RTD FlexRide vs RIDE BOCO
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.
RIDE BOCO
Book free, safe, and reliable curb-to-curb transportation within specific Colorado service areas. Schedule immediate pickups or plan trips in advance, and track your vehicle's location in real-time directly from your phone.
- Book rides on demand
- Schedule trips in advance
- Track vehicle locations
- Free curb-to-curb service
- Service area mapping
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RIDE BOCO is a free service provided by Boulder County, Colorado, delivering safe and reliable curb to curb transportation. The RIDE BOCO app allows you to book a ride on Ride Gunbarrel or Ride SouthEast, direct from your phone for free. Ride Gunbarrel provides service in Gunbarrel. Ride SouthEast provides service in Lafayette, Lewisville, Superior, and portions of Erie. In the app, those geographical areas are highlighted in red on the map. You may need to zoom out on the map to see them. Just enter your origin and destination to find a ride, book a seat onboard, and share the ride with others. Using the RIDE BOCO app, you can: • Schedule a quick pick up within minutes • Book a trip in advance • Track vehicles in the zone for up-to-the-minute locations
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: RIDE BOCO at 100% against RTD FlexRide's 0%. RIDE BOCO also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.1) and update cadence (every 11 days vs every 3 months). RTD FlexRide's advantage is ratings volume (15 vs 1). 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.
RIDE BOCO 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. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of RTD FlexRide's written reviews are positive against 100% of RIDE BOCO's.
RTD FlexRide ships an update every 3 months, RIDE BOCO every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RTD FlexRide | RIDE BOCO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.1 (15 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 145 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Regional Transportation District | RideCo Inc. |
Customer experience
RTD FlexRide
RIDE BOCO
In-app purchases
RTD FlexRide
No in-app purchases
RIDE BOCO
No in-app purchases








