LRTA Bus Tracker vs QRyde Driver App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LRTA Bus Tracker
Track buses in near real-time to find nearby stops, discover routes and times, and see bus locations. Features street view for stop safety assessment.
- Real-time bus tracking
- Find nearby stops
- Discover routes and times
- Street view for stop safety
- See bus locations
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LRTA Bus Tracker allows riders of the Lowell Regional Transit Authority to see where buses are in near real time. Features: • Find stops near your current location. • Discover bus routes and times. • Use street view to get an idea of where the stop is and if its in a safe area. • See where the bus is. This application is not affiliated with the LRTA in anyway.
QRyde Driver App
This app connects drivers with their communities to manage trips. Drivers can view, accept, and update ride requests, and riders can use QCards for fare payment and identity verification. The app also allows riders to track the driver's location.
- View and accept trips
- Manage trip updates
- Rider QCard payment
- Rider identity verification
- Real-time driver tracking
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Disclaimer: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life The QRyde Driver app connects community drivers to their QRyde communities. Quickly and easily view, accept, manage and update trips you receive from QRyde - whether they’re booked days in advance or “on-demand”. With the QRyde Driver app, your riders will be able to scan their QCards when they get in your vehicle to pay their fare or verify their identity, and track your location along the route
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: QRyde Driver App at every 2 months against LRTA Bus Tracker's every 7 months. LRTA Bus Tracker's advantage is review sentiment (20% vs 7%) and iOS requirement (9.2 vs 15.0). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 1.9 for LRTA Bus Tracker against 1.9 for QRyde Driver App. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 18 and 13 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 20% of LRTA Bus Tracker's written reviews are positive against 7% of QRyde Driver App's.
LRTA Bus Tracker ships an update every 7 months, QRyde Driver App every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LRTA Bus Tracker | QRyde Driver App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.9 (18 ratings) | 1.9 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 20.0% of reviews — better | 7.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 18 — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.2 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Christopher Campbell | QRyde |
Customer experience
LRTA Bus Tracker
QRyde Driver App
In-app purchases
LRTA Bus Tracker
No in-app purchases
QRyde Driver App
No in-app purchases
Questions
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