Seattle Bridges vs Make the Ferry
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Seattle Bridges
Provides real-time updates on Seattle's drawbridges, including forecasts and estimated durations when raised. Explore interesting bridge data through an insights tab.
- Live drawbridge status
- Estimated bridge forecasts
- Estimated duration when raised
- Bridge data insights
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Get live statuses on Seattle's drawbridges, including an estimated forecast per bridge and estimated duration when raised. Check out the insights tab to explore some interesting bridge data!
Make the Ferry
This app predicts your chances of making a specific ferry sailing based on live traffic, boat capacity, and filling speed. It provides an exact departure time and real-time vessel tracking to eliminate guesswork.
- Will-I-make-it predictions
- Exact leave-by time calculation
- Live vessel map
- Terminal camera views
- Delay detection
- Leave-by reminders
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Will you make the ferry? Make the Ferry is an independent app for Washington State Ferries riders. Instead of raw numbers, it estimates your odds of making a specific sailing and tells you when to leave. On Seattle-Bainbridge, Seattle-Bremerton and Edmonds-Kingston it combines your drive time, the boat's vehicle space (from WSDOT's public data), how fast the line is filling, and reported delays into odds and a leave-by time. These are estimates, not promises. Always check WSF before you travel. NEW: WATER TAXI See Water Taxi sailings between Seattle, West Seattle and Vashon: the published timetable, delays and cancellations the operator announces, boat positions when they are reporting, and whether you can reach the dock before your boat sails. Location is used once, only when you tap My location, and is not stored. NEW: BUSES AND LINK After a walk-on check, tap "Taking a bus or Link?" to see your boat, your stop and your bus or Link on one map. A bus shows Live only when it is actually reporting its position. A timetable time says Scheduled. ALSO - Leave-by reminders for a sailing you pick - A map of WSF boats - Terminal cameras, so you can see the line before you drive - Walk-on odds that say how long you have before boarding closes - Fauntleroy-Vashon-Southworth and Point Defiance-Tahlequah: schedules, boat positions and delay tags, but no odds - No account, no ads, free Made by a ferry rider, a Bainbridge Island native. Make the Ferry is not affiliated with or endorsed by Washington State Ferries, WSDOT or King County. Ferry data comes from WSDOT's public Traveler API. Transit scheduling, geographic, and real-time data provided by permission of King County.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Seattle Bridges at 5.0 against Make the Ferry's 4.3. Make the Ferry's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks) and ratings volume (11 vs 1). 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.
Seattle Bridges holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Make the Ferry has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Seattle Bridges ships an update every 5 weeks, Make the Ferry weekly. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | Seattle Bridges | Make the Ferry |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.3 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 11 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alex Coover | The Big Board LLC |
Customer experience
Seattle Bridges
Make the Ferry
In-app purchases
Seattle Bridges
No in-app purchases
Make the Ferry
No in-app purchases
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