TransitSTL vs Go!SMTD
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TransitSTL
Enhance your St. Louis transit experience by logging trips to earn rewards. Features include route planning, savings calculators, and carbon emission tracking. It's a free app designed for riders, bikers, and pedestrians.
- Transit trip logging for rewards
- Transit routing and mapping
- Savings calculator
- Carbon emissions calculator
- Pedometer
- Program news and updates
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TransitSTL App features a host of functions that enhances the transit experience in the St. Louis region. Transit users, bikers, and pedestrians will all be able to log their transit trips to earn points that can later be redeemed for prizes through the "See More, Do More" Riders Rewards program. Other in app features include: transit routing and mapping, transit savings calculator, carbon emissions savings calculator, a pedometer and access to program information, news, and updates from TransitSTL. Download this free app to start earning rewards for riding transit today!
Go!SMTD
Plan your transit journeys and pay your bus fare directly from your mobile device. Avoid the need for cash or physical passes by purchasing tickets and adding value to your account digitally. Simply activate your pass and scan your phone when boarding.
- Mobile trip planning
- Digital bus fare payment
- Debit/credit card purchases
- Account value top-ups
- Mobile pass activation
- Scan-to-board functionality
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Go!SMTD is a mobile ticketing application for Sangamon Mass Transit District in the city of Springfield, Illinois. The Go!SMTD app makes it easy to plan your trip and pay your bus fare with your mobile device. There's no need to carry cash and change or worry about losing a temporary pass. Purchase additional passes or add value to your account anytime with a debit or credit card. When you board, activate your pass and scan your phone screen on the bus farebox.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: TransitSTL at 100% against Go!SMTD's 50%. TransitSTL also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.8) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). Go!SMTD's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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.
TransitSTL holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of TransitSTL's written reviews are positive against 50% of Go!SMTD's.
TransitSTL ships an update every 7 months, Go!SMTD every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TransitSTL | Go!SMTD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better | 3.8 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 65 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Parker Hill Agency LLC | SPX Technologies |
Customer experience
TransitSTL
Go!SMTD
In-app purchases
TransitSTL
No in-app purchases
Go!SMTD
No in-app purchases
