Chinatown Bus vs BBBUS COM
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chinatown Bus
Discover affordable bus routes connecting major cities on both the East and West Coasts of the United States. Book your tickets online for budget-friendly travel options, inspired by the original Chinatown bus services.
- Affordable bus ticket booking
- East Coast routes
- West Coast routes
- Online booking engine
- Budget travel options
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In the late 1990s a few entrepreneurs in New York’s Chinatown started running buses from Chinatown in NY to Chinatown in Boston for less than half of what traditional bus companies were charging and a fraction of what it cost to take the train or fly. For years budget travelers in the Washington DC-Philadelphia-New York-Boston corridor have loved the Chinatown bus service. Now, they are also available on West Coast cities like Los Angeles, San Francisco and Las Vegas. The Chinese buses offer a reliable service at affordable cost, and we bring them close to you so you can purchase your ticket online. Find a complete list of Chinatown bus services on the East Coast and the West Coast. Book your China bus ticket online and enjoy the most affordable bus transportation. Booking engine is powered by GotoBus.com.
BBBUS COM
Book intercity and charter bus tickets online across the United States. This platform aims to provide a superior, efficient, and secure travel booking experience.
- Intercity bus ticket booking
- Charter bus booking
- Online booking platform
- United States service area
- Faster and safer service
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BBBUS.COM is an online booking platform that allows users in the United States to purchase intercity bus tickets and book charter bus online. We offer a better, faster, safer, and higher-quality service.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Chinatown Bus at 4.5 against BBBUS COM's 3.6. Chinatown Bus also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). BBBUS COM's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 weeks). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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.
Chinatown Bus holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 19 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Chinatown Bus's written reviews are positive against 44% of BBBUS COM's.
Chinatown Bus ships an update every 6 weeks, BBBUS COM every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chinatown Bus | BBBUS COM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (16 ratings) — better | 3.6 (19 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 44.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 16 | 19 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 78 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | GotoBus.com | Liming Chen |
Customer experience
Chinatown Bus
BBBUS COM
In-app purchases
Chinatown Bus
No in-app purchases
BBBUS COM
No in-app purchases
