TX ELD vs LANEMetrics
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TX ELD
This app provides FMCSA-compliant electronic logging and digital Driver Vehicle Inspection Reports. It offers real-time route guidance and a user-friendly interface designed for drivers. Recent updates focus on performance and stability.
- FMCSA compliant ELD
- Digital DVIRs
- Real-time route guidance
- User-centric design
- Performance optimization
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Elevating ELD Standards: Our ELD solution goes beyond conventional electronic logbooks, offering robust capabilities to meet FMCSA compliance requirements comprehensively. Streamlined Transition from Paper DVIRs: Say goodbye to the hassle of paper Driver Vehicle Inspection Reports (DVIRs) and embrace the convenience of digital inspection reports. Transition seamlessly to our refined solution. Real-Time Route Guidance: Keep your focus on the road with up-to-the-minute routing information at your fingertips. Our solution delivers live updates to ensure you stay on track throughout your journey. Tailored for User Convenience: With a user-centric design featuring clear buttons, helpful alerts, and an intuitive interface, complying with FMCSA regulations has never been easier. Our app puts drivers at the forefront of its design. Enhanced Performance and Design: Recent updates have prioritized performance optimization, reducing screen transition times, enhancing app stability, and improving overall readability. We are dedicated to continuously enhancing your app experience.
LANEMetrics
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Know Your REAL Profit Before You Haul It. Are you making a profit — or do you just think you are? You would need a CPA, a financial advisor, and a business analyst on every single load to know for sure. That is what LANEMetrics does — 196,000 calculations in as fast as 1.6 seconds. Recalculate any offered rate in as fast as 1 second. LANEMetrics is a goal-based financial optimization tool built for owner operators, lease operators, small carriers, and dispatchers. Set your after-tax annual income goals and LANEMetrics reverse engineers every rate you need to hit those goals — on every lane, every load. ZERO HIDDEN LANE COSTS LANEMetrics accounts for all the missed costs that can eat your profit — tolls calculated at your toll transponder discount rate, weight-distance taxes for CT, KY, NM, NY, and OR, IFTA fuel surcharges for KY and VA not paid at the pump, deadhead miles economic loss with tax savings offset, dispatch and factoring fees, accessorial income and the additional tax burden on those profits, and self-employment, federal, and state income tax across all 51 jurisdictions. ZERO surprise costs. ZERO guessing. KNOW YOUR REAL PROFIT 3 WAYS See your profit by mile, by time, and against any offered rate — all at once. Your numbers. Your reality. Before you ever haul it. YOUR NUMBERS DRIVE EVERYTHING Enter your after-tax annual income goals and LANEMetrics builds your required gross around your actual expenses — fuel, DEF, tires, maintenance, insurance, equipment payments, reefer costs, and more. Self-employment tax, federal income tax, and state income tax across all 51 jurisdictions are all factored in. Every rate LANEMetrics returns is reverse engineered specifically from your goals and your numbers. Not industry averages. Not guesses. STATE COMPLIANCE BUILT INTO EVERY ROUTE Every lane you rate automatically pulls state-by-state compliance — KPRA length laws and axle measurement points, APU weight variance laws, and snow chain requirements — displayed on a dynamic map built specifically for your route. COMPLETE ROUTE CONTROL Compare up to 5 lanes at once. Each lane can include up to 30 extra stops. Full deadhead cost analysis with 2 categories. Dynamic weight-based fuel consumption and weight-based commercial routing with hazmat class support. WHAT MAKES LANEMETRICS DIFFERENT? A basic flat rate per mile ignores everything that actually determines whether a load is profitable — your time, your accessorial income, your dispatch and factoring fees, your deadhead costs, your tolls, your weight-distance taxes, your IFTA surcharges, and every dollar you will owe at tax time including self-employment tax, federal income tax, and state income tax on each individual load. LANEMetrics calculates all of it. Rate per mile, cost per mile, profit per mile, profit per hour, and trip-level taxes — reverse engineered from your after-tax income goals down to the exact rate you need on every lane. If a load does not cover your costs, LANEMetrics shows you exactly how much you are losing — per load and per mile — before you ever accept it. Supports semi tractor-trailer including dry van, flatbed, reefer, and tanker. Also supports power only, box truck, and hot shot. End-User License Agreement (EULA): https://app.termly.io/policy-viewer/policy.html?policyUUID=ca8cc292-cbbb-4b5a-ace4-3513332d2871
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TX ELD at none against LANEMetrics's 2. TX ELD also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0.0). LANEMetrics's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ads and device support 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. LANEMetrics sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month. TX ELD asks for nothing beyond the download.
TX ELD ships an update every 2 months, LANEMetrics every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TX ELD | LANEMetrics |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (9 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 14.0.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 114 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TX ELD | Truck Tech Innovations LLC |
In-app purchases
TX ELD
No in-app purchases
LANEMetrics
- LANEMetrics Access14 Days trial$19.991 Month
- LANEMetrics Access14 Days trial$199.991 Year









