METS Micro vs BloomingtonLink
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
METS Micro
This app offers an on-demand ridesharing service designed to be smart, easy, affordable, and environmentally friendly. Book a ride with a few taps and be paired with other passengers heading in the same direction, ensuring no detours or delays. Share your ride to save money and reduce your carbon footprint.
- On-demand ride booking
- Smart passenger matching
- Shared rides
- Affordable fares
- Reduced carbon emissions
- Corner-to-corner pickup
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Think of MET’s Micro as a whole new way to get around Evansville — a ridesharing service that’s smart, easy, affordable, and green. With a few taps, book an on-demand ride in the app and our technology will pair you with other people headed your way. No detours, no delays. How it works: Book a ride on your phone. Get picked up on a nearby corner. Share your ride with others. Save cash and reduce carbon emissions. What we’re about: SHARED. Our corner-to-corner algorithm matches people headed in the same direction. This means you’re getting the convenience and comfort of a private ride with the efficiency, speed, and affordability of a public one. AFFORDABLE. Aggregating people into one vehicle brings down prices. Enough said. SUSTAINABLE. Sharing rides reduces the number of vehicles on the roads, bringing down congestion and CO2 emissions. With a couple of taps, you get to do your part to make your city a little bit greener and cleaner, every time you ride. Questions? Reach out at support-metsmicro@ridewithvia.com. Loving your experience so far? Throw us a 5-star rating. You’ll have our eternal gratitude.
BloomingtonLink
This app offers on-demand shared rides within specific zones, pairing multiple passengers heading in the same direction. Book your trip by entering pickup and drop-off locations to be matched with a vehicle. It provides an affordable and convenient transportation option.
- On-demand shared rides
- Zone-based service
- Multiple passenger pairing
- Affordable fares
- ADA-friendly vehicles
- Reduced fares for seniors and students
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BLink provides convenient, affordable, and on-demand shared rides within certain zones in Bloomington, IN from 06:00AM to11:00PM. Blink is a shared ride service that pairs multiple passengers heading in the same direction in a single vehicle. By entering your pickup and drop-off locations in the Blink App, you will be matched with a vehicle going your way. The regular adult fare is $4.00 per ride. Seniors over the age of 60, students and those with a qualifying disability pay a reduced fare of $2.00 with a Bloomington Transit reduced fare ID. Children 5-years of age and under rider free with a fare-paying passenger age 16-years and above. BLink vehicles are ADA-friendly and seat up to 13 passengers. Children under 5-years of age and/or under 65 pounds will need to ride in a car seat provided and secured by the accompanying adult.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: BloomingtonLink at free against METS Micro's free with in-app purchases. METS Micro's advantage is ratings volume (225 vs 3). On price, rating, update cadence 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 — 4.8 for METS Micro against 4.7 for BloomingtonLink. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: METS Micro has 225 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
METS Micro ships an update every 6 weeks, BloomingtonLink every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | METS Micro | BloomingtonLink |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (225 ratings) — better | 4.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 28.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 225 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 134 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Via Transportation, Inc. | RideCo Inc. |
Customer experience
METS Micro
BloomingtonLink
In-app purchases
METS Micro
No in-app purchases
BloomingtonLink
No in-app purchases









