Ryanair vs Purple Door
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ryanair
Find the lowest airfares across Europe with this travel app. It offers convenient features like mobile check-in, digital boarding passes, and easy access to in-flight extras for a seamless travel experience.
- Lowest European fares
- Mobile check-in
- Mobile boarding pass
- In-flight extras
- Easy booking
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With this App at your fingertips, Europe is at your feet. We’re Ryanair, so of course you’ll find the lowest fares in Europe on our app. But you’ll also get handy extras like being able to check in while you’re on the move, a mobile boarding pass delivered straight to your phone and a choice of in-flight extras in one quick click. So why are you still reading? Download it now and get flying!
Purple Door
This app helps passengers needing assistance at airports book tailored support, report their arrival, and track agents in real-time. It allows for feedback on the assistance experience.
- Tailored assistance bookings
- Report arrival at airport
- Track assistance agents on map
- Provide feedback on experience
- Real-time agent tracking
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Purple Door is a companion app for passengers who require assistance at airports. First introduced at Santiago Airport in Chile, it enables passengers to make tailored assistance bookings, report their arrival, track assistance agents on a map, and provide feedback on their experience.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Purple Door at 5.0 against Ryanair's 4.4. Purple Door also leads on review sentiment (50% vs 17%) and iOS requirement (13 vs 15.0). Ryanair's advantage is ratings volume (90K vs 1) and update cadence (weekly vs monthly). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Purple Door holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ryanair has 90K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 17% of Ryanair's written reviews are positive against 50% of Purple Door's.
Ryanair ships an update weekly, Purple Door monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ryanair | Purple Door |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (90K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 17.1% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 90K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #118 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 338 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ryanair Ltd. | Ostrum Tech Limited |
Customer experience
Ryanair
Purple Door
Bugs and requests
Ryanair
Reported bugs
3 issues- Passport scanning functionality not working
- Booking and check-in process glitches
- App crashing and losing user data
Requested features
3 requests- Improved communication about flight status updates
- Ability to easily manage and change bookings
- Better integration between app and website
Purple Door
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Ryanair
No in-app purchases
Purple Door
No in-app purchases
