CTrides vs RideBuddies
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CTrides
Discover carpools, transit, and other travel choices in Connecticut. Log your journeys to track savings, monitor environmental impact, and earn rewards. It's a free and simple way to explore your commute options.
- Find carpools
- Discover transit options
- Record trips
- Track savings
- Monitor impact
- Qualify for rewards
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Use the CTrides app to find carpools, transit, and other travel options in Connecticut. Then record your trips to see your savings, track your impact, and qualify for special rewards. Get started today – it's free and easy to do!
RideBuddies
Connect with fellow students to share rides to and from nearby airports. This secure and easy-to-use application simplifies finding travel companions for convenient and cost-effective journeys.
- Find ride buddies for airport travel
- Secure student-only access via CAS login
- Easy request creation and management
- Push notifications for messages
- Relevant request matching
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Find Yalies to share an Uber/Lyft with to or from nearby airports! Made by a Yalie for Yalies, RideBuddies is the best way to find ride buddies because it's: 1. Secure! Only Yale students can use the app (login through CAS). Lots of time has been invested in implementing database security rules so even hackers can’t access any data. 2. Easy to Use! Search for, create, and edit requests with ease. 3. Convenient! Automatically receive push notifications when messaged about a request. Find requests relevant to the ones you’ve created with a single tap.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: RideBuddies at 100% against CTrides's 29%. RideBuddies also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.6) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). CTrides's advantage is ratings volume (41 vs 7). On price, update cadence, 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.
RideBuddies holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CTrides has 41 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 29% of CTrides's written reviews are positive against 100% of RideBuddies's.
CTrides ships an update monthly, RideBuddies every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CTrides | RideBuddies |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (41 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 29.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 41 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Agile Mile, Inc. | Evan Lee |
Customer experience
CTrides
RideBuddies
In-app purchases
CTrides
No in-app purchases
RideBuddies
No in-app purchases
