TreadShare vs COOP Drivers
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TreadShare
This app connects drivers and passengers for carpooling, aiming to reduce traffic, save money, and protect the environment. It facilitates cost-sharing for rides across the Western US, allowing users to find or post available trips.
- Connect drivers and passengers
- Share ride costs
- Reduce traffic and environmental impact
- Find or post available rides
- Western US travel focus
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TreadShare is a carpooling app that links drivers and passengers so they can share rides and the cost of the drive. The goal here is to reduce the number of cars on the road, save money, connect like-minded travelers across the Western US, and help protect the environment. TreadShare is available anywhere and anytime people are on the road; come see what rides are available or post your own! Carpooling with TreadShare is a cost-sharing arrangement organized through the app, and not a commercial activity for drivers.
COOP Drivers
This app empowers drivers to form and manage their own driver-owned rideshare cooperatives. It provides the tools and platform to build a community-driven transportation service.
- Build driver-owned cooperatives
- Manage rideshare services
- Community-driven transportation
- Driver empowerment
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Ready to build driver-owned rideshare? Download COOP Driver to build your coop.
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Verdict
TreadShare and COOP Drivers both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 91% of TreadShare's written reviews are positive against 71% of COOP Drivers's. TreadShare also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported). COOP Drivers's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks) and ratings volume (339 vs 19). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for TreadShare against 4.8 for COOP Drivers. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: COOP Drivers has 339 ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 91% of TreadShare's written reviews are positive against 71% of COOP Drivers's.
TreadShare ships an update every 6 weeks, COOP Drivers every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TreadShare | COOP Drivers |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (19 ratings) | 4.8 (339 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 90.9% of reviews — better | 71.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 19 | 339 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 232 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TreadShare | MVL Foundation |
Customer experience
TreadShare
COOP Drivers
In-app purchases
TreadShare
No in-app purchases
COOP Drivers
No in-app purchases
