Kabba Passenger vs Mesraq
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kabba Passenger
Book taxi and bus rides easily. Find nearby stations, reserve seats in seconds, and explore routes and departure times. Enjoy a simplified and reliable commute.
- Book taxi and bus rides
- Find nearest bus stations
- Reserve seats quickly
- Explore available routes
- Check departure times
- Hassle-free booking
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Your convenient way to book taxi and bus rides hassle-free! Discover the nearest bus stations in your area and reserve your seat within seconds. With just a few clicks, you can explore available routes, check departure times, and secure your spot on the bus and/or taxi. Say goodbye to long queues and uncertainty—Kabba Passenger is here to simplify your travel experience. Enjoy a seamless booking process, reliable schedules, and comfortable rides. Download Kabba Passenger now and embark on your next journey with ease! Experience a simpler, better way to commute.
Mesraq
Discover and search for over 13,000 real places across Ethiopia, including restaurants, hospitals, and hotels. Get trusted reviews from the community and ask an AI guide for recommendations. Explore Ethiopia and its diaspora on a 3D map, with offline access and bilingual support.
- Extensive directory of Ethiopian businesses
- Community reviews and user-generated content
- AI-powered recommendation guide
- 3D map exploration of Ethiopia and diaspora
- Offline access to saved places
- Bilingual support (Amharic and English)
- Business listing claim and management
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Mesraq is the trust layer for Ethiopian businesses. When someone in Washington or Minneapolis needs a good hospital in Addis for a parent, they call a cousin. To pick the right hotel for a sister's wedding, they ask a WhatsApp group. That knowledge works, but it lives in people's heads and group chats, and it disappears. Every new arrival starts over. Mesraq puts it somewhere you can search. MORE THAN 13,000 REAL PLACES Restaurants, cafes, hotels, hospitals, pharmacies, banks, schools, markets, fuel stations and landmarks across Ethiopia. Filter by city, by region, or by sub-city in Addis Ababa, from Bole to Kolfe Keranio. REVIEWS FROM PEOPLE LIKE YOU Read what the community actually thinks, and add what you know. Every review comes from a real account. ASK THE AI GUIDE Ask for good injera in Bole, a trusted mechanic in Gondar, or where to change money. The assistant answers from the real directory, not from thin air, and shows you the places it found. SEE ETHIOPIA, AND THE DIASPORA Explore the country zone by zone on a 3D map, or spin the globe to see where Ethiopians live worldwide, from DC to Riyadh to Frankfurt. BUILT BILINGUAL Amharic and English throughout, not bolted on. WORKS WHEN YOU ARE OFFLINE Save places you care about and they stay with you, signal or not. FOR BUSINESS OWNERS Claim your listing and decide how your community finds you. Mesraq means "the east": the direction old Ethiopian geography measured everything against. It is the place you look before you decide.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Kabba Passenger at every 9 days against Mesraq's monthly. Mesraq's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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 Kabba Passenger against 5.0 for Mesraq. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Kabba Passenger ships an update every 9 days, Mesraq monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kabba Passenger | Mesraq |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 77 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nahom Mekonen | EYOUEL MESFIN |
Customer experience
Kabba Passenger
Mesraq
In-app purchases
Kabba Passenger
No in-app purchases
Mesraq
No in-app purchases









