Comparison

WDSU Parade Tracker vs Flextrip

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

Head to head
About

WDSU Parade Tracker

Follow Mardi Gras and other major parades in New Orleans and southeast Louisiana. Get real-time tracking, schedules, and maps for the front and back of parades. Future updates will include GPS tracking and estimated arrival times.

Highlights
  • Real-time parade tracking
  • Parade schedules
  • Interactive maps
  • Track front and back of parades
  • Year-round parade coverage
Features
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The WDSU Parade tracker is the original parade tracking app in New Orleans. The app tracks the front and back of Mardi Gras and all the biggest parades across New Orleans and southeast Louisiana year-round. The app features real-time parade tracking, schedules, and maps. Coming soon: GPS tracking, parade estimated time of arrival to your spot on the route, and points of interest like food, bathrooms, and more.

About

Flextrip

Plan, experience, and remember your semester abroad with this comprehensive travel companion. Discover new cities, rank your favorite spots, and track your expenses. Optional premium services offer personalized planning and concierge support.

Highlights
  • Explore cities on a unified map
  • Save and rank visited spots
  • Build city-by-city trip journals
  • Track weekend expenses with bill splitter
  • Optional premium planning and concierge service
  • Personalized travel journal with photos and notes
Features
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Flextrip is the app for your semester abroad. Explore every city on one map, from our hand-picked spots to anything on Google. Save what you want to hit, rank what you actually did (loved it, fine, or nah), and watch your trips build themselves city by city. PLAN IT Going somewhere? Plan the trip, even across multiple cities, line up your spots, and set the days. LIVE IT Rank spots as you go. Your list becomes your personal best-to-worst ranking for every city. REMEMBER IT Finished trips become your travel journal: every spot scored, your photos, your notes, and what the weekend cost with the built-in bill splitter. FLEX+ (optional membership) Flex+ is a real-world travel service for your semester: our team plans your weekends, you get a personal concierge text line with real humans, member pricing at partner venues and tour operators, and access to member events. One payment covers the whole semester. Made for study-abroad students, by people who did it.

Screenshots

WDSU Parade Tracker4 screens
Flextrip4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Flextrip at 100% against WDSU Parade Tracker's 32%. Flextrip also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.6) and ads (none vs shown). WDSU Parade Tracker's advantage is ratings volume (139 vs 7) and monetization model (ad-supported vs freemium). On price, 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

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Flextrip holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WDSU Parade Tracker has 139 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 32% of WDSU Parade Tracker's written reviews are positive against 100% of Flextrip's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WDSU Parade Tracker ships an update every 3 months, Flextrip fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
WDSU Parade Tracker versus Flextrip: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWDSU Parade TrackerFlextrip
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (139 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews31.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings139 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB52 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperHearst TelevisionFlextrip Travel LLC

Customer experience

WDSU Parade Tracker

All ratings139 ratings
Positive64.0%
Neutral7.2%
Negative28.8%
Written reviews88 reviews
Positive31.8%
Neutral13.6%
Negative54.5%

Flextrip

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

WDSU Parade Tracker

No in-app purchases

None

Flextrip

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is WDSU Parade Tracker free?
WDSU Parade Tracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Flextrip free?
Flextrip is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, WDSU Parade Tracker or Flextrip?
Flextrip is rated higher. WDSU Parade Tracker averages 3.6 out of 5 from 139 ratings, while Flextrip averages 5.0 from 7 ratings.
Do WDSU Parade Tracker or Flextrip have ads?
WDSU Parade Tracker shows ads; Flextrip does not.
Which is updated more often, WDSU Parade Tracker or Flextrip?
WDSU Parade Tracker ships an update every 3 months, and Flextrip fortnightly. Most recently, WDSU Parade Tracker was updated on October 10, 2026 and Flextrip on October 15, 2026.

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