Comparison

Carpool.School vs Team Carpools

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Carpool.School

Coordinate school and activity carpools with nearby families. Find parents going your way, message them, and split driving duties. Schools can manage dismissal with digital pickup verification and live queue status.

Highlights
  • Carpool matching by location and schedule
  • Direct messaging with families
  • Create school or activity communities
  • Dismissal management for schools
  • Digital pickup verification
  • Live queue status for staff
Features
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Carpool.School helps families coordinate the daily drive — to school, daycare, camp, and after-school activities. Find parents going your way, message them directly, and split the driving. Carpool Matching - Find nearby families at the places your kid goes - Match by location, schedule, and activity - Message families one-on-one or in activity-based groups Communities - Start a community for any school, daycare, camp, or activity in seconds - Open enrollment or invite-only, your choice - Schools that join run their community as a verified host - Public groups for activities, private groups for carpool partners - Announcements from community admins Dismissal Management (school-led communities) - Parents announce arrival with one tap - Staff sees live queue status - Digital pickup verification for every student - Complete audit trail with timestamps Available on web, iOS, and Android. Free for parents and parent-led communities. Schools subscribe to run a Verified Community with roster upload, admin tools, and Dismissal Management.

About

Team Carpools

Features
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Getting your kids to practice and games just got easier. Team Carpools connects sports team parents so you can coordinate rides with people you already know and trust. How It Works Create or join your team, add fellow parents as friends, and start sharing rides. Only friends and team members can see your rides — strangers never can. Key Features • Create and join rides with trusted team parents • Build your network through teams, friend requests, and QR codes • Real-time messaging with ride coordinators • Select which child is riding for each trip • See available rides from your trusted network on the home screen • Track your upcoming rides in one place • Share team invite codes so the whole team can join • Push notifications for ride updates and messages Built for Sports Families Whether it's soccer practice, swim meets, basketball games, or any activity — Team Carpools helps parents share the driving so no one has to do it alone. Privacy First Your rides and profile are only visible to people in your network. You control who can see your information and send you requests.

Screenshots

Carpool.School4 screens
Team Carpools4 screens

Verdict

The call

Carpool.School and Team Carpools are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Carpool.School ships an update every 6 days, Team Carpools every 11 days. Both last shipped on October 5, 2026.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Carpool.School versus Team Carpools: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCarpool.SchoolTeam Carpools
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (5 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 11 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB44 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperCarpool School Inc.ISSAC JOHN KUO

In-app purchases

None

Carpool.School

No in-app purchases

None

Team Carpools

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Carpool.School free?
Carpool.School is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Team Carpools free?
Team Carpools is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Carpool.School or Team Carpools have ads?
Neither Carpool.School nor Team Carpools shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Carpool.School or Team Carpools?
Carpool.School ships an update every 6 days, and Team Carpools every 11 days. Most recently, Carpool.School was updated on October 5, 2026 and Team Carpools on October 5, 2026.

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