Comparison

WorldStrides vs PRT Live

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

Head to head
About

WorldStrides

Access your complete travel itinerary offline, with detailed event information and navigation for each day. Quickly find phone numbers and directions for all program locations. Your trip details are beautifully presented and easy to understand, even without an internet connection.

Highlights
  • Offline itinerary access
  • Detailed daily event information
  • Program summaries
  • Phone numbers and navigation
  • Easy-to-understand format
Features
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The WorldStrides app lets you view your detailed itinerary from your Account Manager on your phone. No data or internet connection? No problem! All your program details will still be there presented in a beautiful and easy to understand format. - See a summary of your program with how many events you have on each day. - On each day, view detailed information for each event. - Quickly pull up phone numbers and navigation for the places on your program. Your Account Manager will send you an email with a link to open your specific trip. Bon Voyage!

About

PRT Live

Get real-time updates on the Personal Rapid Transit system's status, including operating hours and potential closures. This app also provides campus navigation and additional resources for West Virginia University students and visitors.

Highlights
  • Real-time PRT status updates
  • Push notifications for status changes
  • 7-day outage history
  • Turn-by-turn campus directions
  • PRT operating schedules
  • Campus dining menus and news
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Never wonder if the PRT is running again. PRT Live gives West Virginia University students, faculty, and visitors real-time status for the Personal Rapid Transit system, plus everything you need to actually get around campus. KNOW BEFORE YOU GO See the PRT's current status at a glance: open, closed, or partially down, updated automatically in the background. Add the home screen widget and you won't even need to open the app. INSTANT ALERTS Turn on push notifications and get notified the moment the PRT's status changes, so you're never caught off guard walking to a station that isn't running. 7-DAY HISTORY Track outages and patterns over the past week to see how the PRT has actually been running. DIRECTIONS Search any destination and get turn-by-turn directions to and from every station, with PRT Live comparing walking against the PRT so you always know the faster way to get there. SCHEDULE Normal operating hours, upcoming closures, and extended hours for events, all in one place. CAMPUS EXTRAS Dining menus, campus resources, and WVU news, right alongside your PRT status. PRT Live is an independent project, not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by West Virginia University. Made for students, by students.

Screenshots

WorldStrides4 screens
PRT Live4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: PRT Live at 100% against WorldStrides's 13%. PRT Live also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.1). WorldStrides's advantage is ratings volume (113 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

PRT Live holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WorldStrides has 113 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 13% of WorldStrides's written reviews are positive against 100% of PRT Live's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
WorldStrides versus PRT Live: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWorldStridesPRT Live
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (113 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews12.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings113 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB70 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWorldStrides-Lakeland Tours, LLCCow Yoga, LLC.

Customer experience

WorldStrides

All ratings109 ratings
Positive78.0%
Neutral2.8%
Negative19.3%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive12.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative87.5%

PRT Live

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

WorldStrides

No in-app purchases

None

PRT Live

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is WorldStrides free?
WorldStrides is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PRT Live free?
PRT Live is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, WorldStrides or PRT Live?
PRT Live is rated higher. WorldStrides averages 4.1 out of 5 from 113 ratings, while PRT Live averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do WorldStrides or PRT Live have ads?
Neither WorldStrides nor PRT Live shows ads.

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