Star Transportation vs Pelivan Transit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Star Transportation
Easily manage your ground transportation needs with this app. Book, pay for, and track rides in real-time, and manage your account preferences and reservations all in one place.
- Book and pay for rides
- Real-time driver tracking
- Live ride notifications
- Manage account preferences
- View upcoming reservations
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Star Transportation now makes taking care of your ground transportation needs more convenient than ever with our state of the art mobile app. With the Star Transportation mobile app, you can: - See ride prices and book and pay for rides with just a few taps - Receive live notifications about your driver's status, track your driver on a map, and call the driver directly from the app - Manage account preferences like pick-up and drop-off location, forms of payment, and vehicle preference - View and manage upcoming reservations
Pelivan Transit
Book on-demand or future rides to various destinations like shopping, medical appointments, and work. This smart ridesharing service pairs you with others traveling in the same direction, offering convenient booking via app or phone.
- On-demand and future ride booking
- App and phone booking options
- Ride sharing with others
- Real-time ride tracking
- Live status sharing
- Driver ETA notifications
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Connect to shopping, social events, restaurants, medical appointments, hospitals, schools, jobs, and more with Pelivan Transit. Pelivan is a ridesharing service that’s smart and easy. With a few taps, book an on-demand or future ride in the app and our technology will pair you with other people headed in the same direction. You may also call in to book trips. How it works: - Book a ride on your smart phone by setting your pickup and dropoff addresses, and indicating if you’re riding with any additional passengers. You may also call a booking agent to book your trip over the phone. - For same-day trips, the app or agent will tell you the vehicle's ETA. For future trips, select the preferred pickup window that works for you. You’re expected to be ready at any time during that pickup window. - We’ll give you an automated call or send you a text notification when we’re nearby. You’ll also receive one automated call or text reminder for each trip you have scheduled for the next day. - When your driver arrives, they will wait up to 5 minutes at your pickup location. If they arrive early, they will wait until the start of your pickup window, and then wait another 5 minutes. - If paying cash, please pay your driver when you board. - There may be others on board, or you may make a few additional stops along the way! You can track your ride and share your status in live-time during your trip from the app. Questions? Read more at http://city.ridewithvia.com/pelivan or reach out at pelivanhelpdesk@gmail.com. Loving your experience so far? Throw us a 5-star rating.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Pelivan Transit at every 6 weeks against Star Transportation's every 29 months. Pelivan Transit also leads on ratings volume (123 vs 1). Star Transportation's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Star Transportation against 4.9 for Pelivan Transit. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pelivan Transit has 123 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Star Transportation ships an update every 29 months, Pelivan Transit every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Star Transportation | Pelivan Transit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.9 (123 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 123 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 29 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 129 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Star Transportation LLC | Via Transportation, Inc. |
Customer experience
Star Transportation
Pelivan Transit
In-app purchases
Star Transportation
No in-app purchases
Pelivan Transit
No in-app purchases
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