Bus Panda vs Corporate Cabs
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bus Panda
Get real-time Wellington bus departure information, timetables, and local weather. Save favorite bus stops for quick access and sync across your Apple devices. Includes an Apple Watch app for condensed views.
- Real-time bus departures
- Bus timetables
- Favorite bus stops
- Local weather updates
- iCloud sync across devices
- Apple Watch app
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Do you live in Wellington, New Zealand and use the bus often? If so, you need Bus Panda! The information you want, when you want it, with minimum fuss and distraction. Store as many favourite bus stops as you want by adding them from a map or by stop ID. Very quickly access realtime departure information along with timetables and see local Wellington weather from a variety of weather providers. Bus Panda uses iCloud to sync stop information between your iOS and macOS devices, should you choose to install it on more than one under the same iCloujd account and the bundled Apple Watch application shows a condensed view of the full iPhone application.
Corporate Cabs
Book a taxi quickly and easily with this official travel app. Features include passwordless registration, business account integration for automated expenses, trip cost estimation, and real-time driver tracking. Schedule future rides with convenience.
- Passwordless registration
- Business account integration
- Automated expense tracking
- Trip cost estimator
- Real-time driver tracking
- Schedule future trips
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The official taxi app of Corporate Cabs. Book a taxi in under 10 seconds and experience exclusive priority service from Corporate Cabs. - Passwordless registration flow - Login & book with your business account and automate expenses - Know an average of how much will cost your trip with the price estimator - See your driver’s and vehicle details and track their arrival on the map. - Schedule future trips
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Bus Panda at 100% against Corporate Cabs's 17%. Bus Panda also leads on device support (5 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). Corporate Cabs's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months). 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.
Bus Panda ships an update every 7 months, Corporate Cabs every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bus Panda | Corporate Cabs |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.2 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 16.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 91 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MR A D HODGKINSON | Corporate Cabs Limited |
Customer experience
Bus Panda
Corporate Cabs
In-app purchases
Bus Panda
No in-app purchases
Corporate Cabs
No in-app purchases
