Comparison

FTD Mercury Mobile Plus vs Lytx Driver

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Lytx Driver

Enhance driving safety and efficiency with tools to review video events, track performance data, and manage vehicle inspections. Stay compliant with Hours of Service reporting and plan routes with real-time road condition updates from a nationwide camera network.

Highlights
  • Review driving event videos
  • Track 90-day performance trends
  • Submit DVIR reports
  • FMCSA compliant ELD service
  • View nationwide road conditions
  • Hours of Service reporting
Features
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This app provides the tools drivers need to be more efficient and drive more safely. SAFETY Take charge of your driving safety by reviewing your own video and performance stats so you can track how you’re doing. Fast, Easy Event Review * Watch videos of your events in the Activity tab * Quickly see which videos are new in the feed Track Your Performance Data * See your 90-day trend line * Dive deeper into your performance with detailed stats * Understand behavior frequency and duration DVIR (DRIVER VEHICLE INSPECTION REPORT) * Submit Vehicle Inspections before or after your trip ELD SERVICE * User-friendly, FMCSA compliant solution * Hours of Service Reporting * End-to-end vehicle inspection workflow ROAD CONDITIONS * See what’s happening right now on public roads nation-wide with the Lytx camera network. * Explore weather-related road conditions highlighted on the map. * Plan ahead for bad weather, traffic, construction, and closed roads. Key benefits: * Simplify compliance * Increase productivity and efficiency * Increase accuracy of reporting * Easily respond to roadside inspections

Screenshots

FTD Mercury Mobile Plus4 screens
Lytx Driver4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Lytx Driver at 4.5 against FTD Mercury Mobile Plus's 3.0. Lytx Driver also leads on ratings volume (451 vs 11) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 weeks). FTD Mercury Mobile Plus's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Lytx Driver holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lytx Driver has 451 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of FTD Mercury Mobile Plus's written reviews are positive against 27% of Lytx Driver's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FTD Mercury Mobile Plus ships an update every 5 weeks, Lytx Driver every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 3, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
FTD Mercury Mobile Plus versus Lytx Driver: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFTD Mercury Mobile PlusLytx Driver
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (11 ratings)4.5 (451 ratings) — better
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews27.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings11451 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB29 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperFTD, Inc.Lytx, Inc.

Customer experience

FTD Mercury Mobile Plus

All ratings11 ratings
Positive45.5%
Neutral18.2%
Negative36.4%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral8.3%
Negative66.7%

Lytx Driver

All ratings451 ratings
Positive87.6%
Neutral3.1%
Negative9.3%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive27.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative72.7%

Bugs and requests

FTD Mercury Mobile Plus

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Lytx Driver

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • Videos stopped working
  • App not working properly after new update
  • No drive cams, no location, nothing
  • Safety Tab never opens, keeps loading
  • App won’t load new videos after using for a bit
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  • App won’t load, stays blank on iPhone
  • Performance section won’t load on iOS
  • Only half of the iOS app works
  • Upon logging in, no data exists for the fleet
  • Redirects to browser to login

Requested features

10 requests
  • Satellite allocation improvement
  • Real-time data before thresholds at traffic lights
  • Fix for iPhones
  • Research infrared lights and their effect on eye health
  • Fix for Safety Tab not opening
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  • Improve AI functionality
  • Improve camera quality
  • Fix app login redirecting to browser
  • Fix iOS app Performance section loading
  • Ensure app shows fleet data like PC version

In-app purchases

None

FTD Mercury Mobile Plus

No in-app purchases

None

Lytx Driver

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FTD Mercury Mobile Plus free?
FTD Mercury Mobile Plus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Lytx Driver free?
Lytx Driver is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, FTD Mercury Mobile Plus or Lytx Driver?
Lytx Driver is rated higher. FTD Mercury Mobile Plus averages 3.0 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while Lytx Driver averages 4.5 from 451 ratings.
Do FTD Mercury Mobile Plus or Lytx Driver have ads?
Neither FTD Mercury Mobile Plus nor Lytx Driver shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FTD Mercury Mobile Plus or Lytx Driver?
FTD Mercury Mobile Plus ships an update every 5 weeks, and Lytx Driver every 2 weeks. Most recently, FTD Mercury Mobile Plus was updated on June 3, 2026 and Lytx Driver on September 23, 2026.

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