Comparison

myORCA vs Trip & Taste

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

Head to head
About

myORCA

Manage your Puget Sound transit card for buses, trains, and ferries. Load fares, check balances, and purchase passes on the go. Connect your existing card or order a new one to simplify your commute.

Highlights
  • Load fares instantly
  • Check card balance
  • Manage multiple cards
  • Purchase daily/monthly passes
  • Set up autoloads
  • Connect existing ORCA card
Features
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ORCA is the Puget Sound’s all-in-one transit card. Use it to ride the bus, train and ferry in the Seattle-Tacoma metropolitan area. To get started, download the app and create an account. You need an ORCA card to use the myORCA app. You can connect your existing card or order a new card. Now you can manage your ORCA card anywhere, 24/7 with the myORCA app. With the myORCA app, you can: - Load fares instantly - Check your balance - Purchase and manage multiple ORCA cards - Purchase daily or monthly passes - Set up autoloads - And much more! With ORCA, you can pay for trips and transfers on Community Transit, Everett Transit, King County Metro, Kitsap Transit, Pierce Transit, Sound Transit and Washington State Ferries. Some exclusions apply on special trips and Washington State Ferries. To use ORCA, be sure to tap your card on the ORCA card reader on board, on the train platform, or at your stop. Reduced fare programs are available to qualified riders with low incomes, seniors (65+ years), youth (6-18 years), and persons with disabilities. Reduced fare cards work with the myORCA app, call 888-988-6722 / TTY: 711 to find out which card is right for you. This app requires iOS 13 and above.

About

Trip & Taste

This app consolidates family travel planning, recipe browsing, and a word game into a single, user-friendly interface. It offers a private, invite-code protected experience with a clean design focused on shared activities and minimal fuss.

Highlights
  • Family trip planner
  • Recipe browsing
  • Casual word game
  • Private invite code access
  • Clean, fast interface
  • Pull-to-refresh gestures
Features
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Take the road with a little more room for the good parts. Trip & Taste brings ten original field guides into one free native app. Explore Las Vegas, Death Valley, Los Angeles, San Diego, Hawaii’s Big Island, Arizona, Alaska, Gujarat, Portland and Seattle—with food, practical preparation and flexible days in the same place. INTO THE MONSOON Explore ten additional getaways across Gujarat, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh in English and Gujarati. Match places to your preferences, compare up to three destinations, save favourites and share bilingual posters. All collection text and artwork are bundled for offline use. Ratings are editorial suggestions; destination images are illustrative artwork. PLAN YOUR DATES Choose your starting date, reorder days, pick an alternative and leave out stops for a gentler pace. Saved calendar rules highlight relevant closures and restrictions. Where checked location data is available, sunrise and sunset targets are estimated on your device. FIND YOUR NEXT TASTE See specific vegetarian dishes, preparation questions and restaurant source links. Restaurants can serve other food too: this is a vegetarian-friendly travel companion, not a promise that every kitchen is vegetarian or allergy-safe. KEEP IT WITH YOU All guide text, source summaries, saved plans, checklists and journal entries work offline. No account or download is required after installation. Share a plan or a note only when you choose. KNOW WHAT TO RECHECK Changeable facts show when they were checked. Unknown details remain visible. Official sources, Maps searches and Techie Traveler Foodie videos open separately when tapped and may need internet. Always free. No subscriptions, purchases, ads or runtime AI. Trip & Taste is a field guide, not live navigation or an access guarantee. Navigation maps, current weather, traffic, tides, eruptions and operator availability are not bundled. Download your real route separately, check current official notices and reconcile bookings when changing dates.

Screenshots

myORCA1 screens
Trip & Taste4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Trip & Taste at 5.0 against myORCA's 2.5. Trip & Taste also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). myORCA's advantage is ratings volume (384 vs 2) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Trip & Taste holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: myORCA has 384 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

myORCA ships an update every 2 months, Trip & Taste every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
myORCA versus Trip & Taste: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametermyORCATrip & Taste
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.5 (384 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews15.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings384 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 6 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB60 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCentral Puget Sound Regional Transit AuthorityParashar Shah

Customer experience

myORCA

All ratings344 ratings
Positive32.6%
Neutral8.4%
Negative59.0%
Written reviews197 reviews
Positive15.2%
Neutral12.2%
Negative72.6%

Trip & Taste

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

myORCA

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Login credentials not recognized
  • Payment method addition/removal not working
  • Recent activity data displaying incorrectly

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add Apple Wallet/Pay support
  • Implement Face ID/Touch ID login
  • Improve app stability and reliability
  • Expand functionality to match website

Trip & Taste

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

myORCA

No in-app purchases

None

Trip & Taste

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is myORCA free?
myORCA is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Trip & Taste free?
Trip & Taste is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, myORCA or Trip & Taste?
Trip & Taste is rated higher. myORCA averages 2.5 out of 5 from 384 ratings, while Trip & Taste averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do myORCA or Trip & Taste have ads?
myORCA shows ads; Trip & Taste does not.
Which is updated more often, myORCA or Trip & Taste?
myORCA ships an update every 2 months, and Trip & Taste every 6 months. Most recently, myORCA was updated on November 7, 2026 and Trip & Taste on November 5, 2026.

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