onTime Carpool vs Ridewith
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
onTime Carpool
Connect with neighbors and colleagues for shared commutes to reduce your carbon footprint. Save money on travel, earn rewards, and help decrease traffic and CO2 emissions. Enjoy a more sustainable and cost-effective way to reach your destination.
- Share commute costs
- Save the planet
- Earn green points and prizes
- Reduce traffic and CO2
- Utilize HOV lanes
- Free up parking spaces
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It's how you reach your destination that matters. Lower your carbon footprint with onTime Carpool. Meet neighbors and colleagues who are going your way. Enjoy the journey while saving your wallet and the planet. Why onTime Carpool? - Share commute costs and save the planet - Earn green points and win prizes - Reduce traffic and CO2 - Get there faster with the HOV lane and free up parking spaces Join the movement today to go green and save with onTime Carpool!
Ridewith
This app helps you find co-riders for your Uber or Lyft trips to save money. Share your upcoming ride details and connect with verified users on similar routes to split fares.
- Find co-riders for Uber/Lyft
- Split ride fares
- Verified user community
- ID and face verification
- Optional HealthKit integration
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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 review sentiment: onTime Carpool at 100% against Ridewith's 80%. onTime Carpool also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Ridewith's advantage is ratings volume (20 vs 5). On price, update cadence, 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.
onTime Carpool holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 20 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of onTime Carpool's written reviews are positive against 80% of Ridewith's.
onTime Carpool ships an update weekly, Ridewith every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | onTime Carpool | Ridewith |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | 4.8 (20 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 80.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 20 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 107 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Mobileware Inc. | Bala Technologies |
Customer experience
onTime Carpool
Ridewith
In-app purchases
onTime Carpool
No in-app purchases
Ridewith
No in-app purchases
