Smart Dray vs ELD Mandate Prime
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Smart Dray
This app facilitates communication between drivers and dispatch, enabling load management and activity data capture. It automates status updates using GPS and offers features like electronic signature capture for documentation.
- Driver-dispatch communication
- Load management
- Activity data capture
- Automated load status updates
- GPS-based notifications
- Electronic signature capture
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Smart Dray allows Drivers to communicate with dispatch, manage loads, capture activity data, and automatically convey load status. Automated events utilize GPS to notify respective parties of activity status and additional features, such as electronic signature capture, provide a hassle free way to instantly obtain external documentation at critical times. Please Note that Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. Easy to use, the Dashboard automatically determines what information is needed next, helping to simplify data capture and eliminate errors.
ELD Mandate Prime
This app helps commercial drivers comply with DOT FMCSA regulations for recording duty status. It supports various rules like 60/70-hour limits, driving hours, and break requirements, with automatic location tracking.
- DOT FMCSA self-compliant
- Driver duty status recording
- 60/70-hour work limits
- 11-hour driving limit
- 30-minute break tracking
- Automatic location recording
- Duty status changes at rest
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DOT FMCSA self-compliant application to record driver duty status and meet the following regulations: -60-hour/7days or 70-hour/8daysRules -34 hour week restart with latest suspension of two periods 1-5am -11 hours driving for the day -14 hours on duty for the day -Sleeper Berth provision -Passenger Seat provision -Personal Conveyance provision -30 minutes break provision -Location recording for vehicle’s engine turned on and off, and location recording every 60 minutes if vehicle is moving -Mobile device permits duty status changes only when the vehicle is at rest -The mobile device warns the driver, visually and/or audibly of any malfunction -When the vehicle is stationary for 5 minutes or more, the mobile device will default to on-duty not driving and the driver must enter the proper status
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: ELD Mandate Prime at 100% against Smart Dray's 17%. ELD Mandate Prime also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.7). Smart Dray's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
ELD Mandate Prime holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 17% of Smart Dray's written reviews are positive against 100% of ELD Mandate Prime's.
Smart Dray ships an update every 6 weeks, ELD Mandate Prime every 4 months. Both last shipped on June 1, 2026.
| Parameter | Smart Dray | ELD Mandate Prime |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 16.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Canadian Pacific Railway Limited | Bizringer Inc |
Customer experience
Smart Dray
ELD Mandate Prime
In-app purchases
Smart Dray
No in-app purchases
ELD Mandate Prime
No in-app purchases
