Metrolink vs PRIDE EXPLORER
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Metrolink
Purchase and manage Metrolink train tickets directly from your smartphone. Buy various ticket types, activate them before boarding, and store them in a digital wallet. Easily transfer tickets to a new device if needed.
- Mobile ticket purchasing
- Digital ticket wallet
- Ticket transfer to new device
- Secure payment processing
- Various ticket types available
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The official Metrolink App is like having a ticket machine in your pocket. Your device is your ticket! Buy a ticket anywhere, anytime - in seconds. With the Metrolink App, you can securely purchase Metrolink One-Way, Round-Trip tickets, 7-Day, Monthly and Weekend Day Passes in seconds. Purchasing a ticket is easy: select your trip & ticket type, enter your payment card information, activate your ticket prior to boarding and your device is your ticket. Never lose your ticket again! Once you purchase your ticket, it will always be in your ticket wallet. Need to replace your phone? No problem - you can easily transfer any purchased ticket to a new device. Riders who use the Corporate Quick Card and riders who transfer to Metro Rail should continue to use paper tickets from Metrolink’s Ticket Vending Machines. Metrolink will be implementing a variety of enhancements to enable these users to use mobile ticketing in the future. We are making the app better every day! Visit www.metrolinktrains.com/app for more information. Features: ● Onboarding screen updated
PRIDE EXPLORER
Discover LGBTQ+ heritage and culture through interactive self-guided walking tours. Explore historical sites, learn about pivotal moments in the community's history, and celebrate diversity.
- Interactive self-guided walking tours
- Explore LGBTQ+ heritage and culture
- Learn about LGBTQ+ history and battles
- Discover historical sites and stories
- Celebrate diversity and human sexuality
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Experience Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Allied (LGBTQ+) Heritage and Culture like never before! PRIDE Explorer® will help you to reveal a proud history. From California to New York, our interactive tours will blow the dust off over a century of underground bars and gay rights battle scars. Lesbian or straight, young or old, there’s no other App like this in the world! During our 90-minute self-guided walking tours you will learn about the birth and battles of the LGBTQ+ Community. From the initial footfalls of the 1st Gay PRIDE parades to the secret gathering places of the pioneers that started the global movement, PRIDE Explorer® will show you cities like no one has ever dared. You will see the unforgettable sights and hear the juicy gossip and startling stories woven into the fabric of this great “Queertopia.” PRIDE Explorer® was created by THE LAVENDER EFFECT® - a non-profit a project of Community Partners that is Advancing the Future of LGBTQ+ Heritage and Culture! You are invited to explore the origins of true pride, demystify the spectrum of human sexuality and gender, as well as celebrate the essential benefits of diversity.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: PRIDE EXPLORER at 100% against Metrolink's 14%. PRIDE EXPLORER also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.5). Metrolink's advantage is ratings volume (371 vs 3). 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.
PRIDE EXPLORER holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Metrolink has 371 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 14% of Metrolink's written reviews are positive against 100% of PRIDE EXPLORER's.
Metrolink ships an update every 3 months, PRIDE EXPLORER every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Metrolink | PRIDE EXPLORER |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (371 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 371 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 135 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Southern California Regional Rail Authority | Community Partners |
Customer experience
Metrolink
PRIDE EXPLORER
Bugs and requests
Metrolink
Reported bugs
4 issues- Ticket barcodes not scanning properly
- Inability to update billing address
- Tickets not syncing across devices
- Payment issues causing lost funds
Requested features
5 requests- Integrate with Apple Wallet
- Add real-time service alerts
- Allow advance ticket purchases
- Provide detailed station/route info
- Implement better password/account management
PRIDE EXPLORER
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Metrolink
No in-app purchases
PRIDE EXPLORER
No in-app purchases









