Comparison

Stopfinder vs COTR

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

COTR

Stay connected with your church community through this app. Access past messages, receive important updates via notifications, and share content with friends. Download messages for offline listening and engagement.

Highlights
  • Watch or listen to past messages
  • Stay up to date with push notifications
  • Share messages via social media or email
  • Download messages for offline listening
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This app will help you stay connected with the day-to-day life of our church. With this app you can: watch or listen to past messages; stay up to date with push notifications; share your favorite messages via Twitter, Facebook, or email; and download messages for offline listening.

Screenshots

Stopfinder4 screens
COTR3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Stopfinder at 16K against COTR's 1. Stopfinder also leads on chart position (#170 vs unranked). COTR's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7). 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

COTR holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stopfinder has 16K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Stopfinder versus COTR: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStopfinderCOTR
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (16K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews31.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings16K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank#170 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better13.4
Further details — not scored
Size128 MB46 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTransfinderChurch of The Rock Ministries, Incorporated

Customer experience

Stopfinder

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

COTR

All ratings1 ratings
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

COTR

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Stopfinder

No in-app purchases

None

COTR

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Stopfinder free?
Stopfinder is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is COTR free?
COTR is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Stopfinder or COTR?
COTR is rated higher. Stopfinder averages 4.7 out of 5 from 16K ratings, while COTR averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Stopfinder or COTR have ads?
Neither Stopfinder nor COTR shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Stopfinder or COTR?
Stopfinder ships an update every 3 months, and COTR every 3 months. Most recently, Stopfinder was updated on November 7, 2026 and COTR on November 3, 2026.

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