RTA Le Pass vs PSTA Access
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RTA Le Pass
Purchase and use digital transit passes for buses, streetcars, and ferries directly from your phone. Plan your entire journey with real-time service alerts and step-by-step navigation. Simply tap to pay your fare and show your phone when boarding.
- Buy bus, streetcar, and ferry passes
- Digital fare payment
- Journey planning
- Real-time service alerts
- Step-by-step navigation
- Get-off alerts
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With Le Pass by New Orleans RTA, you can easily buy your bus, streetcar and ferry passes right on your phone. No need to wonder about where your ride is or fumble with cash. To pay your fare, just tap to use a pass and then show your phone when you enter the vehicle. Plan • Plan your entire journey without leaving the app. • View all lines running at stops near you. • Service Alerts keep you aware of issues ahead of time. • Save your favorite locations and lines for quick access. Pay • Purchase bus & train tickets and validate your digital pass with a tap. • Just show your digital pass to the operator when you board the vehicle. No scanning required! Ride • You’ll always be informed with step-by-step navigation. Get-off alerts are offered so you never miss your stop.
PSTA Access
Schedule convenient door-to-door transportation and manage payments directly within the application. This service aims to reduce wait times for your journeys.
- Schedule door-to-door trips
- In-app payments
- Avoid wait times
- Easy trip management
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The PSTA Access App will allow you to schedule your trips with door-to-door service. You can also make payments easily within the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: RTA Le Pass at 5.2K against PSTA Access's 81. RTA Le Pass also leads on review sentiment (31% vs 10%) and chart position (#109 vs unranked). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.1 for RTA Le Pass against 4.2 for PSTA Access. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RTA Le Pass has 5.2K ratings behind it against 81, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 31% of RTA Le Pass's written reviews are positive against 10% of PSTA Access's.
RTA Le Pass ships an update every 3 months, PSTA Access every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RTA Le Pass | PSTA Access |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (5.2K ratings) | 4.2 (81 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 31.4% of reviews — better | 10.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5.2K — better | 81 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #109 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 170 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | New Orleans Regional Transit Authority | Spare Labs Inc. |
Customer experience
RTA Le Pass
PSTA Access
Bugs and requests
RTA Le Pass
Reported bugs
4 issues- App won't accept phone number verification
- Purchased tickets disappear from app
- Live tracking not working as expected
- Incorrect route information displayed
Requested features
5 requests- Allow purchase of multiple tickets in one transaction
- Provide real-time bus/streetcar tracking
- Improve accuracy of schedule information
- Implement customer support/feedback options
- Integrate with other transportation options (e.g. Uber)
PSTA Access
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
RTA Le Pass
No in-app purchases
PSTA Access
No in-app purchases
