GoCentroBus vs PerGoRide
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GoCentroBus
Track your bus in real-time with this official transit app. Get accurate arrival predictions, view routes and stops, and plan your trips easily. Receive important service alerts for a smoother commute.
- Real-time vehicle location
- Predicted arrival information
- Route and stop display
- Nearby stops with predictions
- Trip planning
- Service alerts
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Welcome to the GoCentroBus mobile app – the only official transit app from Centro. This app is the fastest, easiest way to ride the bus in Central New York. The GoCentroBus app uses GPS technology to track your bus in real-time so you know exactly when it will arrive at your stop. No more missing the bus! Key Features: * Real-Time vehicle location and predicted arrival information * Displays routes, stops, and vehicle positions * Stops “Near Me” feature shows stop locations and predicted arrivals based on your current location * Favorites list gives you quick, single view of arrivals for all routes and stops of interest * Plan your trip using Google Transit technology * Get service alerts/updates about detours, holiday schedules, inclement weather, etc. The GoCentroBus app is just another reason why Centro truly is easy to use and hard to beat.
PerGoRide
Easily request and track rides from local taxi and limo companies. This app provides a simple, safe, and efficient way to hail a ride, empowering fleets with modern technology to compete.
- Request rides
- Track ride location
- Secure payment processing
- Connects with local fleets
- Simple user interface
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Search. Request. Track. Pay. Just like that. PerGo is designed with simplicity at its core to make hailing a ride from anywhere as easy as possible. Hailing a ride from your phone should be as safe as hailing a a ride from your local taxi company. That is why we are working with taxi and limo companies all over the world to facilitate their own rides. We are giving fleets all over the country the technology, to compete with technology. Technology was meant to democratize, not monopolize. We want to hear from you! E-mail us at hello@pergorides.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PerGoRide at 4.4 against GoCentroBus's 2.3. GoCentroBus's advantage is ratings volume (55 vs 5) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). 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.
PerGoRide holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GoCentroBus has 55 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GoCentroBus | PerGoRide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (55 ratings) | 4.4 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 22.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 55 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Central New York Regional Transportation Authority (inc) | eTaxiUSA, LLC |
Customer experience
GoCentroBus
PerGoRide
In-app purchases
GoCentroBus
No in-app purchases
PerGoRide
No in-app purchases
