Leaf Rides vs RTA Le Pass
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Leaf Rides
Explore your city with electric scooters, offering a convenient and fun way to travel without parking restrictions. Simply find, unlock, and ride to your destination for an enjoyable journey.
- Rent electric scooters
- Explore the city
- No parking station restrictions
- Convenient transportation
- Affordable travel
- Fun and safe journeys
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Quit spending your time looking for a parking spot and take Leaf scooters for a spin to explore the city. Enjoy the journey by taking Leaf scooters where you desire and not be restricted by parking stations. Leaf provides you with a convenient, affordable, fun way of transportation around the city. Whether you are commuting to work or class, touring the city, or enjoying the day, use Leaf electric scooters to enjoy the journey. How to use Leaf: 1. Download Leaf Rides app 2. Create your account 3. Find a Leaf scooter nearby 4. Scan or enter the scooter’s QR code with your phone 5. Kick off with one foot on the scooter 6. Enjoy a fun, safe journey to your destination 7. Park and lock scooter in a safe location out of street and foot traffic Check out our website for more information, https://www.leafrides.com
RTA Le Pass
Purchase and use digital transit passes for buses, streetcars, and ferries directly from your phone. Plan your entire journey with real-time service alerts and step-by-step navigation. Simply tap to pay your fare and show your phone when boarding.
- Buy bus, streetcar, and ferry passes
- Digital fare payment
- Journey planning
- Real-time service alerts
- Step-by-step navigation
- Get-off alerts
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With Le Pass by New Orleans RTA, you can easily buy your bus, streetcar and ferry passes right on your phone. No need to wonder about where your ride is or fumble with cash. To pay your fare, just tap to use a pass and then show your phone when you enter the vehicle. Plan • Plan your entire journey without leaving the app. • View all lines running at stops near you. • Service Alerts keep you aware of issues ahead of time. • Save your favorite locations and lines for quick access. Pay • Purchase bus & train tickets and validate your digital pass with a tap. • Just show your digital pass to the operator when you board the vehicle. No scanning required! Ride • You’ll always be informed with step-by-step navigation. Get-off alerts are offered so you never miss your stop.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Leaf Rides at 4.9 against RTA Le Pass's 4.1. Leaf Rides also leads on review sentiment (69% vs 32%). RTA Le Pass's advantage is chart position (#155 vs unranked) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 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.
Leaf Rides holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2.4K and 4.5K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of Leaf Rides's written reviews are positive against 32% of RTA Le Pass's.
Leaf Rides ships an update every 5 months, RTA Le Pass every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Leaf Rides | RTA Le Pass |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (2.4K ratings) — better | 4.1 (4.5K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 69.2% of reviews — better | 31.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2.4K | 4.5K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #155 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 102 MB | 190 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LEAF LLC | New Orleans Regional Transit Authority |
Customer experience
Leaf Rides
RTA Le Pass
Bugs and requests
Leaf Rides
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
RTA Le Pass
Reported bugs
4 issues- App won't accept phone number verification
- Purchased tickets disappear from app
- Live tracking not working as expected
- Incorrect route information displayed
Requested features
5 requests- Allow purchase of multiple tickets in one transaction
- Provide real-time bus/streetcar tracking
- Improve accuracy of schedule information
- Implement customer support/feedback options
- Integrate with other transportation options (e.g. Uber)
In-app purchases
Leaf Rides
No in-app purchases
RTA Le Pass
No in-app purchases
Questions
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