511 Manitoba vs CBSA CanBorder
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
511 Manitoba
Access real-time highway and traffic data to plan your journeys safely. View road conditions, incidents, closures, and weather alerts on an interactive map. Receive audio notifications for important events.
- Real-time highway and traffic information
- Interactive map with road conditions
- Incident and closure alerts
- Camera feeds
- Construction updates
- Weather alerts
- Audio notifications
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The 511 Manitoba app provides near real-time highway and traffic information to drivers to help them safely plan their route. This includes information on construction, incidents, road closures, and weather alerts on roads across the province. This app features a scrollable, zoomable map that displays: • Road Conditions • Incidents and closures, such as collisions and other road hazards • Cameras • Construction • Road Closures • Traffic Information • Weather alerts The app also features audio alerts that notify drivers of incidents, construction, road closures, and other road events. This app provides information and support in both English and French.
CBSA CanBorder
Get real-time land border wait times for Canadian and US ports of entry. Plan your trips with estimated best crossing times and get turn-by-turn directions.
- Real-time border wait times
- Select ports of entry
- Trip planner function
- Estimated best crossing times
- Turn-by-turn directions
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Having land border wait times at your fingertips helps you make an informed decision about where and when to cross the border. The CanBorder app provides estimated wait times at select ports of entry in Canada and the United States. Short on time? Use the trip planner function to generate an estimated best day, time and port of entry at which to cross the border, along with turn by turn directions to get you there. The CanBorder app is a free service provided by the Canada Border Services Agency.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: 511 Manitoba at 4.0 against CBSA CanBorder's 2.1. CBSA CanBorder's advantage is ratings volume (25 vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.6). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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.
511 Manitoba holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CBSA CanBorder has 25 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 12% and 11% positive.
511 Manitoba ships an update every 8 months, CBSA CanBorder every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 511 Manitoba | CBSA CanBorder |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better | 2.1 (25 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 12.3% of reviews — better | 11.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 25 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 82 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | IBI Group | Canada Border Services Agency |
Customer experience
511 Manitoba
CBSA CanBorder
In-app purchases
511 Manitoba
No in-app purchases
CBSA CanBorder
No in-app purchases
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