Comparison

TransLoc vs TAGO RIDES

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

Head to head
About

TransLoc

This app helps you navigate your commute, errands, and campus travel. It combines public transit routes, trip planning, and ride-sharing options with real-time arrival predictions. Get where you need to go efficiently and affordably.

Highlights
  • Public transit tracking
  • Trip planner
  • Ride-sharing integration
  • Bus schedules and arrival times
  • Favorite stops
  • Payment options (where available)
Features
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TransLoc is your personal assistant for getting to work on time, spending the day running errands or hopping around campus for classes. TransLoc is the only app with public transit options, a trip planner, ride-sharing and bus schedules. Not sure how to get from point A to point B? No problem! Use the trip planner to find the best public transit routes, times and services to fit your schedule. You can even favorite the bus stops you use the most to always have arrival predictions at your fingertips. Wondering if you have time to grab a coffee before getting on the bus? With TransLoc, you’ve also got access to scheduled and estimated arrival times…perfect for those mornings when a 5-minute coffee run is essential. Where available, you can even bring the bus stop to you! TransLoc connects you to nearby ride-sharing services offered by your city or campus. Best of all, it’s cheaper than most private ride-hailing apps! Get to where you want to go for less than the other apps want you to pay. ALL YOU NEED TO GET AROUND • Quick access to the transit options nearest you • Stay in the know with scheduled and estimated arrival times • You can even pay with TransLoc (where available) CHEAPER RIDESHARING • Enjoy the same ride-sharing experience you’re used to at a price that’s about the same as a bus ticket GET TO YOUR DESTINATION SAFELY • TransLoc makes it easier to find and use public transit options near you • Your city or campus runs the microtransit and ridesharing services, which are easy to spot and safe to ride on BETTER & SMARTER • Your TransLoc app is constantly updated with great features and enhancements. • We’d love to hear your ideas on how to make the TransLoc app even better. Just use the feedback option within the app.

About

TAGO RIDES

Connect with others traveling the same route to share rides and split costs. Post your existing trips or find available seats, with no surge pricing or commissions. Coordinate details via chat and ensure safety with verified accounts and trip sharing.

Highlights
  • Share rides and split costs
  • Post existing trips
  • Find available seats
  • No surge pricing or commissions
  • In-app chat for coordination
  • Verified accounts and trip sharing
  • Stitches rides with transit
Features
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Someone is already driving where you need to go. Tago connects people making the same trip so they can share the ride and split what it costs. Post the drive you were making anyway, or find a seat on someone else's. No surge pricing, and no commission. HOW IT WORKS 1. Say where you're going and when. 2. See who's already driving that way, with their times, open seats and the cost per seat. 3. Send a request. When the driver accepts, sort out the timings in chat. 4. Scan to start the trip, ride, and you're done. FINDING A RIDE • Search a route and see every trip on it • Request a seat for the day you need, and bring up to three companions • Know the exact cost before you ask, with no fees added at the end • When nobody drives the whole way, tago stitches a drive together with transit • A group chat for every trip, so nobody is guessing where to stand OFFERING SEATS • Post the drive you were already making and fill the empty seats • Set your own time, route and stops • Driving the same trip every week? Post it once and cover the whole week • Review requests and choose who rides with you BUILT AROUND REAL TRIPS • Concerts, games and festivals, with a seat home when it ends • Airport runs to and from set pickup points • Weekly commutes as a repeating schedule • Weekend trips home NO COMMISSION Tago does not take a cut. What a rider chips in is what the driver receives. There is no service fee, no booking fee and no surge. SAFETY Every account is verified and every trip ends with a rating. Trips start with a scan, so the right people are in the right car. Share your live trip with someone you trust whenever you want. WHO USES TAGO Students getting home for the weekend. Commuters splitting the drive into the city. Anyone heading to the same show, the same airport or the same town as someone else, and tired of paying for the whole car alone. Download Tago and find your seat.

Screenshots

TransLoc4 screens
TAGO RIDES4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: TAGO RIDES at 100% against TransLoc's 7%. TAGO RIDES also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.5) and update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). TransLoc's advantage is ratings volume (1.6K vs 16) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). 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

TAGO RIDES holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TransLoc has 1.6K ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 7% of TransLoc's written reviews are positive against 100% of TAGO RIDES's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TransLoc ships an update every 2 months, TAGO RIDES weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
TransLoc versus TAGO RIDES: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTransLocTAGO RIDES
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.5 (1.6K ratings)5.0 (16 ratings) — better
Positive reviews6.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.6K — better16
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size108 MB83 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTransLoc Inc.Tago Rides, Inc.

Customer experience

TransLoc

All ratings1,562 ratings
Positive36.2%
Neutral2.7%
Negative61.1%
Written reviews151 reviews
Positive6.6%
Neutral4.0%
Negative89.4%

TAGO RIDES

All ratings16 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

TransLoc

No in-app purchases

None

TAGO RIDES

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TransLoc free?
TransLoc is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TAGO RIDES free?
TAGO RIDES is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, TransLoc or TAGO RIDES?
TAGO RIDES is rated higher. TransLoc averages 2.5 out of 5 from 1.6K ratings, while TAGO RIDES averages 5.0 from 16 ratings.
Do TransLoc or TAGO RIDES have ads?
Neither TransLoc nor TAGO RIDES shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TransLoc or TAGO RIDES?
TransLoc ships an update every 2 months, and TAGO RIDES weekly. Most recently, TransLoc was updated on November 6, 2026 and TAGO RIDES on November 9, 2026.

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