mTransport vs Piano Guide
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
mTransport
Track your child's school bus journey in real-time for peace of mind. Receive alerts for departures, arrivals, and potential issues like missed buses or delays. Manage notifications and stay informed about your child's safe commute.
- Real-time bus tracking
- Departure and arrival notifications
- Missed bus alerts
- Bus approaching home alerts
- Multi-child support
- Customizable notifications
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GETTING TO SCHOOL SAFE AND SOUND Does your child ride the school bus? Follow their journey in real time with mTransport – you can rest easy knowing they’re safe. - Check the app to see if your child got on or off the bus, and view their real departure and arrival times. - Follow all of your children in real time, even if they go to different schools. - Receive an alert when they miss their bus, so you can react quickly. - Don’t waste any time – the app will let you know when the bus is getting close to your home. - View the mTransport dashboard whenever you want on your mobile phone, tablet or computer. - Choose which notifications you want to receive and select your preferred methods of communication: push notification, text message or email. FEATURES TO MAKE LIFE EASIER Soon, mTransport will let you: - Notify the bus driver when your child will be absent. - Get notifications when the bus is running late. - Announce that your child will be absent from school or daycare. - Get notifications if the school is closed due to bad weather. - And so much more! Download mTransport and discover how we can make your life easier. Questions? Contact us at info@mtransport.ca or visit www.mtransport.ca. NOTE: The mTransport app can only be used by parents whose children attend participating schools. Want to use our services? Contact us at info@mtransport.ca or visit www.mtransport.ca
Piano Guide
This app guides you to play piano by illuminating the keys on a connected LED strip. Choose songs, practice sections, and personalize your learning pace. It offers a private, ad-free experience for individual users.
- Connects to LED strip for key guidance
- Select and download songs
- Loop song sections for practice
- Personalized tempo and speed-up
- Individual song libraries per user
- No account or data tracking
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A little light. A beautiful song. Piano Guide connects to the Piano Guide LED strip — a light bar that sits above your piano keys and shows you exactly which keys to press. Pick a song in the app, and follow the light. FEATURES - Durable LED strip hangs lightly above your keyboard — never interfering with your playing - Plug into any USB power and the strip is instantly ready to connect to the app - Enter your Wi-Fi once, then download your favorite songs straight from piano-guide.app - Onboard memory holds over 5,000 songs - Loop any section of a song and repeat it until you master it — section by section - Personalized practice: choose your starting and ending tempo for each session - Gradual speed-up at your own pace — slowly and surely building real skill and muscle memory - Every family member gets their own song library, playlists, and personal settings YOUR PRIVACY No account, no email, no tracking. Your songs, playlists and settings are stored directly on your own strip. We have zero access to your data. Piano Guide requires the Piano Guide LED strip hardware. See it in action: piano-guide.app/demo Free songs at piano-guide.app
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Verdict
mTransport and Piano Guide are too close to call on the numbers: across 7 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
mTransport ships an update every 2 months, Piano Guide monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | mTransport | Piano Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | mPhase | Parviz Shahriari |
Customer experience
mTransport
Piano Guide
In-app purchases
mTransport
No in-app purchases
Piano Guide
No in-app purchases
Questions
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Do mTransport or Piano Guide have ads?
Which is updated more often, mTransport or Piano Guide?
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