Comparison

Passio GO vs TRIPSTOP

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Passio GO

Track buses in real-time, view schedules, and get estimated arrival times. For operators, it provides seamless vehicle tracking and passenger counting with GPS data.

Highlights
  • Real-time bus location tracking
  • Bus schedules and ETAs
  • Vehicle tracking for operators
  • Passenger counting
  • GPS tagging of passengers
  • Route visualization
Features
Currently charting
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With Passio GO, you can easily track real-time bus locations, schedules, and estimated arrival times (ETA). This feature is available for select agencies, and while some agencies may choose to show or hide schedules, you can always see where the buses are and their routes. For operators managing transportation systems such as transit buses, shuttles, vans, and more, Passio GO offers seamless tracking and passenger counting. Our applications quickly and efficiently track your vehicles and count passengers as they board and exit, tagging them with GPS coordinates and time/day. This includes categorizing different passenger types or groups. N.B. You can run Passio GO without any registration, use for free. Please contact us at: sales@passiotech.com to setup a Passio Account to operate your own bus system.

About

TRIPSTOP

Find points of interest like coffee shops or gas stations along your planned route. Specify how far ahead you want to search and how far off the route you're willing to go. Get directions to your chosen stops without needing to know town names in advance.

Highlights
  • Search for places along your route
  • Specify search range and distance off-route
  • Integrates with Google/Apple Maps for directions
  • Avoids inconvenient detours
  • Simplifies road trip planning
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Have you ever been on a road trip and wished you could find your favorite coffee shop about half an hour along your route? Ever settled on a lesser fast food restaurant because you weren’t sure what would be down the road? Ever been annoyed that the gas station advertised on the highway tourism sign ended up being 2 miles out of the way? Ever been frustrated that other navigation services don't let you constrain your search when adding a stop? No more! Download TRIPSTOP to find places of interest within a range of minutes (or miles or kilometers) along your route and no further than some distance off your route! Simply tell the app your destination, pick your route, specify where and when you want to stop, and then get directions to your chosen TRIPSTOP. Features * Searches for places of interest along your route and no further than some distance off your route * Launches your Google/Apple Maps app with directions to your chosen TRIPSTOP * Avoids rash decision-making regarding where to stop on the road * Eliminates the need to determine the names of towns down the road in order to perform repeated point searches * Costs absolutely nothing!

Screenshots

Passio GO4 screens
TRIPSTOP4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: TRIPSTOP at 100% against Passio GO's 24%. TRIPSTOP also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and update cadence (every 9 days vs monthly). Passio GO's advantage is ratings volume (11K vs 1) and chart position (#84 vs unranked). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

TRIPSTOP holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Passio GO has 11K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 24% of Passio GO's written reviews are positive against 100% of TRIPSTOP's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Passio GO ships an update monthly, TRIPSTOP every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Passio GO versus TRIPSTOP: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPassio GOTRIPSTOP
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (11K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews24.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings11K — better1
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank#84 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPassIO TechnologiesLain Dev LLC

Customer experience

Passio GO

All ratings10,694 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral3.6%
Negative4.7%
Written reviews312 reviews
Positive24.0%
Neutral7.4%
Negative68.6%

TRIPSTOP

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Passio GO

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Buses disappearing from map
  • App logging users out randomly
  • Incorrect route information

Requested features

3 requests
  • Display full bus schedules
  • Ability to favorite specific stops
  • Improved GPS accuracy

TRIPSTOP

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Passio GO

No in-app purchases

None

TRIPSTOP

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Passio GO free?
Passio GO is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TRIPSTOP free?
TRIPSTOP is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Passio GO or TRIPSTOP?
TRIPSTOP is rated higher. Passio GO averages 4.6 out of 5 from 11K ratings, while TRIPSTOP averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Passio GO or TRIPSTOP have ads?
Neither Passio GO nor TRIPSTOP shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Passio GO or TRIPSTOP?
Passio GO ships an update monthly, and TRIPSTOP every 9 days. Most recently, Passio GO was updated on October 17, 2026 and TRIPSTOP on September 29, 2026.

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