Tri vs Palm Tran Connection
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tri
This app provides comprehensive information for South Florida's commuter rail system. Access train schedules, fares, real-time arrival and departure data, and system alerts to plan your journeys across Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties.
- Train schedules
- Fare information
- Real-time arrivals
- Real-time departures
- System alerts
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Tri-Rail is South Florida’s premier commuter rail system, serving Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties. With the official Tri-Rail app, you’ll have all the information you need to get you where you want to go, including train schedules and fares, real-time arrivals and departures, system alerts, and much more.
Palm Tran Connection
Reserve door-to-door transportation up to three days in advance. Track your trip in real-time, manage bookings, and update your contact details. This service is designed for pre-approved users with mobility or cognitive limitations in Palm Beach County, Florida.
- Reserve trips up to 3 days in advance
- Check live trip status
- Cancel same-day or future trips
- Check eligibility status
- Update contact information
- Add compliments or complaints
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The Palm Tran Connection app is for reserving door-to-door trips up to three days in advance, checking on live trip status, canceling trips on the same day or future booked trips, checking eligibility status, updating contact information, or adding compliments or complaints. The door-to-door service is for pre-approved users in Palm Beach County, Florida. For Eligibility questions, you may call 561-649-9838 Option 7. Applications are not available on the web. To become eligible for the service, the applicant must have a cognitive or mobility limitation that prevents the individual from using the accessible City Buses. For more information, go to www.palmtran.org
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Palm Tran Connection at 3.2 against Tri's 1.7. Palm Tran Connection also leads on review sentiment (33% vs 6%). Tri's advantage is update cadence (every 4 months vs every 18 months) and ratings volume (322 vs 14). 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.
Palm Tran Connection holds the better App Store score, 3.2 against 1.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tri has 322 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 6% of Tri's written reviews are positive against 33% of Palm Tran Connection's.
Tri ships an update every 4 months, Palm Tran Connection every 18 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tri | Palm Tran Connection |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.7 (322 ratings) | 3.2 (14 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 5.5% of reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 322 — better | 14 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 18 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 73 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | South Florida Regional Transportation Authority | County of Palm Beach |
Customer experience
Tri
Palm Tran Connection
Bugs and requests
Tri
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes when checking schedules
- Address/billing issues prevent ticket purchases
- Account login and management problems
Requested features
4 requests- Mobile ticket purchasing
- Apple Pay/digital wallet integration
- Improved schedule and route planning
- Better account management tools
Palm Tran Connection
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Tri
No in-app purchases
Palm Tran Connection
No in-app purchases
Questions
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