RideCo Waterloo vs LA Metro Micro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RideCo Waterloo
Book personalized, express transit that shares rides with other passengers for affordability. This technology schedules professional transportation to fulfill your booking, ensuring rides are fast and not too crowded.
- Personalized express transit booking
- Shared rides for affordability
- Professional transportation scheduling
- Fast and uncrowded journeys
- Express transit technology
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RideCo lets you book personalized, express transit. Our technology will do the work to schedule professional transportation to fulfill your ride booking. What is unique is that you will share that ride with other passengers, therefore making it affordable—near to the cost of driving yourself. RideCo’s technology ensures that your ride will be fast, without ever being too crowded.
LA Metro Micro
This on-demand ridesharing service provides fast, safe, and convenient trips within specific zones in Los Angeles County. It's designed for quick journeys around town without the need for transfers.
- On-demand ridesharing
- Service within specific LA County zones
- Fast and convenient trips
- No transfers required
- Safe travel option
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Meet Metro Micro, your local ride. Metro's on-demand ridesharing app, offers trips within several zones in LA County. Micro is a fast, easy, safe and convenient option for quick trips around town without having to transfer. Metro Micro is currently offered in the following zones: Watts/Compton LAX/Inglewood El Monte North Hollywood Pasadena/Altadena/Sierra Madre Highland Park/Eagle Rock/Glendale Northwest San Fernando Valley UCLA/Westwood/Century City Find out more about Metro Micro at https://www.metro.net/micro/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: LA Metro Micro at 4.7 against RideCo Waterloo's 2.3. LA Metro Micro also leads on ratings volume (1.2K vs 3). RideCo Waterloo's advantage is review sentiment (73% vs 54%). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
LA Metro Micro holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LA Metro Micro has 1.2K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 73% of RideCo Waterloo's written reviews are positive against 54% of LA Metro Micro's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RideCo Waterloo | LA Metro Micro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (3 ratings) | 4.7 (1.2K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 73.1% of reviews — better | 54.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 1.2K — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | RideCo Inc. | Spare Labs Inc. |
Customer experience
RideCo Waterloo
LA Metro Micro
Bugs and requests
RideCo Waterloo
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
LA Metro Micro
Reported bugs
3 issues- Booking process is unreliable
- App crashes at time selection screen
- Payment method issues
Requested features
3 requests- Allow advance booking
- Add option to select pickup/drop-off locations
- Improve navigation and tracking features
In-app purchases
RideCo Waterloo
No in-app purchases
LA Metro Micro
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is RideCo Waterloo free?
Is LA Metro Micro free?
Which has better reviews, RideCo Waterloo or LA Metro Micro?
Do RideCo Waterloo or LA Metro Micro have ads?
Which is updated more often, RideCo Waterloo or LA Metro Micro?
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