TrackRat vs ER Choices
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TrackRat
Get real-time transit information for multiple rail and subway systems. Features live tracking, smart predictions for delays and platform assignments, and customizable alerts. Analyze route performance and view network conditions.
- Real-time departure and arrival times
- Stop-by-stop journey view
- Live Activities on Lock Screen/Dynamic Island
- Smart predictions for track/platform assignments
- Push notifications for delays and cancellations
- Route analytics and historical performance
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Real-time train tracking for NJ Transit, Amtrak, NYC Subway, PATH, LIRR, Metro-North, and PATCO — all in one app. LIVE TRACKING - Real-time departure and arrival times - Stop-by-stop journey view showing scheduled, actual, and predicted times - Live Activities on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island SMART PREDICTIONS - Track and platform assignment forecasts based on historical patterns - Delay and cancellation probability forecasts - Arrival time predictions using recent train performance ALERTS & NOTIFICATIONS - Push notifications for delays, cancellations, and service recovery - Customize alerts by day, time window, and delay threshold - MTA service alerts for Subway, LIRR, and Metro-North planned work - Digest mode to batch alerts to your preferred time ROUTE ANALYTICS - Congestion map showing real-time network conditions - On-time percentage, delay breakdown, and cancellation rates - View future schedules - Historical route performance stats - Natural-language route status summaries 7 TRANSIT SYSTEMS - NJ Transit - Amtrak - NYC Subway - PATH - LIRR (Long Island Rail Road) - Metro-North Railroad - PATCO Speedline Terms of Use: https://trackrat.net/terms.txt
ER Choices
Easily find the nearest emergency room based on your current location. This app helps you quickly compare hospitals and their specialties to make informed decisions during critical moments.
- Sorts closest to furthest hospitals
- Displays hospital specialties
- Location-based sorting
- One-click sorting functionality
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No more overthinking or second-guessing hospital choices, their specialties, or their locations; One click sorts your closest to furthest.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ER Choices at none against TrackRat's 2. ER Choices also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). TrackRat's advantage is ratings volume (10 vs 2). On price, rating, ads 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. TrackRat sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. ER Choices asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for TrackRat against 5.0 for ER Choices. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TrackRat has 10 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | TrackRat | ER Choices |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andrew Martin | Skyology Technologies LLC |
In-app purchases
TrackRat
- TrackRat Pro Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- TrackRat Pro Yearly7 Days trial$49.991 Year
ER Choices
No in-app purchases
