Comparison

TransLoc vs Flextrip

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

Flextrip

Plan, experience, and remember your semester abroad with this comprehensive travel companion. Discover new cities, rank your favorite spots, and track your expenses. Optional premium services offer personalized planning and concierge support.

Highlights
  • Explore cities on a unified map
  • Save and rank visited spots
  • Build city-by-city trip journals
  • Track weekend expenses with bill splitter
  • Optional premium planning and concierge service
  • Personalized travel journal with photos and notes
Features
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Flextrip is the app for your semester abroad. Explore every city on one map, from our hand-picked spots to anything on Google. Save what you want to hit, rank what you actually did (loved it, fine, or nah), and watch your trips build themselves city by city. PLAN IT Going somewhere? Plan the trip, even across multiple cities, line up your spots, and set the days. LIVE IT Rank spots as you go. Your list becomes your personal best-to-worst ranking for every city. REMEMBER IT Finished trips become your travel journal: every spot scored, your photos, your notes, and what the weekend cost with the built-in bill splitter. FLEX+ (optional membership) Flex+ is a real-world travel service for your semester: our team plans your weekends, you get a personal concierge text line with real humans, member pricing at partner venues and tour operators, and access to member events. One payment covers the whole semester. Made for study-abroad students, by people who did it.

Screenshots

TransLoc4 screens
Flextrip4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Flextrip at 100% against TransLoc's 7%. Flextrip also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.5) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). TransLoc's advantage is monetization model (free vs freemium) and ratings volume (1.6K vs 7). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

Flextrip 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 7, 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 Flextrip's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TransLoc ships an update every 2 months, Flextrip fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
TransLoc versus Flextrip: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTransLocFlextrip
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.5 (1.6K ratings)5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews6.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.6K — better7
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size108 MB51 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperTransLoc Inc.Flextrip Travel LLC

Customer experience

TransLoc

All ratings1,562 ratings
Positive36.2%
Neutral2.7%
Negative61.1%
Written reviews149 reviews
Positive6.7%
Neutral4.0%
Negative89.3%

Flextrip

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

TransLoc

No in-app purchases

None

Flextrip

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TransLoc free?
TransLoc is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Flextrip free?
Flextrip is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, TransLoc or Flextrip?
Flextrip is rated higher. TransLoc averages 2.5 out of 5 from 1.6K ratings, while Flextrip averages 5.0 from 7 ratings.
Do TransLoc or Flextrip have ads?
Neither TransLoc nor Flextrip shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TransLoc or Flextrip?
TransLoc ships an update every 2 months, and Flextrip fortnightly. Most recently, TransLoc was updated on October 12, 2026 and Flextrip on September 29, 2026.

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