Comparison

tramTRACKER vs TripFolio

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

Head to head
About

tramTRACKER

Get real-time tram arrival predictions and disruption alerts for Melbourne's tram network. Track your tram's journey, set stop alarms, and receive notifications for your favorite routes. This app provides comprehensive information for navigating the city's trams.

Highlights
  • Real-time tram arrival predictions
  • Disruption and service updates
  • Favorite route notifications
  • Tram and stop alarms
  • Live tram tracking (myTRAM)
  • Low-floor and air-conditioned tram information
  • Route-based stop lists and maps
Features
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If you're in Melbourne, Australia, find out when your tram is coming via your iPhone device. tramTRACKER® provides digital passenger information including predicted tram arrival times, disruption updates, and information about Melbourne's tram network. tramTRACKER features: * Add favourite routes and receive push notifications if your route is disrupted * App widget * Tram and stop alarms * Browse by Route, Nearby, Search by name/suburb, Most Recent or tram/stop ID * View scheduled timetables * Use the myTRAM feature to track your tram along its journey * Filter display by route number and low-floor trams * Get disruption and service updates * See next low-floor and air conditioned trams * Route-based stop lists on a built-in route map For more information, visit yarratrams.com.au/tramtracker For scheduled services on trains, trams and buses, download the Public Transport Victoria app. Your feedback is important to constantly improve this application. Submit your feedback at yarratrams.com.au or call 1800 800 007 6am-midnight (all night Friday & Saturday) Note: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

About

TripFolio

Record your travel adventures, from camping trips to road journeys. Log stops with photos and weather, track distances, nights away, and costs. Share highlights or export your data.

Highlights
  • Log trip stops with photos and weather
  • Track nights, distance, and costs
  • Customizable travel modes (camping, 4WD, etc.)
  • Shareable trip summaries and cards
  • Dark/light themes and accent colors
  • Export to GPX and JSON formats
  • No account or cloud required
Features
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Every trip is worth remembering. TripTally turns your camping weekends, 4WD tracks and long road trips into a log you'll actually want to look back on — the nights under canvas, the kilometres covered, the spots you'd drive back to in a heartbeat. LOG THE TRIP, STOP BY STOP Start a trip, then add each stop as you go. Drag stops to reorder them, drop in your photos, and tag the weather so you remember whether it was a stinking-hot arvo or a frosty morning by the fire. KNOW YOUR NUMBERS TripTally tracks nights away, distance travelled and what each trip cost you, all rolled into a clean stats dashboard. Watch your totals build across every trip and quietly rack up the bragging rights. BUILT FOR HOW YOU TRAVEL Camping, caravan, 4WD or road trip — pick the travel mode that matches the journey. SHARE THE GOOD BITS Turn any trip into a share card in three styles — Cinematic, Recap or Journal — sized for Stories. Or fire off a one-tap text summary straight into WhatsApp or Messages for the group chat. MAKE IT YOURS Dark and light themes with a choice of accent colours. EXPORT ANYTIME Your trips belong to you. Export to GPX for your mapping tools, or JSON to keep a full backup. NO ACCOUNT, NO CLOUD No sign-up, no login, no catch. Everything stays on your phone — your data never leaves your device.

Screenshots

tramTRACKER4 screens
TripFolio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: TripFolio at 100% against tramTRACKER's 21%. TripFolio also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months). tramTRACKER's advantage is price (Free vs $0.49). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

tramTRACKER is free to download; TripFolio costs $0.49 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

tramTRACKER ships an update every 3 months, TripFolio weekly. Both last shipped on October 8, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
tramTRACKER versus TripFolio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametertramTRACKERTripFolio
PriceFree — better$0.49
Rating4.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews20.6% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYarra TramsBENJAMIN ERIC EDWARDS

Customer experience

tramTRACKER

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews141 reviews
Positive20.6%
Neutral10.6%
Negative68.8%

TripFolio

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

tramTRACKER

Reported bugs

15 issues
  • App crashes on startup or gets stuck on splash screen
  • Data feed no longer provides actual times
  • Unable to retrieve tram information errors
  • Network map fails to load
  • Push notifications for disruptions non-functional
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  • iOS 18 incompatibility - app won't launch
  • Requires WiFi despite being designed for mobile use
  • Timetable function removed or non-functional
  • Search returns irrelevant results
  • App hangs indefinitely while loading
  • Tram times countdown gets stuck at '1 minute' or 'now' without tram arriving
  • Disruption notification settings won't save
  • Widget broken after iOS updates
  • Location-based features inaccurate
  • Recent updates break previously working functionality

Requested features

10 requests
  • Widget support for home screen (especially iOS 18 compatible)
  • Journey/trip planner functionality
  • Show early terminating trams (e.g., 19d vs 19)
  • Improved real-time tracking instead of schedule-based predictions
  • Better error messages and loading indicators
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  • Stable, reliable performance
  • Modern UI/UX redesign
  • Depot tram information
  • Opt-out option for advertisement banners
  • Better support and communication from developers

TripFolio

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

tramTRACKER

No in-app purchases

None

TripFolio

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is tramTRACKER free?
tramTRACKER is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TripFolio free?
TripFolio costs $0.49, with no in-app purchases.
Do tramTRACKER or TripFolio have ads?
Neither tramTRACKER nor TripFolio shows ads.
Which is updated more often, tramTRACKER or TripFolio?
tramTRACKER ships an update every 3 months, and TripFolio weekly. Most recently, tramTRACKER was updated on October 8, 2026 and TripFolio on October 8, 2026.

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