Leap Top Up vs Moby Move
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Leap Top Up
This official app allows you to manage your TFI Leap Card directly from your NFC-enabled iPhone. Check your balance, top-up your card, and purchase tickets conveniently. It also lets you collect pre-paid tickets and view recent transactions.
- Check TFI Leap Card balance
- Top-up Leap Card instantly
- Purchase and collect tickets
- View daily/weekly capping
- See last 5 transactions
- Email receipts for top-ups
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This official Leap Top-Up app from Transport for Ireland (TFI) allows you to check your balance, top-up your TFI Leap Card and purchase tickets - directly from your NFC-enabled iPhone. Open the app and simply hold your TFI Leap Card to the back, top of your iPhone to instantly check your balance, buy a ticket, collect a pre-paid ticket, or top-up your card – anytime, anywhere. Key Features: * Check your balance – see the current balance of any TFI Leap Card * Top-up instantly by using the dial to select a top-up value or tap to enter your desired amount * Check the daily, weekly capping value * Buy and Collect pre-paid tickets or tickets bought online from LeapCard.ie * View your last 5 transactions * Receive receipts via email for top-ups made via the app * Save your payment details * View your card information at a glance * View ticket information for tickets on your TFI Leap Card Note: The Leap Top-up app's minimum requirement is an iPhone 7 running iOS 13.0. Due to the NFC chips used on iPhone 7 and 7 Plus some users may experience scanning issues or delays when scanning their TFI Leap Card. If the app fails to read the card it is recommended to adjust the position of the card.
Moby Move
Locate and rent nearby vehicles for easy travel. Access a dashboard with trip history, weather forecasts, and personal counters. Unlock vehicles via QR code scanning or lock codes.
- Vehicle location on map
- QR code unlocking
- Trip history tracking
- Weather forecast integration
- Problem reporting
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Register and be authorized by confirming telephone and any email. Select the type of subscription and select the payment method. You will find the nearest available vehicle on the map or on your personal dashboard. The dashboard also includes weather forecast, your personal trip counter and information. Rent a vehicle by scanning the QR code on the lock, use the bike lock code in app to unlock the chain lock. Some of the features of the app: • Register and select your city scheme • See the list of vehicles and stations on the map • Unlock the vehicle by scanning the QR code • Track your trips and costs with trip history • Report a problem
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Moby Move at 4.3 against Leap Top Up's 2.9. Moby Move also leads on update cadence (every 11 days vs every 3 months). Leap Top Up's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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.
Moby Move holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 45 and 42 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of Leap Top Up's written reviews are positive against 30% of Moby Move's.
Leap Top Up ships an update every 3 months, Moby Move every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Leap Top Up | Moby Move |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (45 ratings) | 4.3 (42 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 24.5% of reviews | 30.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 45 — better | 42 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 97 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | National Transport Authority | MOBY Bikes Ltd |
Customer experience
Leap Top Up
Moby Move
Bugs and requests
Leap Top Up
Reported bugs
57 issues- Card won't read
- Repeatedly saying to place card flat
- Failing payment saying check card type
- Doesn't give anywhere to select card type
- Keeps failing payment
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- Scanner doesn't work
- Scanner doesn't want to scan
- Scanner doesn't work half the time
- Trying to top it up, it fails consistently
- Ne skanuie kartku
- Fails and gives an error to please select the correct card type
- No menu to select any card type
- Scanner geht nicht
- Cannot scan card since latest update
- App freezes all the time
- Top up always times out
- Payment system buffers and fails
- Scanner doesn't work
- Not possible to enter details manually
- Scanner doesn't work
- Says please wait for a second and nothing happens
- Card won't load sometimes
- Not scanning any of the cards
- Does not add money
- Does not do anything to the card
- Scan does not work
- Weird to choose to not permit the use with the number of the card
- Asks to select the right card type and won't accept the payment
- Card type is not even an option
- Doesn't work as all reviews but one state
- Keeps adding money to mine and my friends card when we scan to check out balance
- Reader randomly doesn't work
- App implies user error
- Place the card in the same spot every time and repeat the exact steps, yet it randomly stops working
- Does not happen with any other NFC scenario or app
- Big fat bug in the implementation of this app
- Behavior is random, likely a multi-threaded deadlock type of bug
- Make payment NOT working
- Button simply doesn't work
- Doesn't work on iPhone 14 pro
- Nothing happens when I tap “open scanner”
- Keep getting error message despite keying in all card details
- Please correct the following and try again
- Please select correct Card Type
- App only reads my card 10% of the time
- Extremely frustrating when it is not able to read it
- Issue is in the app not the user
- Scanner won’t open
- Please wait… then nothing happens
- Scanner run and the card was readed correctly after iPhone upgrade
- Scanner will not even open
- Worked for a week, then it stopped reading the card
- Now it’s frozen in the scanner opening page
- Not possible to scan at all
- Tried reinstalling app but still doesn’t work
- Scanner problem
- Tapping on 'scan new tfi leap card' but it's starting to scan
Requested features
14 requests- Create an account for automatic balance updates
- Option to create an account
- Tap to pay on public transport
- Purchase tickets directly off the app
- Apple Pay integration
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- Use iPhone for tap to pay
- See if cap is reached
- More history transactions
- No cap meter on iOS
- Ability to log in with username or Leap card number
- See the scan as you are using the app
- Option to input card number
- Auto top up
- Pay with Apple Pay
Moby Move
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Leap Top Up
No in-app purchases
Moby Move
No in-app purchases
Questions
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