Comparison

XCARET! vs Volaris

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

XCARET!

Enhance your park visit with digital tickets, interactive maps, and real-time activity information. Book tickets, tours, and activities with exclusive benefits, and easily access dining options and services. Save memories with photo access and optimize your day with personalized planning tools.

Highlights
  • Digital tickets for sustainable entry
  • Fast and easy ticket and tour booking
  • Interactive park maps
  • Real-time activity schedules and locations
  • FotoPass photo access and sharing
  • Restaurant discovery and service locator
Features
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Download the Xcaret App and enjoy an even better experience before and during your visit to Xcaret Parks in Cancun and the Riviera Maya. Buy tickets for parks and tours quickly and securely, access your digital tickets, and plan every moment of your adventure from your mobile device. • Buy tickets and Extra Activities in the app: Purchase tickets for parks and tours, add transportation, and now buy Extra Activities on the same day of your visit. Choose your activity, select a time, and pay directly from your phone without visiting a ticket booth. • Access your digital tickets: Skip printed tickets, enjoy faster park entry, and help support a more sustainable travel experience. • Enhanced interactive maps: Easily find attractions, restaurants, services, and activities. View your real-time location, select a destination, and receive the best route to get there. • Plan your day: Check schedules, locations, restrictions, and save your favorite activities to organize your visit. • PhotoPass at your fingertips: Access your photos anytime and share them with family and friends. • Restaurants and services: Discover dining options, operating hours, shops, lockers, changing rooms, information points, and more. • Fast search: Quickly locate attractions, routes, and services throughout the park. • Personalized experience: Sign in with your account or social media to unlock exclusive features. • Available in English and Spanish. Note: Some features require your full name, country or region, date of birth, email address, and location access to provide services such as in-park navigation. You can also choose to receive push notifications with important information during your visit.

About

Volaris

Manage all aspects of your trip in one convenient application. Book flights, save traveler and payment information for faster bookings, and access exclusive mobile offers. Track your bookings, add services, check-in, and receive your boarding pass digitally.

Highlights
  • Book flights
  • Save traveler and payment info
  • Exclusive mobile offers
  • Manage bookings and add services
  • Digital check-in and boarding pass
  • Live flight status updates
  • Push notifications
Features
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Access everything you need for your trip in one place with the new Volaris app: Book a flight Book the best flight from our 197+ routes. You can save traveler information for you and your companion to make each booking even faster. Easy payments Save your payment information in your profile to book flights easier, faster and safer. Offers Get access to our exclusive mobile app offers and save on your next trip! My trips Verify your bookings, confirm details like flight number and baggage benefits, add optional services such as baggage, pets, sports equipment and seats. Check-in Speed up boarding on international flights by scanning your travel documents at check-in! Boarding pass Avoid lines at the airport by getting your boarding pass on our app! Keep track of your flight information: boarding time, boarding group, seat number, itinerary so you can get to the airport on time. Add your boarding pass to your wallet app to keep it handy. Flight status View live arrival and departure updates on our enhanced flight status experience. Notifications We'll let you know about special offers, flight updates and check-in reminders. Your perfect travel companion, right in your pocket! Send us your feedback at new.app@volaris.com, we are always listening to your suggestions.

Screenshots

XCARET!4 screens
Volaris4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: XCARET! at none against Volaris's shown. XCARET! also leads on review sentiment (23% vs 14%). Volaris's advantage is chart position (#45 vs unranked). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for XCARET! against 4.8 for Volaris. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6.5K and 17K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 23% of XCARET!'s written reviews are positive against 14% of Volaris's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

XCARET! ships an update fortnightly, Volaris every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
XCARET! versus Volaris: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterXCARET!Volaris
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (6.5K ratings)4.8 (17K ratings) — better
Positive reviews22.7% of reviews — better13.7% of reviews
Number of ratings6.5K17K — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#45 — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size354 MB173 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperExperiencias Xcaret S.A. de C.V.Volaris

Customer experience

XCARET!

All ratings6,479 ratings
Positive93.0%
Neutral1.8%
Negative5.2%
Written reviews330 reviews
Positive22.7%
Neutral3.6%
Negative73.6%

Volaris

All ratings15,743 ratings
Positive94.7%
Neutral1.6%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews930 reviews
Positive13.7%
Neutral2.0%
Negative84.3%

User reviews

XCARET!

From 6.5K App Store ratings

What we love

  • ⭐ Excellent customer service
  • 🌴 Beautiful natural setting
  • 🎢 Variety of fun activities

Room to improve

  • 🐛 App crashes and freezes
  • 💸 Expensive photo packages
  • 🚫 Restricted access for some attractions

Volaris

From 17K App Store ratings

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Constant updates and unavailability to download
  • 🐛 Crashes and unable to load
  • 🐛 Boarding passes not loading for all passengers
  • 🐛 Unable to edit incorrect passport data
  • 🐛 Unable to check in for flights

Bugs and requests

XCARET!

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Login screen not working
  • App not loading past initial screen
  • Unable to download or access photos

Requested features

3 requests
  • Offline map functionality
  • Ability to add purchased tickets to app
  • Better integration between app and website

Volaris

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App doesn't load or connect to the internet
  • App crashes and kicks users out
  • Boarding passes not loading correctly
  • Incorrect passport data scanning
  • Unable to check in for flights through the app

Requested features

1 request
  • Fix the app and make it work properly

In-app purchases

None

XCARET!

No in-app purchases

None

Volaris

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is XCARET! free?
XCARET! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Volaris free?
Volaris is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, XCARET! or Volaris?
Volaris is rated higher. XCARET! averages 4.7 out of 5 from 6.5K ratings, while Volaris averages 4.8 from 17K ratings.
Do XCARET! or Volaris have ads?
Volaris shows ads; XCARET! does not.
Which is updated more often, XCARET! or Volaris?
XCARET! ships an update fortnightly, and Volaris every 2 weeks. Most recently, XCARET! was updated on November 5, 2026 and Volaris on November 6, 2026.

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