Ventura Tracker vs RideSync
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ventura Tracker
Track Ventura buses in real-time on your favorite routes and see them approach your stop. Receive notifications for school bus activity and alerts from the school or Ventura.
- Real-time bus location tracking
- Route bus approaching stop notifications
- School bus boarding/leaving alerts
- School and Ventura alerts
- View bus on map
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Ventura Tracker shows the location of Ventura Buses in real time. For route buses, you can now see where the bus is on your favourite route and watch as it approaches your stop. For Ventura school buses, you can also be notified whenever your children board or leave the bus and receive alerts from either the school or Ventura. For more information or to sign up your school, go to www.venturabus.com.au.
RideSync
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RideSync turns a vague itch for a ride into a real trip — dated, costed, and ready to ride. TELL IT THE ITCH Say what you're after in your own words — quiet backroads, two days, home by Sunday dark — and RideSync builds the trip around it: the roads, where to sleep, roughly what it costs. THE WHOLE TRIP, NOT JUST A LINE Every trip comes with real roads, day-by-day distances, a budget you can check, and the caveats that matter out there: fuel range, water, dry-weather-only tracks, riding in daylight. Estimates are marked as estimates. Nothing is invented. RIDE MODE On the bike, RideSync shows your own planned line and where you are on it — offline, with the map cached before you leave. No turn-by-turn, no voice in your ear, no rerouting. You follow your line; the app stays quiet. TAKE IT TO YOUR NAV Export any trip as GPX and open it in the nav app or device you already use. IT LEARNS YOUR RIDING The more you plan and ride, the better it reads what you actually like. Learning from your recorded rides is off by default and yours to switch on or off. SHARE IT Send a trip to a mate with a link. They get the ride, not your home address. Built for riders everywhere who would rather be out there. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ventura Tracker at none against RideSync's 1. RideSync's advantage is update cadence (every 11 days vs every 2 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. RideSync sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $99.00 per year. Ventura Tracker asks for nothing beyond the download.
Ventura Tracker ships an update every 2 months, RideSync every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ventura Tracker | RideSync |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 56.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BIGSMS Pty Ltd | SURENDRANATH TIPPIREDDY |
Bugs and requests
Ventura Tracker
Reported bugs
11 issues- Buses not showing on map
- App shuts down
- Bus passed by but not on tracker
- Bus icon off route
- Tram replacement bus location inaccurate
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- No active bus on route 841
- Cannot see bus route name when touching icon
- Tracking is useless, buses jump around
- New update is glitchy
- Buses are not right after update
- Bus tracker icon has unexplained pink color
Requested features
18 requests- Add more bus routes
- Add school bus routes
- Add route 902 and 903
- Add route 898
- Add route 788
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- Add routes starting with 1
- Add routes starting with 2
- Add route 380
- Add route 668
- Add school bus 2553 and 2562
- Add school buses to favorites
- Ability to save favorites without account
- Feature to see user location on map
- Feature to type bus fleet number
- Remember last zoom level
- Publish open APIs
- Filter routes and favorites on screen
- Indicator for bus icon colors
RideSync
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Ventura Tracker
No in-app purchases
RideSync
- RideSync Pro$99.001 Year









