Comparison

Stopfinder vs Johnson City CSD

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

Head to head
About

Stopfinder

This app provides parents and guardians with access to their student's daily bus stop assignments. It offers real-time bus tracking with customizable alert zones and estimated arrival times. Users can also complete electronic forms and communicate directly with the transportation department.

Highlights
  • View student bus stop assignments
  • Real-time bus tracking with GeoAlerts
  • Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA) notifications
  • Complete electronic district forms
  • Communicate with transportation department
  • Control trip stop visibility
  • View attendance history
Features
Currently charting
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For participating Districts, Stopfinder gives parents and guardians access to view and share their student’s bus stop assignments as well as communicate with the Transportation Department. With Stopfinder GeoAlerts, app users can create alert zones at any stop or school or along your student’s route. Stopfinder users will be notified when their student’s bus has arrived at or departed from an alert zone. Know where the bus is and know your student has arrived at or departed from any location along their assigned bus route. Stopfinder Forms allows app users to complete electronic forms sent from their district through the Stopfinder app. Stopfinder users can view new forms and submitted forms through the Stopfinder Message Center. Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA) notifications can be configured by Stopfinder app users to display the bus’s ETA based on their student’s assigned stop and the bus’s location. ETA notifications appear on the student’s schedule in the Stopfinder app and inform users the amount of time until the bus arrives at their student’s assigned stop. Control who can see your student’s assigned trip stops, view attendance history, and receive notifications when attendance has been taken or a vehicle substitution has been made. Send and receive messages from the school district’s Transportation department.

About

Johnson City CSD

Stay connected with your school district through a mobile app that brings news, events, and important information to your fingertips. Access contact details, sports scores, and daily menus with ease.

Highlights
  • Current news and events
  • Social media updates
  • Contact information
  • Sporting scores
  • Lunch menus
Features
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With the Johnson City CSD mobile app, your school district comes alive with the touch of a button. Easily navigate through current news and events or check out the latest updates with social media. Quickly retrieve contact information, sporting scores, lunch menus, and more! It’s your school district available at your fingertips.

Screenshots

Stopfinder4 screens
Johnson City CSD3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Johnson City CSD at 100% against Stopfinder's 32%. Stopfinder's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 3.5) and ratings volume (16K vs 11). 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Stopfinder holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stopfinder has 16K ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 32% of Stopfinder's written reviews are positive against 100% of Johnson City CSD's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stopfinder ships an update every 3 months, Johnson City CSD every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Stopfinder versus Johnson City CSD: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStopfinderJohnson City CSD
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (16K ratings) — better3.5 (11 ratings)
Positive reviews31.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings16K — better11
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank#186 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size128 MB77 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTransfinderJohnson City Central Schools

Customer experience

Stopfinder

All ratings14,740 ratings
Positive92.2%
Neutral3.2%
Negative4.6%
Written reviews508 reviews
Positive31.9%
Neutral12.2%
Negative55.9%

Johnson City CSD

All ratings11 ratings
Positive54.5%
Neutral18.2%
Negative27.3%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Stopfinder

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Bus location often unavailable
  • Notifications not working as expected
  • App login issues
  • Schedules/routes disappearing from app

Requested features

4 requests
  • Two-way communication with transportation
  • Ability to share app access with multiple family members
  • More customizable notification settings
  • Integration with school calendars for early release days

Johnson City CSD

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Stopfinder

No in-app purchases

None

Johnson City CSD

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Stopfinder free?
Stopfinder is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Johnson City CSD free?
Johnson City CSD is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Stopfinder or Johnson City CSD?
Stopfinder is rated higher. Stopfinder averages 4.7 out of 5 from 16K ratings, while Johnson City CSD averages 3.5 from 11 ratings.
Do Stopfinder or Johnson City CSD have ads?
Neither Stopfinder nor Johnson City CSD shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Stopfinder or Johnson City CSD?
Stopfinder ships an update every 3 months, and Johnson City CSD every 4 months. Most recently, Stopfinder was updated on November 12, 2026 and Johnson City CSD on November 3, 2026.

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