Blaise Transit vs Barrie TOD
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Blaise Transit
This app lets you easily plan on-demand bus trips by specifying your origin, destination, and desired arrival or departure time. It provides real-time updates on your trip details, offering flexible and reliable public transportation tailored to your needs.
- Create on-demand bus trips
- Set origin and destination
- Specify arrival or departure time
- Real-time trip updates
- Flexible public transport planning
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Blaise allows you to quickly and easily create on-demand bus trips to get you where you are needed most. Simply put in your origin, destination, and the desired time of arrival or departure of your trip and Blaise will create a customized bus trip for you to get where you need to be. Once we confirm your trip, you can use the app to check your trip details that will be updated in real-time. Blaise is your portal to flexible and reliable public transport that is built around your needs. Download the free app today!
Barrie TOD
Book on-demand, shared-ride transportation within Barrie. This pilot project connects riders along a specific bus route, offering flexible booking up to 7 days in advance and real-time trip updates.
- On-demand trip booking
- Book up to 7 days in advance
- Real-time ride updates
- Shared-ride transportation
- Connects specific bus route areas
- Flexible payment options
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Barrie Transit ON Demand is here. Download the app. Book your ride. Get moving now! Barrie Transit ON Demand is a new way to provide transit service in Barrie. This pilot project offers on demand, shared-ride transportation intended to connect people along Barrie Transit bus route #11 – from Huronia Rd. and Lockhart Rd. to Bayview Dr. and Little Ave. Transit ON Demand is a transit service without a fixed schedule where buses only make stops upon request via a mobile app. Riders simply select a time for their ride and their start location. The app will let riders know when to expect a ride, where to wait and when they will reach their destination. Trips can be booked up to 7 days in advance with payment made in the app. Benefits to Transit ON Demand include: - On demand trip booking up to 7 days in advance - Shorter pick-up windows - Faster trips as stops only occur as requested - More efficient service How it works: - Download the free “Barrie Transit ON Demand” app from your app store - Enter your starting point and destination (these areas are highlighted in the app) - Select the date and time you want to ride up to 7 days in advance - Provide rider information (number of riders, adult/youth, wheelchair, etc.) - Select your payment option: pass, ticket, transfer or pay in the app with a credit card - The app lets you know when to expect your ride and where to wait
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Blaise Transit at 3.3 against Barrie TOD's 1.0. Blaise Transit also leads on ratings volume (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.
Blaise Transit holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 47% of Blaise Transit's written reviews are positive against 50% of Barrie TOD's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Blaise Transit ships an update every 3 weeks, Barrie TOD every 4 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Blaise Transit | Barrie TOD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (3 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 46.7% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 90 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Blaise Transit | RideCo Inc. |
Customer experience
Blaise Transit
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In-app purchases
Blaise Transit
No in-app purchases
Barrie TOD
No in-app purchases
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