Crested Butte vs FirstTracks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Crested Butte
Discover events, businesses, and local guides for Crested Butte and the Gunnison Valley. Find activities like live music, festivals, outdoor recreation, dining, and lodging for both summer and winter.
- Searchable events calendar
- Categorized business listings
- Interactive map integration
- "Best Of" articles
- Summer and winter activity guides
- Local dining and lodging information
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Hey Crested Butte is a mobile entertainment and business directory app for “all things Crested Butte and the Gunnison Valley, Colorado”. It includes a robust searchable events tool, searchable categorized and mapped business listings and a host of “Best Of” articles on things to do and see in Crested Butte, Colorado and the entire Gunnison Valley in both summer and winter. Live music, community events, tours, guides, festivals, outdoor recreation, dining and lodging. Your best guide for Crested Butte
FirstTracks
This on-demand public transit service offers free and fast rides for your adventures in Crested Butte. Download the app to easily request a ride and explore the area.
- On-demand ride requests
- Free public transportation
- Fast and convenient
- Explore Crested Butte
- Easy to use app
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Our on-demand service provides convenient public transportation for your next Crested Butte adventure! Download the app and request a ride today.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Crested Butte at every 5 weeks against FirstTracks's every 17 months. Crested Butte also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). FirstTracks's advantage is ratings volume (28 vs 3). 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.
Crested Butte holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FirstTracks has 28 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Crested Butte ships an update every 5 weeks, FirstTracks every 17 months. The most recent releases landed on June 11, 2026 and August 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Crested Butte | FirstTracks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.8 (28 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 28 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 17 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 78 MB | 134 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Will Taylor | Via Transportation, Inc. |
Customer experience
Crested Butte
FirstTracks
In-app purchases
Crested Butte
No in-app purchases
FirstTracks
No in-app purchases
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