Poparide vs SCOOTY
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Poparide
Easily connect with other travelers for city-to-city carpooling across Canada. Share rides as a driver or passenger, choose companions based on profiles and ratings, and enjoy safe, affordable, and fun travel. Save money, reduce your environmental impact, and meet new people.
- City-to-city carpooling
- Driver and passenger matching
- Verified member profiles
- Online booking and payment
- Cost sharing for travel
- Community ratings and reviews
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Poparide makes city-to-city carpooling in Texas easy, safe, affordable and fun. Join two million members sharing rides across North America. Whether you’re a driver or a passenger, connect with people going the same way and choose who you travel with based on profiles, star ratings and mutual connections. It’s a simple way to save money, reduce your carbon footprint and meet great people along the way. Why carpool with Poparide? • Sign up for free as a driver or a passenger • Share driving costs and save on travel • Travel with verified members rated by the community • Book and pay online - no awkward cash exchanges • Make your commute more social (and sustainable) • Help reduce traffic and emissions across North America Poparide is proudly made in Canada, and we acknowledge that Poparide operates on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations.
SCOOTY
Access electric vehicles for convenient and eco-friendly urban travel. Easily sign up, select a ride, and explore your city for work, errands, or leisure. Contribute to reducing car usage and carbon emissions with every journey.
- Electric vehicle access
- Easy sign-up process
- Multiple payment options
- Eco-friendly transportation
- Referral program for free rides
- Affordable daily and monthly plans
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Scooty is the convenient and eco-friendly way to get around town! Sign up now to access electric vehicles in your city. EASY TO USE: Download the app Sign up Choose your payment method (Credit card, etc.) Select your ride and unlock the adventure Electrify your journey! Ride to your destination with purpose! Go to work, run errands, or just enjoy a leisurely weekend ride. With the Scooty, you can travel from point A to point B safely. ECO-FRIENDLY TRANSPORTATION Our goal is to make cities more enjoyable by reducing car usage and decreasing carbon emissions. Every ride with Scooty contributes to this mission. MANY AWESOME PERKS AND OFFERS -Get free rides Share your code with a friend and both of you can enjoy a complimentary ride. -Ride more for less From daily to monthly rates, Scooty offers affordable plans that make sense for every rider. -Stay safe on the road For the safety of you and others, follow local regulations, please avoid riding on sidewalks and always wear a helmet. Use bike lanes and park neatly to keep the streets clear. Download the Scooty app and explore your city today!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Poparide at 4.9 against SCOOTY's 4.6. Poparide also leads on ratings volume (754 vs 25) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, review sentiment, 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.
Poparide holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Poparide has 754 ratings behind it against 25, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 38% of Poparide's written reviews are positive against 44% of SCOOTY's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Poparide ships an update every 3 weeks, SCOOTY every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 20, 2026.
| Parameter | Poparide | SCOOTY |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (754 ratings) — better | 4.6 (25 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 38.3% of reviews | 44.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 754 — better | 25 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 115 MB | 74 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HitchPlanet Online | Scooty Mobility Inc. |
Customer experience
Poparide
SCOOTY
Bugs and requests
Poparide
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
SCOOTY
Reported bugs
15 issues- App glitches a lot
- App is slow at times
- System glitches when ending trip
- App locked itself
- Scooter didn't work after unlocking
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- Parking pad full at destination
- Hard to end the trip
- Parking spaces hardly visible on map
- App asked to add money to wallet, but charged directly from Visa
- App requires minimum credited balance and refuses refunds
- App requires update but no update available
- Charged for opening and closing the app
- Automated refund refusal
- Customer service ignores refund requests
- App doesn't allow taking a picture of the scooter to end the ride
Requested features
4 requests- Allow deletion of payment cards
- Improve app update notifications
- Make scooters go a bit faster
- Provide clearer instructions on payment methods (wallet vs. direct card)
In-app purchases
Poparide
No in-app purchases
SCOOTY
No in-app purchases
