Comparison

Leap Top Up vs Wayspot

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

About

Wayspot

Features
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Travel, reimagined for the spontaneous and the curious. The most memorable journeys rarely begin with a plan. They begin with a moment — a free afternoon, an unfamiliar street, a quiet urge to go somewhere new. This app is designed for those moments. A journey, on a whim Open the app. Travel to the first place you see. It's a quietly radical way to rediscover the joy of going somewhere without a reason. No itineraries to perfect, no decisions to overthink — just the freedom to move. Discover the world around you Arriving somewhere new? Uncover the most remarkable places nearby — landmarks, viewpoints, cultural landmarks, and quieter corners worth knowing. Thoughtfully surfaced, beautifully presented, always within reach. A collection of places worth remembering Save the destinations that move you. Build a personal library of favorites — the cafés, coastlines, and cities you'd return to in a heartbeat. Refined, organized, always with you. Itineraries, considered Craft trips with intention. Add destinations, shape your days, and keep every detail in one elegant place. Whether it's a weekend escape or a longer journey, planning feels effortless. Crafted for the modern traveler • Spontaneous travel, made beautifully simple • Curated discovery of nearby destinations • A personal collection of saved places • Considered itineraries for every journey • Quiet, distraction-free design • Built for travelers who value the experience as much as the destination For the way you travel. For the wanderer who follows instinct. For the traveler who collects places, not photos. For the planner who finds beauty in the details. This is travel, in its most considered form. New Destinations: Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka Open the app. Choose a place. Begin.

Screenshots

Leap Top Up4 screens
Wayspot4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Wayspot at weekly against Leap Top Up's every 3 months. Leap Top Up's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Leap Top Up ships an update every 3 months, Wayspot weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Leap Top Up versus Wayspot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLeap Top UpWayspot
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.9 (48 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews24.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings48 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNational Transport AuthorityJohn Xavier

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

Wayspot

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Leap Top Up

No in-app purchases

None

Wayspot

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Leap Top Up free?
Leap Top Up is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Wayspot free?
Wayspot is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Leap Top Up or Wayspot have ads?
Neither Leap Top Up nor Wayspot shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Leap Top Up or Wayspot?
Leap Top Up ships an update every 3 months, and Wayspot weekly. Most recently, Leap Top Up was updated on November 7, 2026 and Wayspot on November 5, 2026.

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