PedApp vs eco
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PedApp
This app allows pedestrians to wirelessly activate crosswalk signals, providing audible cues for walk phases and clearance times. It offers enhanced features for visually impaired users, including APS identification and location.
- Wireless pedestrian signal actuation
- Audible walk and clearance phase indications
- Countdown timer for pedestrian clearance
- Identification and location of accessible pedestrian signals
- User selection of desired crossing
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The Polara PedApp is for all pedestrians to wirelessly push/actuate/place a pedestrian call/walk request. Compatible with Polara iNS Accessible Pedestrian Signals (APS). Enhanced features for visually impaired pedestrians include identification and location of APS. When activated App will alert pedestrian of nearby APS crossing and allow user to choose desired crossing. Corresponding APS's locate tone will increase in volume and APS will receive a push/actuation signal from the App to place a pedestrian call/walk request. The App can provide audible indications for Walk, Don't Walk, Pedestrian Clearance (including audible countdown if desired) phases.
eco
This utility app connects to specific counting devices to retrieve and manage data. It allows users to initialize counters, view real-time counts, update firmware, and adjust sensor settings.
- Initialize Evo range counters
- Display real-time count data
- Retrieve data by date
- Send data to Eco-Visio
- Perform tests and diagnostics
- Update firmware
- Adjust sensor settings
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Application only compatible with the 'Evo' range of counters. Eco-Counter® has more than 15 years of experience developing automated solutions for counting pedestrians and cyclists and enabling a data-driven approach to bike and pedestrian planning. Our durable, discreet counters are trusted all over the world – from bike counters deployed on the busiest cycle tracks of New York City, to trail counters in remote regions of the Rockies. Eco-Link Evo for iOS has been specifically designed to retrieve data on all kinds of counting systems in the Eco-Counter Evo® range from a simple smartphone. We're excited to offer this new app. Please feel free to share with us your feedback or any improvement suggestions you may have. Easy to use and intuitive, Eco-Link Evo allows among other things to: - Initialize counters of the Evo range - Display count data in real time - Retrieve data from a counter initialization or from a desired date - Send data to Eco-Visio (diagnostics, count data, modem status, photos) - Perform tests and diagnostics - Update firmware versions - Adjust the sensors settings - Take photos of the counting sites (displayed in Eco-Visio) - Set the time of a counter
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PedApp at 3.6 against eco's 3.0. PedApp also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). eco's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 8 months). On price, ratings volume, 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.
PedApp holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 4 respectively.
PedApp ships an update every 8 months, eco every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PedApp | eco |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (5 ratings) — better | 3.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 147 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Polara Engineering, Inc. | Quanteo Group |
Customer experience
PedApp
eco
In-app purchases
PedApp
No in-app purchases
eco
No in-app purchases
