Tigers Commute vs SafeRides
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tigers Commute
Find all your commuting options in one place. Discover carpool matches, transit routes, and walking or cycling directions. Track your trips and earn points for sustainable travel.
- Carpool matching
- Transit route finding
- Cycling and walking directions
- Trip calendar tracking
- Points for sustainable trips
- Find commuting mentors
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Tigers Commute is a quick, secure, and personal way to find all your commuting options. By just entering your origin and destination addresses you can find carpool matches, transit options, recommended cycling and walking routes. You can search for nearby commuters looking for carpool partners or biking and transit mentors. Tigers Commute is a powerful and convenient way to track all your commuting activity on our trip calendar and earn points for sustainable trips. Choose to commute with others from your workplace or campus.
SafeRides
This rideshare app connects verified students for safe campus transportation. It features geofenced zones, flat per-person pricing, and driver verification for enhanced security. Share a safety code to ensure the correct driver picks you up.
- Student-only verification
- Geofenced campus zones
- Flat per-person pricing
- Driver profiles and photos
- Safety code for pickup
- Rate and report trips
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SafeRides — For the Students, by the Students Getting home safely shouldn't mean waiting on a stranger. SafeRides is the rideshare platform built exclusively for college campuses, where every driver is a verified student, and every ride is tracked from pickup to drop-off. Why SafeRides Verified Student Drivers Every driver signs up with their school email and passes a background check before they can accept a ride. No outside drivers, no guesswork. School Email Login Only verified students on your campus can request or drive. SafeRides isn't open to the public — it's your campus network. 4-Digit Pickup Codes Confirm you're getting in the right car with a unique code for every ride. No more "is this my driver?" Gender-Based Ride Options Choose ride preferences that make you comfortable, every time. Geofenced to Your Campus SafeRides operates within your campus and surrounding area — built for the routes students actually take. Greek Life & Org Integration Connect with your chapter or organization for group rides, event transportation, and campus partnerships. How It Works Sign up with your school email Request a ride — SafeRides matches you with a nearby verified student driver Confirm your pickup with your 4-digit code Get home safe Built for Campus Life Late study sessions. Weekend nights out. Getting to class on time. SafeRides is there when you need a ride you can trust — driven by people who go to school with you. Download SafeRides and ride safe.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: SafeRides at 100% against Tigers Commute's 0%. SafeRides also leads on rating (4.8 vs 1.0) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 3 weeks). 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.
SafeRides holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SafeRides has 33 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Tigers Commute's written reviews are positive against 100% of SafeRides's.
Tigers Commute ships an update every 3 weeks, SafeRides every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tigers Commute | SafeRides |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (2 ratings) | 4.8 (33 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 33 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 170 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Clemson University | Coetzee Tech LLC |
Customer experience
Tigers Commute
SafeRides
In-app purchases
Tigers Commute
No in-app purchases
SafeRides
No in-app purchases








