Ride Pingo vs ScootCDTA
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ride Pingo
This app offers shared rides for the price of a bus ticket, providing a smart, easy, and affordable transit option. Request on-demand rides, track shuttle services, or book accessible transportation.
- On-demand ride requests
- Shuttle service tracking
- Accessible ride booking
- Affordable travel
- Community transit
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Transit that moves with you. The Ride Pingo app allows you to share the ride, wherever you want to go, for the price of a bus ticket. It's a smart, easy, and affordable way for you and your community to ride with transit. Use our app to request On Demand rides, track Shuttle services, or book Access rides. Ride Pingo is currently operational in multiple locations across the US, Netherlands, Andorra, and UK.
ScootCDTA
Discover and rent electric scooters for a fun, eco-friendly way to explore New York's Capital Region. Find available scooters, locate stations, and manage your account easily.
- Find electric scooters
- Locate rack stations
- Account creation and management
- View pricing information
- Explore Capital Region cities
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CDTA’s SCOOT. The Capital Region’s new scooters are friendly, fun and fully-electric! This mobile app will help you find a SCOOT vehicle, provide rack locations, offer pricing along with account creation and management. So get ready to SCOOT. SCOOT, driven by CDTA, provides an exciting, fully-electric mobility option that supports active lifestyles while also offering a fun and easy way to explore New York’’s Capital Region. You’ll have access to SCOOT vehicles in Albany, Schenectady, Saratoga Springs, and Troy. Scooters MUST be unlocked from one station and dropped off at another SCOOT station. Riders must remain on roadways and we suggest wearing a helmet and remember – Lock It Up – when you are done riding.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Ride Pingo at 4.7 against ScootCDTA's 2.7. Ride Pingo also leads on review sentiment (51% vs 25%) and ratings volume (1.5K vs 6). ScootCDTA's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 3 weeks) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Ride Pingo holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ride Pingo has 1.5K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 51% of Ride Pingo's written reviews are positive against 25% of ScootCDTA's.
Ride Pingo ships an update every 3 weeks, ScootCDTA daily. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and August 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ride Pingo | ScootCDTA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.5K ratings) — better | 2.7 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 51.4% of reviews — better | 25.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.5K — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 109 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Routing Company | MobilityCloud Inc |
Customer experience
Ride Pingo
ScootCDTA
Bugs and requests
Ride Pingo
Reported bugs
4 issues- App not working in certain areas
- Login/signup process issues
- Incorrect time zone handling
- Payments not processing properly
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to message drivers before pickup
- Option to switch drivers during a ride
- More accurate real-time tracking
- Improved routing and scheduling algorithms
- Seamless integration with other transit options
ScootCDTA
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Ride Pingo
No in-app purchases
ScootCDTA
No in-app purchases
