Hyre vs DriveItAway
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hyre
Rent a car conveniently using your smartphone. Unlock, start, and close vehicles directly through the app. Enjoy flexible rental periods and automatic settlement for tolls, fuel, and mileage.
- Mobile car unlocking and starting
- Automatic toll, fuel, and mileage settlement
- Rentals by the hour or day
- Variety of vehicle types
- Flexible and cost-effective
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With Hyre, you can quickly, safely and easily rent a car using only your mobile phone. To make it quick and easy all cars can be opened, closed and started with the app and settlement of tolls, fuel and kilometers is done automatically when you end the booking. Rent a car for a few hours or several days. Small electric car or large van. Hyre gives you the same freedom as owning your own car, but with greater flexibility and lower costs.
DriveItAway
Rent a vehicle with the option to buy it later. This app allows you to test drive your dream car with flexible payment plans, turning rental fees into ownership payments. Ideal for those unsure about a large upfront purchase or down payment.
- Rent-to-own vehicle program
- Pay-as-you-go car buying
- Test drive before committing
- Rental payments convert to car payments
- Flexible down payment options
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DriveItAway offers Pay As You Go Car Buying by allowing you to rent your dream vehicle before committing--and, then, turning your rental payments into car payments when you want to commit. Don't have enough down payment or unsure you want to lay out that much upfront? Not sure if this is the car for you? DriveItAway instead. Rent it. Love it. Buy it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Hyre at 4.9 against DriveItAway's 3.1. Hyre also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (60% vs 45%). DriveItAway's advantage is monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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.
Hyre holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 223 and 54 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Hyre's written reviews are positive against 45% of DriveItAway's.
Hyre ships an update weekly, DriveItAway every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hyre | DriveItAway |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (223 ratings) — better | 3.1 (54 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better | 45.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 223 — better | 54 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 251 MB | 85 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hyre AS | DriveItAway Inc. |
Customer experience
Hyre
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In-app purchases
Hyre
No in-app purchases
DriveItAway
No in-app purchases
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