Ride Beep App vs TigerTransit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ride Beep App
This app connects college students needing rides with drivers in their campus town. Riders enjoy quick pickups and low costs, while drivers can set their own rates and manage multiple passengers efficiently.
- Find rides in seconds
- Low cost rides
- Estimated time of arrivals
- Push notifications
- Drivers manage rider queue
- Drivers set own rates
- Choose payment options
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The Beep App is an affordable ride-sharing app for college students. It provides a very simple and easy way for people to get rides around their college town. Riders are provided a simple screen that allows them to find a ride in seconds. Drivers (beepers) are given a simple interface where they manage all the riders in their queue. Riders get the benefit of finding a driver with a short wait, low cost rides, estimated time of arrivals, push notifications of their driver's status. Drivers get the benefit of setting their own rates for riders, managing many riders in line for rides, choosing their payment options, and a simple way to tell riders of their status.
TigerTransit
Track your late-night shuttle in real-time on an interactive map. Get instant updates on shuttle status and estimated arrival times for stops. Easily contact the onboard RA with a single tap.
- Live shuttle tracking on map
- Real-time ETAs for stops
- Shuttle running status updates
- One-tap call/text RA
- Student-built for students
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Tiger Transit is H-SC's official late-night shuttle tracker. See the bus live on an interactive map, get real-time ETAs for both stops, and know instantly whether the shuttle is running tonight. One tap to call or text the RA on board. Built by students, for students. Thu–Sat, 8 PM–2 AM.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: TigerTransit at 100% against Ride Beep App's 44%. TigerTransit also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and in-app purchases (none vs 3). Ride Beep App's advantage is ratings volume (10 vs 1) and chart position (#181 vs unranked). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Ride Beep App sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. TigerTransit asks for nothing beyond the download.
TigerTransit holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ride Beep App has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 44% of Ride Beep App's written reviews are positive against 100% of TigerTransit's.
| Parameter | Ride Beep App | TigerTransit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 44.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #181 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 69 MB | 196 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | William Nussman | Carter Sido |
Customer experience
Ride Beep App
TigerTransit
In-app purchases
Ride Beep App
- Top of Beeper list for 1 hour$0.99
- Top of Beeper list for 2 hours$1.99
- Top of Beeper list for 3 hours$2.99
TigerTransit
No in-app purchases
