Pool | Carpooling vs Ridewith
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pool | Carpooling
Connect with local commuters for shared rides to recurring destinations like work or school. Drivers are reimbursed for their trips, and riders enjoy costs comparable to public transit.
- Daily commute carpooling
- Driver reimbursement
- Rider cost comparison
- Recurring ride support
- Work, school, gym commutes
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Begin carpooling with other commuters in your area. Drivers will be reimbursed for their rides, and riders pay a price comparison on average to the costs of public transportation. Carpooling with Pool is great for any recurring rides that you have on a weekly basis. School, work, and gym are all good carpooling opportunities.
Ridewith
Connect with others for shared rides and cost splitting. Offer your empty seats or join existing rideshares. Features ID verification and suggested cost splits for secure and fair travel.
- Find shared rides
- Offer empty car seats
- Split rideshare costs
- Recurring commute posting
- ID verification
- Suggested cost splits
- In-app chat
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Ridewith connects you with people already going your way, so you can share the ride and split what it costs. Pick your destination and see who is heading there. Post your own route in a few taps, as a one-off trip or a recurring weekday commute, and let people ask to join. TWO WAYS TO SHARE A RIDE - I'll drive. Offer the empty seats in your own car and share gas and tolls. - Split a rideshare. Book the trip together and split the fare. HOW IT WORKS 1. Choose where you're going. Ridewith shows routes near you heading the same way. 2. Nothing matching? Post your own route in the same flow, without starting over. 3. Send a request to join, or review the requests coming in on your route. 4. Chat in the app to sort out pickup, timing, and how you'll split. 5. Meet up and go. BUILT AROUND TRUST - ID verification is required before you can connect with anyone. - Profile badges show what each rider has verified: email, workplace, school, or a background check. - Post routes publicly, or keep them unlisted and share the link only with people you choose. - Block controls on every profile. SPLIT IT FAIRLY Ridewith shows a suggested split so nobody has to do the math. You settle up between yourselves however you prefer: cash, Venmo, PayPal, Cash App, or Apple Pay. Ridewith does not process the payment for your ride and does not take a cut of it. COMMUTES, TRIPS, AND EVENTS Save the routes you take often and post them on a repeating weekly schedule, so your regular commute goes up once instead of every morning. Browse group boards for popular destinations when a lot of people are heading the same way at the same time. Ridewith is for sharing rides that someone is already taking. It is not a taxi or for-hire service, and it is not a way to earn money driving. Questions or feedback: support@ridewith.app Terms of use: https://www.ridewith.app/terms Privacy policy: https://www.ridewith.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Ridewith at 4.6 against Pool | Carpooling's 4.0. Pool | Carpooling's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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.
Ridewith holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 23 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Pool | Carpooling's written reviews are positive against 83% of Ridewith's.
| Parameter | Pool | Carpooling | Ridewith |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (10 ratings) | 4.6 (23 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 23 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Daily |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 67 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Pool, Incorporated | Bala Technologies |
Customer experience
Pool | Carpooling
Ridewith
In-app purchases
Pool | Carpooling
No in-app purchases
Ridewith
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Pool | Carpooling free?
Is Ridewith free?
Which has better reviews, Pool | Carpooling or Ridewith?
Do Pool | Carpooling or Ridewith have ads?
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