Faras vs matatuOs Crew
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Faras
This app aims to address societal challenges by offering a comprehensive platform for daily needs. It integrates services like mass transportation, courier delivery, bus booking, and e-payments to function as a super app for the continent. Users contribute to a social mission with every service utilized.
- Mass transportation services
- Courier services
- Bus booking
- E-payments
- Social mission integration
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Faras is an app with a social mission to improve our society’s daily challenges. We are expanding services across our platform to include mass transportation, courier services, Bus Booking and E-payments to become the continent’s everyday Super App. By downloading the Faras application and using our services, not only will you help our partners make running errands easier for you, you'll also help make their and their family's dreams come true. You play a part in the mission to improve the lives of the people in our continent, every time you make a booking/order and use our services!
matatuOs Crew
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MatatuOS Crew is the all-in-one mobile app built for matatu drivers, conductors, stage agents, and riders operating on the MatatuOS platform. Sell Tickets in Seconds Issue passenger tickets directly from your phone. Enter the passenger's number, confirm the fare, and collect payment via M-Pesa — all in one tap. Receipts are generated instantly. Track Your Earnings View your daily, weekly, and monthly earnings with clear breakdowns by trip. Know exactly what you've made at any point in your shift. Live Trip Management See your active assignment, current route, and trip status at a glance from your home screen. Start and end trips with a single tap. Stage Agent Dashboard Stage agents can collect fees, filter collections by payment method, and track total cash and M-Pesa receipts for the day from a dedicated dashboard. Rider Payments Riders can view their SACCO registration payment history and track amounts paid directly from the app. Built for the Road Works for drivers, conductors, stage agents, and riders — each role gets a tailored experience with only what they need, nothing they don't.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: matatuOs Crew at weekly against Faras's fortnightly. On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Faras ships an update fortnightly, matatuOs Crew weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Faras | matatuOs Crew |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (72 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 72 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 181 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | FARAS TECHNOLOGY | Wasaa Chat Ltd |
In-app purchases
Faras
No in-app purchases
matatuOs Crew
No in-app purchases







