SmartBusRoute vs DDOT Bus Tracker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SmartBusRoute
This GPS navigation app is designed for coach drivers, helping them avoid low bridges, restricted areas, and weight-limited roads. It provides turn-by-turn directions tailored for buses, ensuring safe and timely passenger delivery. Features include customizable vehicle dimensions for accurate routing and an odometer function for mileage tracking.
- Bus-specific GPS routing
- Low bridge and restriction avoidance
- Turn-by-turn voice navigation
- Customizable vehicle dimensions
- Odometer for mileage tracking
- Daily updated bus maps
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SmartBusRoute is built specifically for coach drivers to avoid low bridges and bus restricted areas to safely deliver passengers on time. This app knows the difference between a bus and truck so the routes are appropriate for bus drivers. The SmartBusRoute app is a GPS app with turn by turn motor coach driving instructions built with the experience of 40 years in the industry. Coach drivers navigate with confidence knowing that SmartBusRoute follows roads that are suitable for bus travel. The app helps you avoid permanent and temporary restrictions, avoid low bridges, and keeps you away from areas that have weight limitations. SmartBusRoute helps avoid costly tickets and keep you and your passengers safe. SmartBusRoute is powered by WorldNav, pioneers in truck routing for portable GPS. * Navigate any size bus with the convenience of using a mounted iPhone or iPad. * Offers the latest bus specific maps and routes, updated daily. * Provides turn-by-turn instructions with voice with lane guidance. * Navigate in Street, Hybrid, or Satellite View mode. * Specify Height, Length, Width, and Weight to insure accurate bus routing. * Use the phone's built-in speaker to say your destination address or point of interest (such as a rest area). * Built-in Odometer function allows you to track state mileage for easy tax filing. * State border crossing, weigh scale, and speed limit alerts. * Navigation does not interrupt other functions of the phone. * Unique driver feedback loop provides best in bus navigation. * Free Updates * Unlimited number of user entered destinations. * Unlimited number of routes, use as often as you wish. The app is intended for coach drivers conducting charters and tours. The app is not intended to support school bus drivers and other fixed route bus applications.
DDOT Bus Tracker
Get real-time bus arrival information for DDOT buses in Detroit. Track your bus, find nearby stops, plan your trips, and receive important rider alerts and service detours directly on your mobile device.
- Real-time bus arrival information
- Bus tracking
- Nearby stop finder
- Trip planning
- Favorite stop saving
- Rider alerts and detours
- System map with live bus locations
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DDOT Bus Tracker, the official source for real-time DDOT bus arrival information in Detroit. Residents and visitors to Detroit now have real-time bus information at their fingertips. Track your bus, get bus arrival information, find nearby stops, find routes, and plan your trip from your mobile device! Save your favorite bus stop on the app to easily view stop arrival times. Subscribe to rider alerts and service detours and be informed before you start your journey. Set up text message alerts so you know when your bus is due. Click on the system map, select a route, and see where your bus is in real time. Enter your starting location and destination to access fast trip planning. Traveling with DDOT Bus Tracker has never been this easy!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SmartBusRoute at 4.1 against DDOT Bus Tracker's 1.9. SmartBusRoute also leads on review sentiment (25% vs 10%). DDOT Bus Tracker's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (40 vs 8). On price, ads, monetization model and device support 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. SmartBusRoute sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. DDOT Bus Tracker asks for nothing beyond the download.
SmartBusRoute holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 1.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DDOT Bus Tracker has 40 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of SmartBusRoute's written reviews are positive against 10% of DDOT Bus Tracker's.
| Parameter | SmartBusRoute | DDOT Bus Tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (8 ratings) — better | 1.9 (40 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews — better | 10.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 40 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 103 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TeleType Company | City of Detroit |
Customer experience
SmartBusRoute
DDOT Bus Tracker
In-app purchases
SmartBusRoute
- Bus Route 7 Days$14.99
- BusRoute 3 Months$44.99
- BusRoute 1 Year$99.99
DDOT Bus Tracker
No in-app purchases







