Comparison

SORT LA vs Arrival

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

SORT LA

Discover how to recycle, compost, or dispose of common materials in Los Angeles. Test your knowledge with an engaging waste-sorting game to improve your recycling skills.

Highlights
  • Recycling information for common materials
  • Composting guidelines
  • Disposal instructions
  • Waste-sorting game
  • Los Angeles specific information
Features
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Search for common materials to learn how they can be recycled, composted, or disposed of in Los Angeles with LA Sanitation & Environment. Test your skills with our Can You SORT It? waste-sorting game!

About

Arrival

Features
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Arrival shows real-time NYC subway arrivals for the stations you actually use. Save your home, your office, your gym — pull out your phone and see exactly when the next train is coming. No menus, no zooming around a map. WHAT YOU GET • Set your walking time to each stop and see which trains you can still catch • Live arrivals for every NYC subway line, updated every 60 seconds • Save up to four stations • Home screen widgets that update in the background • Direction filters so you only see uptown when you're going uptown • Service alerts pulled directly from the MTA • Clean, readable typography designed for one-glance reading on a moving train PRIVACY Arrival doesn't have an account system. There's nothing to log into. The app fetches data from the MTA's public realtime feed and stores your saved stations on your device. Nothing is sent to us, because there is no us — there's no server. DATA SOURCE All arrival times come from the MTA's official GTFS-Realtime feed. Same data the official MTA app uses. Times are estimates from the agency, not the app — Arrival just displays them in a faster, simpler interface. SUPPORT Found a bug or have a request? See the support page link below.

Screenshots

SORT LA4 screens
Arrival3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: SORT LA at 3 against Arrival's 1. SORT LA also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SORT LA ships an update every 4 months, Arrival every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
SORT LA versus Arrival: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSORT LAArrival
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size83 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCity of Los AngelesSantiago Alonso Alexandre

In-app purchases

None

SORT LA

No in-app purchases

None

Arrival

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SORT LA free?
SORT LA is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Arrival free?
Arrival is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do SORT LA or Arrival have ads?
Neither SORT LA nor Arrival shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SORT LA or Arrival?
SORT LA ships an update every 4 months, and Arrival every 6 months. Most recently, SORT LA was updated on October 20, 2026 and Arrival on October 24, 2026.

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