Grabaseat vs Cityhop
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Grabaseat
Discover the cheapest domestic and international flights with fare alerts. Get notified instantly when prices drop or sales begin, ensuring you snag limited bargains. Plan your trips with expert tips and travel details.
- Access to cheapest flights
- Customized fare alerts
- Sale notifications
- Price drop alerts
- Travel planning tools
- Expert travel tips
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The official app for Air New Zealand’s Grabaseat gives you access to the cheapest domestic and international flights. With the most fares under $100, the Grabaseat app will ensure you get the best price. Create simple, customised alerts to let you know when the price suddenly drops or a sale goes live, so you’re the first to grab limited bargains. Rich content and helpful tools will help you plan your trip too, providing a wealth of tips and details from travel experts.
Cityhop
Access a variety of cars and vans for rent by the hour or day. Reserve a vehicle through the app and unlock it with your phone. Enjoy hassle-free rentals with fuel, insurance, and parking included.
- Rent cars and vans by the hour or day
- Reserve vehicles through the app
- Unlock vehicles with your phone
- Fuel, insurance, and parking included
- Variety of vehicle types available
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With Cityhop you have any vehicle type you could want within convenient locations. Simply download the app, reserve a vehicle, and unlock with your phone - no paperwork and no waiting around. Cityhop takes care of fuel, insurance and parking, simply book by the hour or day - its that easy.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Cityhop at 52% against Grabaseat's 6%. Cityhop also leads on rating (4.9 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (48 vs 1). Grabaseat's advantage is monetization model (free vs paid) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Cityhop holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cityhop has 48 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 6% of Grabaseat's written reviews are positive against 52% of Cityhop's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Grabaseat | Cityhop |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 4.9 (48 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 5.9% of reviews | 51.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 48 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 109 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Air New Zealand | KINTO New Zealand Limited t/a Cityhop |
Customer experience
Grabaseat
Cityhop
In-app purchases
Grabaseat
No in-app purchases
Cityhop
No in-app purchases
