Edison Ford vs The Bay Runner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Edison Ford
Explore the historic winter estates of Thomas Edison and Henry Ford with this app. It offers a guided tour with audio content and historical photos across 20 stops on the property, showcasing botanical gardens and invention museums.
- Guided site tour
- High-quality audio content
- Historic photographs
- Information on 20 stops
- Botanical garden details
- Invention museum highlights
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Enjoy more than 20 acres of sprawling botanical gardens, a 15,000 square foot invention museum, and historic structures including the winter homes of Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, and their shared laboratory. This app provides a tour of the site, with high-quality audio content and historic photographs at twenty stops throughout the property, as well as other features. Located in Fort Myers, Florida, and open to the public since 1947, the Edison and Ford Winter Estates are a National Register Historic Site and one of the most-visited historic home sites in America.
The Bay Runner
This app provides real-time transit information for specific routes, including estimated arrival times and stop details. It also offers notifications for service changes and walking directions to nearby stops. Navigate your journey with up-to-date transit data.
- Real-time tracking
- Estimated time of arrival
- Stop and route information
- Service change notifications
- Walking directions to stops
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The Bay Runner and Lido Beach Trolley powered by TSO Mobile guides riders to their next destination • Real-time tracking • Displays estimated time of arrival to next designated stop • Provides information about stops, routes and schedule • Notifies riders about service changes including delays, detours, and temporary service suspensions • Walking directions to reach nearest stop or route
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Verdict
Edison Ford and The Bay Runner both sit at 3.4 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of The Bay Runner's written reviews are positive against 25% of Edison Ford's. Edison Ford's advantage is update cadence (every 4 months vs every 28 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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 — 3.4 for Edison Ford against 3.3 for The Bay Runner. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19 and 14 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 25% of Edison Ford's written reviews are positive against 100% of The Bay Runner's.
Edison Ford ships an update every 4 months, The Bay Runner every 28 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Edison Ford | The Bay Runner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (19 ratings) — better | 3.3 (14 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 19 — better | 14 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 28 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 134 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Thomas Edison & Henry Ford Winter Estates, Inc. | TRACKING SOLUTIONS CORP |
Customer experience
Edison Ford
The Bay Runner
In-app purchases
Edison Ford
No in-app purchases
The Bay Runner
No in-app purchases
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