QLDTraffic vs TraXu
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
QLDTraffic
Access live traffic and travel information from the Queensland Government. Plan your journeys with real-time updates on road conditions, incidents, and closures. Receive personalized alerts for your favorite routes.
- Live traffic alerts on map
- Personalized route alerts
- Push notifications for favorite routes
- Traffic incident filtering
- Traffic web camera access
- Travel mode with audio announcements
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QLDTraffic is the official source of live traffic and travel information from the Queensland Government. It lets you check traffic conditions and plan your journey before you drive. Managed by the Department of Transport and Main Roads, QLDTraffic provides information on road conditions throughout Queensland, including crashes and hazards, road closures and restrictions, roadworks and special events. The app also provides access to web cameras that relay near real-time traffic imagery. Add your favourite routes to the app, like the trip to the office or a car journey to school, and QLDTraffic will inform you of traffic issues on the way. It’ll even send you personalised push notifications if something happens on your favourite routes, so that you’ll know before you go. FEATURES · Save favourite routes and places to receive personalised traffic alerts as push notifications · See live traffic alerts and events on a map · Filter traffic alerts to see: o What’s happening on your routes or around your current location o Incidents near your calendar events (if you’ve set a location for the event) o Crashes, flooding, and hazards o Road closures and restrictions o Roadworks and special events o Traffic flow and congestion o Traffic web cameras · Add a route by searching for a way to drive · Use travel mode while you’re on the move to get live traffic alerts throughout your journey o Travel mode includes audio announcements, so you can continue to pay attention to the road. · Add custom routes by recording your trip in travel mode Please note: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
TraXu
This app supports health and safety monitoring services, allowing in-field users to manage various activities like journey management and lone worker safety. It provides real-time monitoring, check-ins, and alarms, with GPS location tracking for workforce visibility.
- Self-registration
- Activity registration, updates, check-ins, and completions
- Reminder notifications
- Location tracking
- Reporting
- Profile management
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TraXu is a purpose-built app designed to support a range of health and safety monitoring services provided by the National Response Centre (NRC). As a subscribed customer TraXu allows in-field users to register, update and close a range of monitoring activities such as journey management, lone and remote worker, confined space entry and fatigue management via the app. TraXu mirrors the call-in service, managing check-ins and alarming for real time escalation when due times expire without in-field acknowledgement. Operating 24/7 the NRC monitors all activities in real-time responding to all over-time alarms, and processing the registration, update, check-in and completion of all activities where connectivity interferes with use of the app. TraXu can locate your workforce using GPS location services. A practical solution for companies without IVMS but looking for a simple tool for placing the whereabouts of their team on a map – this works on locating any open activities. Access a customer portal to view activity reports and locations. Key Features: • Self-registration / sign-up • Monitoring activity registration, updates, check-ins and completions. • Reminder notifications and messages • Repeat and reverse activities • Choose on map functionality • Location tracking • Reporting • Profile management Access to TraXu is provided to customers of the NRC. For information on how you can access health and safety services provided by the NRC visit www.natresponse.com.au . Disclaimer: Continued use of location services while the app is running in the background can excessively drain the battery. By installing and using all or any component of this application you accept all the terms of use. See our privacy policy and terms of use at https://natresponse.com.au/privacy-policy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: TraXu at 100% against QLDTraffic's 3%. TraXu also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 4 months). QLDTraffic's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 14.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
QLDTraffic ships an update every 4 months, TraXu every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | QLDTraffic | TraXu |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 3.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 105 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Department of Transport and Main Roads | Origin Energy |
Customer experience
QLDTraffic
TraXu
In-app purchases
QLDTraffic
No in-app purchases
TraXu
No in-app purchases







