Clipper Card vs Gas Share
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Clipper Card
Manage your transit card for contactless fare payments across the San Francisco Bay Area. Load value, plan trips with real-time information, and pay fares directly from your iPhone or Apple Watch.
- Pay fares with Clipper in Apple Pay
- Manage transit accounts
- Load cash value and transit passes
- Plan trips with real-time info
- Add/transfer cards to Apple Wallet
- View account activity
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The Clipper app is here! - Pay your fares with Clipper in Apple Pay - Manage your account(s) - Load cash value and transit passes - Plan your trips Clipper is the all-in-one transit card used for contactless fare payments throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. The new Clipper app lets you manage your Clipper account from your iPhone—add value, view your history, and plan your trip! Download the Clipper app today! Pay with Your iPhone or Apple Watch The Clipper app gives you step-by-step instructions for setting up a new Clipper card or transferring an existing Clipper card to your Apple Wallet. Manage Your Account The Clipper app gives you the same account access as the website, but on your iPhone! You can register a new card, load cash value and transit passes, set up Autoload, view your recent activity, and other features. Sign in and out of multiple Clipper accounts in the Clipper app to manage a card on behalf of someone else. Plan Your Trip The Clipper app has real-time transit information and helpful trip planning tools to make getting around the Bay easy! You can view nearby transit options and routes, get real-time travel and arrival information, and save your favorite locations, stops, and stations. By downloading this app, you agree to and accept the terms of the Clipper Mobile Application License Agreement (https://www.clippercard.com/ClipperWeb/mobile-application-agreement.html) and the Clipper Privacy Policy (https://www.clippercard.com/ClipperWeb/privacy.html). Clipper serves 24 transit services in the San Francisco Bay Area: AC Transit BART Caltrain City Coach County Connection Dumbarton Express FAST Golden Gate Ferry Golden Gate Transit Marin Transit Muni Petaluma Transit SamTrans San Francisco Bay Ferry Santa Rosa CityBus SMART SolTrans Sonoma County Transit Tri Delta Transit Union City Transit Vine VTA WestCAT Wheels By downloading this app, you agree to and accept the terms of the Clipper Mobile Application License Agreement (https://www.clippercard.com/ClipperWeb/mobile-application-agreement.html) and the Clipper Privacy Policy (https://www.clippercard.com/ClipperWeb/privacy.html).
Gas Share
Easily split the cost of gas for road trips or carpooling. Save time by recording frequent journeys for quick recalculations. This app simplifies expense sharing for shared travel.
- Split gas costs
- Calculate shared expenses
- Save and record frequent trips
- Ideal for road trips and carpooling
- Simple expense sharing
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Gas is expensive, so it is important to share the cost when you can. Splitting the cost of gas is easy with Gas Share! Whether you are going on a road trip or carpooling to work, Gas Share helps you calculate and share the cost with others. Take a certain trip often? You can save time by recording your trips and then coming back to them later.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Gas Share at 100% against Clipper Card's 3%. Gas Share also leads on rating (4.9 vs 3.8). Clipper Card's advantage is ratings volume (12K vs 9) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 15 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Gas Share holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Clipper Card has 12K ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 3% of Clipper Card's written reviews are positive against 100% of Gas Share's.
Clipper Card ships an update every 3 months, Gas Share every 15 months. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Clipper Card | Gas Share |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (12K ratings) | 4.9 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 2.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12K — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 15 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #181 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 27.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Metropolitan Transportation Commission | Josiah Stephens |
Customer experience
Clipper Card
Gas Share
Bugs and requests
Clipper Card
Reported bugs
4 issues- App freezes and crashes frequently
- Card balances not updating properly
- Issues with adding cards to Apple Wallet
- Inconsistent behavior when loading funds
Requested features
5 requests- Improve real-time sync of card balance and transactions
- Streamline process to cancel auto-load and transfer balances
- Provide better customer support and communication
- Enhance security features for lost/stolen cards
- Eliminate unnecessary fees
Gas Share
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Clipper Card
No in-app purchases
Gas Share
No in-app purchases
