DrivLynk vs Drivers 1st
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DrivLynk
This app connects trucking professionals by providing a platform to discover job opportunities, build business relationships, and communicate with a verified network. Users can manage profiles, find loads, and message contacts within a dedicated trucking community.
- Discover trucking opportunities
- Create professional profiles
- Connect with industry professionals
- Message your network
- Manage job posts
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DrivLynk connects trucking professionals with opportunities, business relationships, and communication tools built for drivers, carriers, owner-operators, and dispatchers. Use DrivLynk to discover trucking opportunities, review professional profiles, connect with other verified users, manage posts, and communicate with your network in one place. Key features: - Browse trucking and dispatch opportunities - Create and manage professional profiles - Connect with drivers, carriers, owner-operators, and dispatchers - Message your network - Save, report, and manage opportunities - Access Help & Support, safety information, and account settings
Drivers 1st
Connect with fellow drivers and leverage your industry expertise to help recruit new talent. Earn significant rewards for successful hires through this driver-led network.
- Driver-led recruiting network
- Earn $1,000 per hire
- Connect with industry peers
- Leverage trucking experience
- Built for drivers, by drivers
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You know the road, the lifestyle, and what makes a great job in trucking. Now you can use that experience to help other drivers, and get paid $1,000 per hire through Drivers 1st, the driver-led recruiting network built for drivers, by drivers.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Drivers 1st at 100% against DrivLynk's 80%. Drivers 1st also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). DrivLynk's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 11 days). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Drivers 1st holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 18 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of DrivLynk's written reviews are positive against 100% of Drivers 1st's.
DrivLynk ships an update every 3 days, Drivers 1st every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DrivLynk | Drivers 1st |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (18 ratings) | 5.0 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 18 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 11 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 104 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | DrivLynk | Drivers 1st |
Customer experience
DrivLynk
Drivers 1st
In-app purchases
DrivLynk
No in-app purchases
Drivers 1st
No in-app purchases
