OHGO vs RCT Ride
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
OHGO
Get real-time traffic updates for Ohio's freeways. Receive customized notifications for traffic, construction, and weather incidents affecting your route. View live camera feeds and get hands-free voice alerts for a smarter commute.
- Real-time traffic information
- Customized incident notifications
- Traffic speed conditions
- Live traffic camera images
- Hands-free voice alerts
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Receive real time traffic information on Ohio's freeways. Welcome, smart traveler. The Ohio Department of Transportation's OHGO App is your official source for real-time Ohio traffic updates. Get customized notifications on traffic, construction, weather, and other incidents affecting your route. Check traffic speed conditions, view live images from an extensive network of traffic cameras, receive hands-free voice alerts and more while on the go.
RCT Ride
Book on-demand or pre-scheduled rides within Richland County. This smart, affordable ridesharing service matches you with other riders heading in the same direction for a more efficient and sustainable travel experience.
- Book on-demand rides
- Pre-book future rides
- Shared rides with others
- Affordable pricing
- Sustainable travel option
- Easy mobile booking
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Think of Richland County’s RCT Ride app as an easy way to book rides around Richland County — a ridesharing service that’s smart, easy and affordable. With a few taps, book an on-demand ride or pre book a ride for the future and our technology will pair you with a vehicle and other riders headed the same way. How it works: - Book a ride on your phone. - Get picked up at the address you entered. - Share your ride with others. What we’re about: SHARED. Our algorithm matches people headed in the same direction. This means you’re getting the convenience and comfort of a private ride with the efficiency, speed, and affordability of a public one. AFFORDABLE. Aggregating people into one vehicle brings down prices. SUSTAINABLE. Sharing rides reduces the number of vehicles on the roads, bringing down congestion and CO2 emissions. With a couple of taps, you get to do your part to make your area a little bit greener and cleaner, every time you ride. Questions? Reach out at rcts@richland.org. Loving your experience so far? Throw us a 5-star rating. You’ll have our eternal gratitude.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: RCT Ride at 4.6 against OHGO's 2.3. OHGO's advantage is ratings volume (230 vs 9) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, update cadence, 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.
RCT Ride holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: OHGO has 230 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two.
OHGO ships an update every 3 months, RCT Ride every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | OHGO | RCT Ride |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (230 ratings) | 4.6 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 13.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 230 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 134 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Ohio Department of Transportation | Via Transportation, Inc. |
Customer experience
OHGO
RCT Ride
Bugs and requests
OHGO
Reported bugs
14 issues- App won't load past green splash screen
- Camera close button (X) off-screen or non-functional
- Nothing loads on map - empty display
- Cameras fail to load with error messages
- Real-time traffic updates not working
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- Route creation crashes when selecting 'didn't get results'
- Location detection shows wrong location
- App crashes when opening cameras
- Frozen camera images not updating
- iOS 14/15 compatibility issues
- Route deletion not functioning
- App support button non-functional
- Website showing blank white screen
- Notifications sent but routes show nothing
Requested features
12 requests- CarPlay integration for hands-free driving
- Color-coded traffic condition indicators (green/orange/red)
- Road temperature display
- ODOT dashcam footage access
- Improved camera search and filtering by region/highway
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- Ability to uncheck specific directions in routes
- Better route creation with accurate exit stops
- Local road closure reporting (non-interstate)
- Hazardous condition warnings (ice, flooding)
- White background option instead of green theme
- Customizable notification preferences
- Live video feeds instead of static images
RCT Ride
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
OHGO
No in-app purchases
RCT Ride
No in-app purchases
