Washington Taxis vs SmarTrip
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Washington Taxis
Book a taxi quickly and easily with priority service. Features include passwordless registration, business account integration for expense automation, price estimation, driver and vehicle tracking, and the ability to schedule future rides.
- Passwordless registration
- Business account integration
- Price estimator
- Driver and vehicle tracking
- Schedule future trips
- Priority service
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The official taxi app of Washington Taxis. Book a taxi in under 10 seconds and experience exclusive priority service from Washington Taxis. - Passwordless registration flow - Login & book with your business account and automate expenses - Know an average of how much will cost your trip with the price estimator - See your driver’s and vehicle details and track their arrival on the map. - Schedule future trips
SmarTrip
Manage your SmarTrip card and account with this optional tool. Register your card for balance protection, check benefits, set up auto-reload, or purchase transit passes. It can also be added to Apple Wallet for easy tap-to-pay.
- Manage SmarTrip card and account
- Add SmarTrip to Apple Wallet
- Register card for balance protection
- Check SmartBenefits
- Setup Auto-Reload
- Buy unlimited transit passes
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This app is an OPTIONAL tool that allows you to manage your SmarTrip® card and account. This app can NOT be used to pay your transit or parking fares. You do NOT need to setup a SmarTrip account to use SmarTrip in Apple Wallet. Add SmarTrip to Apple Wallet: - Open Apple Wallet on iPhone or Apple Watch - Tap “+”, choose “Transit Card”, select “SmarTrip” - In less than a minute you’ll have a new SmarTrip card in your Apple Wallet and be ready to tap to pay for rides or parking anywhere SmarTrip is accepted. If you need to do account management, then: - Install this optional SmarTrip app to register your card for account balance protection, check SmartBenefits, setup Auto-Reload, or buy money-saving unlimited transit passes. Chat with us at WMATA.COM/CHAT or call 888-SMARTRIP (888-762-7874)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is chart position: SmarTrip at #206 against Washington Taxis's unranked. SmarTrip also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, update cadence 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.
Washington Taxis ships an update every 3 months, SmarTrip every 5 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Washington Taxis | SmarTrip |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 2.1 (116 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 16.7% of reviews — better | 10.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 116 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #206 — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 91 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | EESA CM LTD | Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority |
Customer experience
Washington Taxis
SmarTrip
Bugs and requests
Washington Taxis
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
SmarTrip
Reported bugs
3 issues- Unable to activate account due to missing activation email
- Password reset process not working
- Inconsistent behavior when adding value to card
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to transfer balance between cards
- Real-time balance updates
- Improved trip planning tools
- Apple Watch support
In-app purchases
Washington Taxis
No in-app purchases
SmarTrip
No in-app purchases
