers, service technicians, and more. Drivers receive routes and complete stops and tasks from the easy-to-use mobile application. Some highlights include: - Route Tracking - Route Optimization - Real-time Updates - Report a Delay - Audible Notifications - Proof of Delivery Note: GPS location tracking runs constantly in the background while logged into the app. This can dramatically decrease battery life.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: FTD Mercury Mobile Plus at free against EXTRA Driver's subscription. EXTRA Driver's advantage is ratings volume (74 vs 11). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.0 for FTD Mercury Mobile Plus against 2.9 for EXTRA Driver. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: EXTRA Driver has 74 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 25% of FTD Mercury Mobile Plus's written reviews are positive against 24% of EXTRA Driver's.
FTD Mercury Mobile Plus ships an update every 5 weeks, EXTRA Driver every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 3, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FTD Mercury Mobile Plus | EXTRA Driver |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (11 ratings) — better | 2.9 (74 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews — better | 23.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 74 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FTD, Inc. | Extra Trax LLC |
Customer experience
FTD Mercury Mobile Plus
EXTRA Driver
In-app purchases
FTD Mercury Mobile Plus
No in-app purchases
EXTRA Driver
No in-app purchases
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