Hooplr vs ZoneCard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hooplr
Find secure bike parking locations like Bikehangars®, Cycle Hubs, and Bikelockers. This app helps you locate available spaces to keep your bicycle safe.
- Search for available bike parking spaces
- Locate Bikehangars®
- Find Cycle Hubs
- Discover Bikelockers
- Keep your bike safe
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Search for available spaces within our award-winning Bikehangars®, Cycle Hubs and Bikelockers
ZoneCard
This app simplifies public transport ticketing for bus, rail, and subway in West Scotland. It allows users to purchase and manage smartcards, buy tickets, and download them directly to their phone via NFC. Users can also manage their account details and view past purchases.
- Register and purchase smartcards
- Associate existing transport cards
- Buy flexible tickets
- Download tickets via NFC
- Manage account details
- View purchase history
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ZoneCard is the smart ticket for bus, rail and Subway across the west of Scotland – one card to get where you’re going. With the free ZoneCard app you can register an account and purchase a new smartcard. If you already have a ScotRail, Subway, McGill’s, Stagecoach or National Entitlement Card you can simply associate that to your account. Once you have a smartcard setup in your account, you can use the ZoneCard app to buy tickets for it. There’s a flexible range of tickets to suit just what you need. Then, simply hold your smartcard to the NFC reader on your phone, and your ZoneCard ticket will download and you’re ready to travel. You can also use the app to manage your account – for example see your previous purchases or update your address details. See spt.co.uk/zonecard for more information about ZoneCard.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Hooplr at 50% against ZoneCard's 0%. Hooplr also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 21 months) and device support. ZoneCard's advantage is iOS requirement (12.4 vs 15.6). On price, 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.
Hooplr ships an update every 5 weeks, ZoneCard every 21 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hooplr | ZoneCard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 21 months |
| Ads | No | — |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | — |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 12.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 48 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Don Cicleto | Strathclyde Partnership for Transport |
Customer experience
Hooplr
ZoneCard
In-app purchases
Hooplr
No in-app purchases
ZoneCard
No in-app purchases
