Caltrain Live vs Sunnyvale Beam
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Caltrain Live
Access real-time Caltrain information, including train status, service disruptions, and timetables with offline access. Plan trips with live data and receive instant alerts for your commute.
- Real-time train status and alerts
- Offline timetable access
- Trip planner with live data
- Service disruption monitoring
- Pinned train status
- Station announcements
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Caltrain Live lets you quickly access all the latest information you need for your Caltrain commute. You can pin a train to quickly access its status and alerts, monitor construction and service disruptions along the corridor, and get the latest timetable with offline access all in one place. - Includes a fast, simple UI with no ads, popups or tracking. - Get a copy of the latest timetable with automatic updates and offline access. - The built-in trip planner includes live data, special event trains, and holiday timetable support. - Monitor trains in realtime and get easy access to trains you care about. - See single tracking events across the corridor and for each station. - Read station announcements. - Train data includes per-stop delays, calculated stop bypass times, and relevant alerts. - Realtime data is fast, uses minimal mobile data, refreshes every 30 seconds, includes departure times to-the-second, alerts from 511, and more.
Sunnyvale Beam
An electric vehicle ridesharing service that offers smart, easy, and affordable city transportation. Book a ride via your phone, share with others heading in the same direction, and contribute to a greener environment with a fully electric fleet.
- Electric vehicle ridesharing
- Smart ride booking via phone
- Shared rides for affordability
- Real-time ride tracking
- Environmentally friendly travel
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We’re an electric vehicle ridesharing service that’s smart, easy, affordable, and green. Whether it's a trip to work, school, a doctor’s appointment, or the grocery store, Sunnyvale Beam makes getting around the city safe and efficient. HOW IT WORKS: - Book a ride on your phone by inputting your pickup and drop-off addresses. - Get picked up near your requested pick-up location. - Share your ride with others. - Save money and the environment. WHAT WE’RE ABOUT: SHARING. Our 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. RELIABILITY: Track your ride as the driver is on their way to you, and while you’re in the vehicle too. SUSTAINABILITY. In our fully electric fleet, you do your part to make Sunnyvale greener and cleaner every time you ride. Questions? Reach out at support-sunnyvale-beam@ridewithvia.com. Loving your experience so far? Give us a 5-star rating.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Caltrain Live at 4.6 against Sunnyvale Beam's 2.1. Caltrain Live also leads on review sentiment (63% vs 33%). Sunnyvale Beam's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Caltrain Live holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Caltrain Live's written reviews are positive against 33% of Sunnyvale Beam's.
Caltrain Live ships an update every 3 months, Sunnyvale Beam monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Caltrain Live | Sunnyvale Beam |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (17 ratings) — better | 2.1 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 62.5% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 129 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jackson Loeffler | Via Transportation, Inc. |
Customer experience
Caltrain Live
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In-app purchases
Caltrain Live
No in-app purchases
Sunnyvale Beam
No in-app purchases
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