UC Davis Safe Ride vs SacRT Flex
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
UC Davis Safe Ride
This free service offers safe rides and walking escorts for UC Davis students, staff, and faculty during nighttime hours. It provides an alternative to walking alone or in small groups for enhanced safety.
- Free rides for students, staff, faculty
- Nighttime transportation alternative
- Walking escorts available
- Clearly marked security vehicles
- Request rides via app
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Safe Ride is a free transportation service that is available to any UC Davis student, staff, or faculty member, who would like an alternative to walking alone or in a small group at night. The service provides rides in clearly marked Safe Ride vans or other security vehicles. Walking escorts can be provided upon request. Download the app today to request your ride!
SacRT Flex
Book shared rides within Sacramento for convenient and affordable travel. The app matches you with others heading in the same direction, offering live arrival times and ride tracking. It's a sustainable way to navigate the city, with all vehicles being wheelchair-equipped.
- Book shared rides
- Live arrival times
- Ride tracking
- Wheelchair-equipped vehicles
- Points of Interest destinations
- Sustainable travel option
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SacRT Flex is your go-to app for getting around Sacramento. How it works: -Enter your pickup and dropoff locations and we’ll tell you if there’s a trip available at that time. -Book SacRT Flex rides directly in the app or by phone for you and any additional passengers -Easily book trips to and from to popular fixed route stop locations, or other Points of Interest -Never miss your ride with live arrival times for your bus and ride tracking for your on demand journey. -There may be others on board, or you may make a few additional stops along the way! What we’re about: - SHARED: Our algorithm helps you see the best public transit journey available at that time. In the SacRT Flex service, you’ll be matched with others headed in the same direction. This combines convenience and comfort with the efficiency, speed, and affordability of a shared ride. Transit at its best. - ACCESSIBLE: All vehicles are wheelchair-equipped so you will always be matched with a vehicle that fits your needs. - 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 Sacramento a little bit greener and cleaner, every time you ride. Loving your experience so far? Throw us a 5-star rating.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SacRT Flex at 4.8 against UC Davis Safe Ride's 3.3. SacRT Flex also leads on review sentiment (40% vs 0%) and ratings volume (92 vs 12). UC Davis Safe Ride's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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.
SacRT Flex holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SacRT Flex has 92 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of UC Davis Safe Ride's written reviews are positive against 40% of SacRT Flex's.
| Parameter | UC Davis Safe Ride | SacRT Flex |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (12 ratings) | 4.8 (92 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 40.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12 | 92 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 134 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Downtowner App Inc. | Via Transportation, Inc. |
Customer experience
UC Davis Safe Ride
SacRT Flex
In-app purchases
UC Davis Safe Ride
No in-app purchases
SacRT Flex
No in-app purchases
Questions
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