# Defrost Rides — Rides to class, made simple

> Rides to class, made simple (iPhone/iPad app by BENJAMIN PETER DAVENPORT.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/defrost-rides/id6771623606 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [BENJAMIN PETER DAVENPORT](https://appshunter.io/developer/6771623608)
- Category: Travel, Social Networking
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 17+
- Requires: iOS 15.1 · 66 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-09-15
- Data updated: 2026-10-10

## What is Defrost Rides?

Never drive to class alone.

Defrost is the free way college students get rides to class. Post your schedule, give a ride when you're already driving, or get a ride when you need one. Ride inside your own group (your friends, club, floor, or fraternity), or check your .edu email to find rides with any verified student at your school.

HOW IT WORKS
• Pick your school and add your class schedule with one tap
• Rides that find you: a ride that gets you to your next class on time, a ride after class, or a friend who finishes with you. Defrost suggests it and fills in the details
• Plan it in chat: post a plan like pickup basketball or a Target run, friends tap I'm in, and it turns into rides. Text it to friends who are not on Defrost yet
• Give a ride when you're already driving, or get a ride when you need one. Riders can get off at a stop on the way or ask the driver for another spot, with estimated times so nobody runs late
• Watch it arrive: see your driver on the map with the arrival time and the car to look for
• Chat with the people on your ride ("I'm coming", "5 min away", "I'm here"), share your trip with a friend, and say thanks afterward
• A simple credit system (give a ride, earn a credit; get one, spend one) keeps things fair without ever blocking you from asking for help, and group admins can hide it if they prefer

BUILT FOR YOUR GROUP
Start a group for your friends, club, floor, or fraternity, and invite people with one link. Admins choose who can invite and who can start sub-groups. You choose which notifications you get. Add public or private sub-groups for your major or your gym crew, each with its own chat. Everything (rides, schedules, credits, spots) stays inside your group.

YOUR WHOLE SCHOOL
Going home for break, heading to the airport, or going to the game? Check your school email once and see rides from verified students at your school. Say you're driving or that you need a ride, offer to chip in for gas if you want (between you two, never through the app), and tap I'm in to chat privately.

KNOW CAMPUS
Search any building on the map, see the closest parking deck and what it costs, and drop pickup spots, exits, and road tips your group can see, so nobody is guessing which door to meet at.

FREE, ALWAYS
No fares, no surge pricing, no driver cut. Chipping in for gas is up to you and happens between you two. Just people getting each other where they need to go.

Photography credits and licenses: https://wayfound-store-pages.vercel.app/credits.html

## Is Defrost Rides safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Defrost Rides.

## Is Defrost Rides legit?

Defrost Rides has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Defrost Rides is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.1.5 — 2026-10-09

• A fresh, simple design: one calm home screen with real photos of the cars that pick you up
• See what's picking you up: add your car once, like "F-150" or "Black Jeep Wrangler", and friends see that model on your rides
• Swipe through your group's rides like cards, then tap one for the route on a big map
• Coordinate an on-the-way pickup with your driver in the ride chat
• Send polished story cards or links that open the exact ride
• Tell Defrost where you're going: type "pattee at 9" and the ride fills itself in
• Up next: Defrost shows the ride you need right now, like a friend driving to your next class, with one tap to hop in
• Asking for a ride is three taps: where, pickup, and when
• When you ask, everyone in your group gets a notification. Drivers can answer "I got you" right from it
• Add your classes in about a minute by pasting your schedule
• Drive the same trip every week? Defrost offers to post it for you in one tap

### 1.1.4 — 2026-10-01

• Rides with your whole school: check your .edu email once to find rides home for break, airport runs and game days with any student at your school, not just your group
• Edit your name on the Me tab
• Offer to chip in for gas if you want. It's settled between you two, Wayfound never handles money
• Tap "I'm in" on a school ride to chat with the driver privately
• Trips home and round trips: ask for the ride there and back in one go
• Your schedule fills itself in, and ride requests only reach people who drive at that time
• Chat updates instantly, and your ride shows on your Lock Screen while it's on the way
• Sending a ride as a picture works again, and shared links show who's going where
• Copy text button for GroupMe, Snapchat or any chat, one invite code per group, and a cleaner map where the live car stays on the roads
• Added Michigan (Ann Arbor), Indiana (Bloomington) and Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)

### 1.1.3 — 2026-09-29

• Start your ride with one tap — riders are told the moment you leave, and a car that already left can't be joined by mistake
• Riders can tap "I'm in the car" so the driver knows everyone made it in
• Send a ride to friends as a picture or a link — works great in Snapchat, Messages, anywhere you already talk
• A shared ride link now opens that exact ride, not just the group, even if you're already a member
• Full ride? Tap "Notify me if a seat opens" and find out the moment one does
• Drop a pin on the map for a pickup or drop-off spot when there's no building name for it
• Repeat your ride for tomorrow or every weekday with one tap
• Groups can turn credits off entirely — good for fraternities where pledges do the driving
• Cancelling a ride now refunds everyone on it and tells them right away
• Added Western Michigan University

### 1.1.2 — 2026-09-24

• Faster sign up: fewer steps, no referral code
• Invite friends with one link — gets them the app if they need it, then drops them right into your group
• Clearer class-time labels when adding your schedule
• Tap any class on your schedule for the right ride: before it if you haven't left yet, after it if you're done
• Thanking your driver now also lets them know you got picked up
• Fixed a bug where the time picker could get stuck
• Small fixes and polish throughout

### 1.1.1 — 2026-09-22

• Rides that find you: a ride to your next class, a ride after class, or a friend who finishes with you, with the details filled in
• Plans in chat: post a plan like pickup basketball, friends tap I'm in, and it turns into rides
• Choose exactly which notifications you get, with quiet hours overnight
• Watch it arrive: a live map with your driver, the arrival time, and the car to look for
• Share your trip with a friend, and say thanks to your driver afterward
• A simpler map: full screen with one search and no filters
• Times and dates now use AM/PM and a calendar, no more typing
• Group admins can hide credits, make sub-groups private, and choose who can invite
• Tidier ride cards and a cleaner Rides tab a nine nine

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