Ridestarr Pro vs Reela
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ridestarr Pro
Earn income by driving your own vehicle. This platform connects verified drivers with passengers needing private transportation. Enjoy a secure, user-friendly experience with affordable, fixed fares and multiple payment options.
- Earn income driving your vehicle
- Connect with passengers
- Verified driver and passenger system
- Secure online platform
- Fixed and affordable fares
- Multiple payment options
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Find your new source of income by driving your own vehicle with Ridestarr! Ridestarr is an American company that operates through an online platform providing private transportation services and connecting drivers with passengers who require the service and who have been previously verified, authorized and affiliated. The company offers the free use of its own website or mobile phone application, which lets the customers book cars. Ridestarr has a friendly and easy-to-use online platform backed by cybersecurity systems, offering a fixed and affordable fare that allow users to choose from various payment methods such as credit card, cash or e-wallet to make the payment of the required trip, providing their customers with security, comfort and confidence.
Reela
Connect with fellow students for shared rides on campus. Offer rides to earn money or find affordable, sustainable transport. Discover new people and experiences while making everyday journeys more efficient and eco-friendly.
- Find or offer campus rides
- Earn money by driving
- Discover new people
- Affordable and sustainable travel
- Manage ride requests
- Auto-calculate ride costs
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Meet Reela, the student-only app that helps you go places, find what’s happening, and experience more of college together. EXPLORE WHAT’S HAPPENING Discover events, activities, trips, and things to do around your campus and beyond. See who’s interested, join the conversation, and find your next plan. RIDE ANYWHERE Heading home for the weekend? Visiting another campus? Going to a concert, game, airport, or event? Find students already making the trip and share the ride and its expenses. CREATE YOUR OWN Post a ride you’re already making or create an event for other students to discover and join. EARN REELA COINS Earn Reela Coins as you use Reela, then redeem your rewards for gift cards from brands you love. BUILD YOUR REELA PROFILE Show your trips, connections, activity, and campus life in one place. KEEP YOUR REELA MEMORIES Turn the places you go and experiences you share into memories you can look back on. MADE FOR STUDENTS Reela is built around verified college communities, helping students discover more, go farther, and experience college together. Explore. Ride. Meet. Remember. That’s Reela. * Ask us anything, share your feedback, or just say Hi at https://reela.co/contact Terms & Conditions — https://reela.co/terms Privacy Policy — https://reela.co/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Reela at every 10 days against Ridestarr Pro's every 7 months. Reela also leads on ratings volume (15 vs 1). Ridestarr Pro's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Ridestarr Pro against 5.0 for Reela. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Reela has 15 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Ridestarr Pro ships an update every 7 months, Reela every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ridestarr Pro | Reela |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (15 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 15 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 83 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Joel Amoako | Reela, LLC |
Customer experience
Ridestarr Pro
Reela
In-app purchases
Ridestarr Pro
No in-app purchases
Reela
No in-app purchases
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