Should I Run? vs A Better Ride
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Should I Run?
This app provides real-time BART train departure information for nearby stations. It calculates travel time to stations and indicates if you can catch a specific train. Users can save frequent routes for quick access to arrival times.
- Real-time BART departures
- Nearby station information
- Station travel time calculation
- Departure catchability indicator
- Saved home and work stations
- Automatic destination arrival times
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Get realtime BART departures for nearby stations just by opening the app. Made by BART commuters, for BART commuters. - Instantly see all departures from nearby stations. - Get the distance to each station, how long it will take to get there, and whether your can make a departure. - Save your home and work stations to automatically show trains to your destination, and your arrival time, as soon as you open the app. shouldIRunSF@gmail.com
A Better Ride
Get real-time transit departures and predict your journey with up-to-the-minute information. This app helps you navigate buses, trains, and ferries efficiently, avoiding surprises with future departure previews and transfer timings. Discover new transit routes and plan your trips with confidence.
- Real-time transit departures
- Future departure predictions
- Transfer timing information
- Discover new transit lines
- Bus, train, and ferry tracking
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See transit in a completely new way! With realtime transit data, A Better Ride makes your transit experience more predictable and efficient. Works in Bay Area and New York City. Upgrade your transit experience with: - Realtime transit departures around you - See where and when each bus, train, ferry, etc will be now and in the future - Preview your transit journey with future departures and transfer timing so there are no surprises - Discover where those new transit lines go Made in San Francisco
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: A Better Ride at 5.0 against Should I Run?'s 4.7. A Better Ride also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 83%) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 3 months). Should I Run?'s advantage is ratings volume (43 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). 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.
A Better Ride holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Should I Run? has 43 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Should I Run?'s written reviews are positive against 100% of A Better Ride's.
Should I Run? ships an update every 3 months, A Better Ride every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Should I Run? | A Better Ride |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (43 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 43 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Roger Goldfinger | Edmund Fung |
Customer experience
Should I Run?
A Better Ride
In-app purchases
Should I Run?
No in-app purchases
A Better Ride
No in-app purchases
