Comparison

Vamos Mobility vs ZipTrips

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Vamos Mobility

Plan public transit trips and purchase tickets for multiple agencies in the Northern San Joaquin Valley. Includes routes across San Joaquin and Stanislaus counties, connecting fixed-route and on-demand services. Carshare options are also available.

Highlights
  • Public transit trip planning
  • Multi-agency route information
  • EZHub ticket purchasing
  • Carshare integration
  • Fixed-route and demand response connections
Features
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The Vamos Mobility app connects residents of the Northern San Joaquin Valley with affordable and sustainable transportation options to get you where you want to go and lets you purchase transit tickets using EZHub. Use the app to plan public transit trips within and between San Joaquin and Stanislaus counties. The app provides information and plans routes across all transit agencies in the two counties, including trips across multiple agencies and services, covering both fixed-route transit trips and connections to demand response services. Use the fully integrated EZHub feature to purchase the public transit tickets you need. Tickets are available for San Joaquin RTD, StanRTA, ACE Rail, and transit in Escalon, Ripon, Manteca, Tracy, Lodi, and Turlock. Miocar carshare is now available.

About

ZipTrips

Features
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ZipTrips plans short local adventures — a "Zip" — and gets you out the door. TAP ZIPME One tap. Tell Zippy whether to include food and what kind of day you want — scenic, foodie, nature, family, romantic, hidden gems and more — and you get a real itinerary of up to 8 stops near you, already in a sensible order, on a map. OR JUST ASK Type "plan a day in Napa" or "best tacos in San Diego" into the search box. ZipTrips figures out whether you want a plan or a place and gives you the right thing. EVERY STOP IS REAL Stops are real places with photos, hours, ratings and addresses. Reorder them, remove one, add your own with a search or a long press on the map, or set a start and end point for a round trip. NAVIGATE IT Turn-by-turn navigation with voice guidance, straight from the plan. SHARE THE JOURNEY Send a trip to friends with a link or QR code. Friends can view it, or you can let them edit it with you — changes show up live. Trips can be private, friends-only, or public. Talk it over in the trip's comments, and see when a friend shares a trip with you or edits yours. CAPTURE IT Add photos and videos to a trip, pinned on its map, and check in when you reach a stop. READY-MADE TRIPS Browse Zippy's Trips — curated adventures near you — and add one to your plans in a tap. DO IT AS A GUEST No account needed to plan and share. Create one (phone number, no password) when you want to save trips, add friends, or comment. A ZipTrip is a short local adventure. Pick a kind of day, and go.

Screenshots

Vamos Mobility4 screens
ZipTrips4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: ZipTrips at every 6 weeks against Vamos Mobility's every 3 months. Vamos Mobility's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Vamos Mobility ships an update every 3 months, ZipTrips every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Vamos Mobility versus ZipTrips: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVamos MobilityZipTrips
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.3 (29 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews5.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings29 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size143 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDemandTrans SolutionsGavin O'Connor

In-app purchases

None

Vamos Mobility

No in-app purchases

None

ZipTrips

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Vamos Mobility free?
Vamos Mobility is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ZipTrips free?
ZipTrips is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Vamos Mobility or ZipTrips have ads?
Neither Vamos Mobility nor ZipTrips shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Vamos Mobility or ZipTrips?
Vamos Mobility ships an update every 3 months, and ZipTrips every 6 weeks. Most recently, Vamos Mobility was updated on October 24, 2026 and ZipTrips on October 28, 2026.

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