Metrolink vs LD Drive
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
LD Drive
This app allows drivers to manage delivery reservations, track job history, and store important delivery details like receipts and photos. Drivers can accept jobs and navigate to destinations using real-time GPS within the application.
- Manage delivery reservations
- Access job history and manifests
- Store receipts, signatures, and photos
- Real-time GPS navigation
- Flexible work schedule
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Our technology is changing the way deliveries get from the store to the door. Whether the request was made from a phone or thru the app, you have total control of all the reservations dispatched to you. Compliant Have access to your job history and manifests Keep receipts, signatures, photos and notes and attachments on you device On your own terms. Drive on your own time. On your own schedule. Whenever you want. How does it work? Open the app and start taking jobs. Navigate to any destination via real-time GPS right from the app. Disclaimer: Continued use of GPS running in the background can decrease battery life.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: LD Drive at 3.8 against Metrolink's 2.5. LD Drive also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 14%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). Metrolink's advantage is ratings volume (371 vs 5). 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.
LD Drive holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Metrolink has 371 ratings behind it against 5, 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 50% of LD Drive's.
Metrolink ships an update every 3 months, LD Drive every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Metrolink | LD Drive |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (371 ratings) | 3.8 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 13.7% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 371 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Southern California Regional Rail Authority | LiveryDesk Inc |
Customer experience
Metrolink
LD Drive
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
LD Drive
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Metrolink
No in-app purchases
LD Drive
No in-app purchases
