Denniston vs Carpoolin
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Denniston
Explore the historic Denniston Rose Trail, inspired by Jenny Pattrick's best-selling books. This interactive guide leads you through 17 key locations, uncovering the rich industrial heritage of New Zealand's former coal mining area.
- Interactive self-guided literary trail
- Explore 17 key book-inspired locations
- Discover Denniston's industrial heritage
- Learn about New Zealand's early coal mining history
- Navigate rugged landscapes
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The Denniston Rose Trail is an interactive self-guided literary trail to the place that inspired the best-selling books by Jenny Pattrick — The Denniston Rose and Heart of Coal. Developed by the Department of Conservation and Design for Innovation at the University of Otago, the trail comprises 17 key locations from the books, guiding visitors to traverse its uniquely rugged landscape, exploring Denniston's history. Denniston, once NZ's largest producing coal mining area, is now managed by the Department of Conservation as an ICON heritage site, conserving and interpreting the area to showcase and bring to life New Zealand's early industrial heritage.
Carpoolin
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Carpoolin is a community driven ride-sharing app designed for daily commuters. Whether you're heading to work or coming back home, Carpoolin connects you with locals traveling similar routes, making your journey cheaper, greener, and hopefully more enjoyable. Key Features; Scheduled Trips: Set departure and return times to fit your schedule. Meet people: Discover locals heading your way. Share the ride, split the costs, and make new friends along the way. Safety: Inspect Drivers or Passengers. See reviews and feedback, and find others in your neighbourhood/communities. https://www.carpoolin.co/safety Save Money and the Planet: Reduce your daily transportation costs and lower your carbon footprint by sharing rides. Together, we can make the planet greener. Optional Premium Features: Subscribe to Carpoolin Premium. Subscriptions should be viewed more as a thing to help support Carpoolin development and the ongoing costs of hosting such a service. We're inspired by Platforms like Discord and will venture to add ways to personalise your Profile/Groups later in *2026. Terms of Use (EULA) : https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ We appreciate all forms of support be it financial, a positive review or even telling a friend.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Denniston at none against Carpoolin's 10. Denniston also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. Carpoolin sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Denniston asks for nothing beyond the download.
Denniston ships an update monthly, Carpoolin every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Denniston | Carpoolin |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 344 MB | 105 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Grant Baxter | Save Man LTD |
In-app purchases
Denniston
No in-app purchases
Carpoolin
- Upgrade to public$10.00
- Upgrade to unlimted member$10.00
- Event Public Update$10.00
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- Group Basic$20.00
- Bundle Upgrade For Group$20.00
- Default Create Event$20.00
- Group Unlimited Member$30.00
- Public Group$30.00
- Public Event$30.00
- Group Unlimited Bundle With Public$40.00









