Comparison

RTS Access Ride Request vs KindredCompass

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

Head to head
About

RTS Access Ride Request

Book and view paratransit trips for Monroe County, NY. Registration and approval are required before booking. Visit myRTS.com/Access for more information.

Highlights
  • Book paratransit trips
  • View scheduled trips
  • Monroe County, NY service
  • Requires registration and approval
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RTS Access Ride Request helps you book and view paratransit trips for Monroe County, NY. RTS Access registration and approval is required prior to booking any trips. Visit myRTS.com/Access for details.

About

KindredCompass

Discover personalized travel recommendations based on your unique tastes. This app learns your preferences for food, music, and activities to suggest unique spots and curated itineraries for your day trips and road adventures.

Highlights
  • Personalized taste profile creation
  • AI-driven spot matching
  • Curated daily adventures
  • Road trip planning
  • RV-specific routing and filters
  • Privacy-focused, no account needed
Features
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Every recommendation app hands everyone the same list. Same top restaurants. Same highway diners. Same generic stops. KindredCompass is built around one thing instead: your taste. It learns what YOU actually like — your food, your music, the kind of places that feel right — gives that taste a name that's truly yours, and matches you with spots worth your time. Dinner tonight, a day out, a road trip, or an RV adventure — every result is shaped by who you are, and tells you why. Four ways to use it. One taste profile behind all of them. YOUR TASTE, NAMED KindredCompass distills your food, music, and lifestyle into a taste identity — a name that's yours to keep and share. We even ask if we got you right. Every match names why a place feels like you, not just "matches your profile." SCAN — WHAT'S NEAR ME, RIGHT NOW Open the app, tap Scan. Get personalized matches for food, drinks, activities, and places to stay — near you or in any city you're visiting. Type a craving ("wings," "sushi," "quiet coffee") and Scan matches the kind of place you mean — a cafe for coffee, not the nearest bar. Tell it Walking or Driving — on foot means a real 10-minute reach, with walk times on every card. Found a place you love? Plan a road trip built around it in a tap. ADVENTURE — A CURATED DAY OUT Three themed paths for your day, each a mini-story from morning coffee to evening wind-down, named to your taste. Edit any stop before you go. Re-route on the fly when weather turns. ROAD TRIP — STOPS MATCHED TO YOU, FROM A TO B Plan a multi-day route with overnight, food, and activity stops curated to your taste. Open the finished route in Apple Maps, or share it with a friend. No more hunting Yelp at every exit. RV MODE — BUILT FOR RVERS WHO KNOW WHAT THEY LIKE Save every rig you own and switch between them per trip. Plan each day around your real driving budget — miles or hours — with arrive-by times and honest RV-speed ETAs, not passenger-car guesses. Big-rig-friendly routing with mountain-pass warnings, hookup-rank campground filtering (30A/50A/Full), pet-friendly filtering, and a Boondocking Mode biased toward Harvest Hosts, Boondockers Welcome, Bureau of Land Management public lands, and overnight-friendly stops. HOW IT LEARNS YOU Onboarding takes two minutes. Name a few spots you already love, tap through food/music/lifestyle tags, and KindredCompass builds your taste profile — then names it. From there it sharpens with every scan, favorite, and adventure rating — no training, just use it. PRIVACY FIRST • No accounts, no logins, no email required • Your profile, favorites, and trip history live only on your device and your own iCloud • We never sell your data or track you across other apps • Anonymous analytics only — no personal identifiers Read our full privacy policy at kindredcompass.app BUILT FOR REAL USE • Native on iPhone and iPad • Apple Weather integration for context-aware scans and weather-reactive routing • Optimized for VoiceOver, Dynamic Type, and Reduced Motion • Household DNA Pairing — blend your profile with your partner's for joint trips SUBSCRIPTION KindredCompass is free to download, with limited daily scans plus free previews of Adventure and Road Trip. KindredCompass Pro unlocks unlimited access: • Pro Monthly — auto-renewing monthly subscription • Pro Annual — auto-renewing annual subscription with a 7-day free trial Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://kindredcompass.app Questions, ideas, or bugs? Email kindredcompasssupport@gmail.com — a real human reads every message.

Screenshots

RTS Access Ride Request4 screens
KindredCompass4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: KindredCompass at 100% against RTS Access Ride Request's 0%. KindredCompass also leads on rating (4.9 vs 3.2) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 25 months). RTS Access Ride Request's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.6). On price, ratings volume, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. KindredCompass sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. RTS Access Ride Request asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

KindredCompass holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 12 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of RTS Access Ride Request's written reviews are positive against 100% of KindredCompass's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RTS Access Ride Request ships an update every 25 months, KindredCompass every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
RTS Access Ride Request versus KindredCompass: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRTS Access Ride RequestKindredCompass
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.2 (15 ratings)4.9 (12 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings15 — better12
Update frequencyEvery 25 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRGRTACharles Gallagher

Customer experience

RTS Access Ride Request

All ratings11 ratings
Positive45.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative54.5%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

KindredCompass

All ratings12 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

RTS Access Ride Request

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

KindredCompass

One-time5
  • Tiny Tip$0.99
  • Average Tip$2.99
  • Large Tip$4.99
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  • KindredCompass Pro$4.99
  • KindredCompass Pro$29.99

Questions

Is RTS Access Ride Request free?
RTS Access Ride Request is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is KindredCompass free?
KindredCompass is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, RTS Access Ride Request or KindredCompass?
KindredCompass is rated higher. RTS Access Ride Request averages 3.2 out of 5 from 15 ratings, while KindredCompass averages 4.9 from 12 ratings.
Do RTS Access Ride Request or KindredCompass have ads?
Neither RTS Access Ride Request nor KindredCompass shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RTS Access Ride Request or KindredCompass?
RTS Access Ride Request ships an update every 25 months, and KindredCompass every 4 days. Most recently, RTS Access Ride Request was updated on October 24, 2026 and KindredCompass on October 24, 2026.

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