Schoonmaker Tour vs TARTA Flex
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Schoonmaker Tour
Explore a historic Great Lakes lake freighter with an audio guide. Discover the Col. James M. Schoonmaker Museum Ship through narrated clips and historical images. Learn about the "Queen of the Lakes" and its role in Great Lakes history.
- Audio tour guide
- Historic images
- Information on lake freighter history
- Details about the Col. James M. Schoonmaker
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This app from the National Museum of the Great Lakes will lead you on a guided tour of the Col. James M. Schoonmaker Museum Ship in Toledo, Ohio. Included in the app are audio clips describing the ship as well as historic images. The Schoonmaker is a lake freighter built in 1911 for the bulk cargo trade on the Great Lakes and, at 617’ long, she was the “Queen of the Lakes”. NMGL is dedicated to preserving and making known the history of the Great Lakes.
TARTA Flex
This app offers an on-demand ridesharing service for the Toledo area, connecting users with others heading in the same direction. It provides a smart, easy, and affordable way to travel to essential destinations within designated zones or to connect with public transit.
- On-demand ride booking
- Shared rides with others
- Connects to public transit
- Affordable travel
- Accessible for seniors and mobility challenged
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Think of TARTA Flex as a whole new way to get around the Toledo area - a ridesharing service that’s smart, easy, affordable, and green. Book an on-demand ride in the app and our technology will pair you with other people headed your way. Take a comfortable, affordable ride to anywhere in your TARTA Flex zone, or to a place where you can connect with TARTA’s regular bus service. How it works: - Book a ride - Get picked up - Share your ride with others SAFE. RELIABLE. AFFORDABLE. Connect to jobs, doctors, shopping and every other essential destination. You’re getting the convenience and comfort of a private ride with the efficiency and affordability of a public one. TARTA Flex brings public transportation to areas that have never had access to it before and connects northwest Ohioans to their community in a new way. It increases options and opportunities for those with mobility challenges, seniors, businesses, and everyone else in Lucas County and Rossford. Questions? Reach out at flex@tarta.com. Loving your experience so far? Throw us a 5-star rating. You’ll have our eternal gratitude.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Schoonmaker Tour at 5.0 against TARTA Flex's 3.3. Schoonmaker Tour also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). TARTA Flex's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (6 vs 2). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Schoonmaker Tour holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Schoonmaker Tour's written reviews are positive against 67% of TARTA Flex's.
Schoonmaker Tour ships an update every 6 months, TARTA Flex every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Schoonmaker Tour | TARTA Flex |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 3.3 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 137 MB | 129 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | STQRY Limited | Via Transportation, Inc. |
Customer experience
Schoonmaker Tour
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In-app purchases
Schoonmaker Tour
No in-app purchases
TARTA Flex
No in-app purchases
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