Star Transportation vs Rochester Compass
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
Rochester Compass
Discover local businesses and services in Rochester, MN. Businesses can update their listings with hours, photos, menus, and website links. Users can receive push notifications about local offerings.
- Explore local businesses
- Update business listings
- Add photos and menus
- Link to business websites
- Receive push notifications
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The Rochester Compass app is designed to be used by local residents and visitors to explore our many offerings. Local businesses will have the opportunity to edit their business listing, update hours, list photo, menus, types of services, link to your website and may submit push notifications to app users.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Rochester Compass at every 2 months against Star Transportation's every 29 months. Rochester Compass also leads on ratings volume (4 vs 1). Star Transportation's advantage is 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 5.0 for Rochester Compass. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively.
Star Transportation ships an update every 29 months, Rochester Compass every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Star Transportation | Rochester Compass |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 29 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Star Transportation LLC | Armstrong Software, LLC. |
Customer experience
Star Transportation
Rochester Compass
In-app purchases
Star Transportation
No in-app purchases
Rochester Compass
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Star Transportation free?
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