RTD FlexRide vs SETran
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RTD FlexRide
Plan your trips and book on-demand rides within the Denver metro area. This app integrates bus, rail, and real-time FlexRide services, offering a seamless travel planning experience.
- Integrated bus, rail, and FlexRide planner
- On-demand ride hailing for FlexRide
- Real-time transit tracking
- Trip scheduling by pick-up or arrival time
- Origin and destination planning
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RTD FlexRide allows you to book your FlexRide trip and connect with bus and rail in real time. This is the perfect travel companion to plan your next outing throughout the Denver metro area. Best features: - Fully integrated route planner for bus, rail, and FlexRide - On demand ride hailing for FlexRide trips. Customers can plan and reserve rides from FlexRide service areas with a pick-up address or place name, by using a current location, or by picking a location from a map. If the pick-up location is outside of the FlexRide service area, the trip planner will load other transportation options. - Easy to use: Click the calendar icon at the top of the screen to schedule a FlexRide by time of pick-up or arrival. Enter your origin location, destination, date, and estimated time of pick up or drop off. Itinerary options will load automatically. Choose an option to load full details. If your ride includes a FlexRide trip, go to the bottom of the screen and “Swipe to Order” to reserve your seat. - Uses RTD’s real-time data and based on Open Trip Planner.
SETran
This app helps users discover and plan travel routes across Southeast Colorado. It focuses on connecting communities and encouraging mobility within the region.
- Regional mobility planning
- Transit connection discovery
- Encourages regional movement
- Southeast Colorado focus
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Identifying connections across Southeast Colorado to enable and encourage movement and mobility throughout the region.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SETran at 5.0 against RTD FlexRide's 2.1. RTD FlexRide's advantage is ratings volume (15 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
SETran holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RTD FlexRide has 15 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
RTD FlexRide ships an update every 3 months, SETran every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | RTD FlexRide | SETran |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (15 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 145 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Regional Transportation District | Spare Labs Inc. |
Customer experience
RTD FlexRide
SETran
In-app purchases
RTD FlexRide
No in-app purchases
SETran
No in-app purchases
