NX Bus mTicket vs Uno buses
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NX Bus mTicket
Purchase and store bus tickets directly on your phone. This app allows for easy buying of single trips, day tickets, and weekly passes. Activate your digital ticket and scan the QR code to board your bus.
- Buy single trip tickets
- Purchase day tickets
- Get 1 and 4 week passes
- Activate digital tickets
- Scan QR code to board
- Tickets for adults and students
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Start travelling straight away with the National Express Bus mTicket app. Buy your bus tickets anytime, anywhere – whether it’s a single trip, day ticket, group travel, or 1 and 4 week options. Your phone becomes your ticket – activate and scan the QR code as you board and you’re good to go! It’s quick, secure, and super easy to use. Tickets are available for adults and students. These mTickets let you travel on all bus operators across the West Midlands that are part of the nBus scheme, within the nBus zone*. *Some tickets are only valid on National Express buses to include travel outside the nBus zone.
Uno buses
Plan your bus journeys with real-time tracking and integrated route information from multiple operators. Purchase and activate tickets digitally for seamless boarding via QR code.
- Journey planner with multiple operators
- Real-time bus tracking on map
- Advance ticket purchase
- Digital QR code ticket activation
- Integrated National Rail and TfL services
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The Uno app has everything you need on the go. Plan your journey Our journey planner will show you the best way to get there and includes all Uno routes along with other bus operators, National Rail, and Transport for London services Buy your ticket So much easier than paying on the bus – buy your ticket in advance, then just activate on the day you want to travel and scan the QR code when you get on the bus Track your bus See where your bus is on a map, updated in real-time
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Uno buses at 4.7 against NX Bus mTicket's 4.0. Uno buses also leads on ratings volume (108 vs 2). 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.
Uno buses holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Uno buses has 108 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 17% of NX Bus mTicket's written reviews are positive against 22% of Uno buses's.
NX Bus mTicket ships an update every 2 months, Uno buses every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NX Bus mTicket | Uno buses |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (2 ratings) | 4.7 (108 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 16.8% of reviews | 21.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 108 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 169 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | National Express UK Ltd | Rise Digital Media Limited |
Customer experience
NX Bus mTicket
Uno buses
Bugs and requests
NX Bus mTicket
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Uno buses
Reported bugs
16 issues- App crashes
- Bus tracker not working
- Plan your journey feature broken
- Time feature doesn't fit on screen
- App freezes when checking tickets
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- Transaction fails to go through
- Application turns off when planning journey
- Ticket won't load
- App doesn't work on buses
- Bus tracker inaccurate
- App doesn't accept payments
- Cannot create an account
- Ticket doesn't load
- App full of bugs
- App makes users late
- Have to activate ticket every time
Requested features
6 requests- More regular updates for the app
- Add a widget for favorite bus stops
- Improve bus tracking accuracy
- Add feature to choose favorite tickets
- Dark mode option
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- Add a decent bus stop feature showing arrival/departure times
In-app purchases
NX Bus mTicket
No in-app purchases
Uno buses
No in-app purchases
