Kroosp vs The Piper
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kroosp
Easily create or find carpools for your daily commute or longer trips. Connect with verified users, set your route, departure time, and price. Save money, make new friends, and enjoy a more comfortable journey.
- Create carpools instantly
- Find and select co-riders
- Set departure time and price
- Verified Facebook users
- Share trips to Instagram Stories
- Preview routes on map
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Nowadays people share their photos, videos, ideas… Why don’t they share rides? Create a carpool in a few seconds. Choose a route and a co-rider. Control departure time and price. Pick up passenger on your way to work, gym or any other place. Now you have a new friend and a free cup of coffee, while the passenger had a comfortable ride and got to his destination quicker than by public transport. Forget about suspicious co-riders. Only verified Facebook users. No matter where you go, in a city or between cities, at day or at night, there is always someone, who can share this route with you. Can't find anybody? Share your ride to Instagram Stories. Benefits: – Get friends – Save money – Move in comfort – Select your co-rider – Don’t be “a sprat in the subway” Functions: – State your role and destination – Departure time – Driver also sets the price – Choose your co-riders – Preview a route on the map – Call to offer or request a ride – Share your trip to Instagram Stories –– –– –– –– –– –– –– –– –– You must be at least 18 years old to use Kroosp service.
The Piper
This app offers a convenient way to navigate your local area for short trips and spontaneous outings. Discover nearby restaurants, events, and points of interest without needing a car. It's designed for relaxed, easy exploration at your own pace.
- Local navigation
- Discover nearby places
- Short trip planning
- Spontaneous outings
- Car-free exploration
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Piper is your go-to ride for getting around locally. Designed for short trips and spontaneous plans, Piper makes it easy to explore nearby restaurants, events, and places of interest—no car required. It’s relaxed, convenient, and built to move at your pace.
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Verdict
Kroosp and The Piper both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of The Piper's written reviews are positive against 60% of Kroosp's. The Piper also leads on ratings volume (3 vs 1). Kroosp's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 16.6). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Kroosp against 5.0 for The Piper. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 60% of Kroosp's written reviews are positive against 100% of The Piper's.
| Parameter | Kroosp | The Piper |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 135 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Maksym Potapenko | THE PIPEY LLC |
Customer experience
Kroosp
The Piper
In-app purchases
Kroosp
No in-app purchases
The Piper
No in-app purchases
