St Benedict's vs Rydes.app
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
St Benedict's
This app provides parents with a centralized platform for school communications. Access daily news, vital information, calendars, and schedules. Stay informed with real-time notifications for critical alerts and staff updates.
- Daily news and vital information
- School calendars and schedules
- Staff profiles
- Extramural activity updates
- Real-time critical alerts
- Direct parent communication
- Personalized profiles and schedules
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An easy to use and accessible communication tool for parents to stay up to date with all the day to day news, vital information, calendars and school schedules. This App contains all the information that parents need on a daily basis right on your mobile device. News, calendars, staff profiles, extramural activities, contact information and critical alerts will ensure that you receive all the notifications in real time. You can communicate directly with other parents from within the App, create your own personal profile and schedule so that you never miss an event.
Rydes.app
This app simplifies school family carpooling with an automatic matching system. It allows private in-app messaging to connect with other families and sends email notifications for new nearby matches.
- Automatic carpool matching
- Private in-app messaging
- Email notifications for new matches
- Secure family communication
- Seamless carpooling experience
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Rydes.app provides a seamless carpooling experience for school families. Our automatic matching system quickly finds families for you to carpool with. Privately message other families in the app (without exposing your email or phone number) to see if they are a good fit. You'll also be notified via email whenever a family joins near you, so you don't have to keep checking the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Rydes.app at 5.0 against St Benedict's's 2.3. Rydes.app also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 10 months). St Benedict's's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.1). On price, ratings volume, 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.
Rydes.app holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively.
St Benedict's ships an update every 10 months, Rydes.app every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and June 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | St Benedict's | Rydes.app |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ST BENEDICTS COLLEGE | Garun Gupta |
In-app purchases
St Benedict's
No in-app purchases
Rydes.app
No in-app purchases
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