BestBus vs Jitneys
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BestBus
Easily purchase bus tickets, access e-tickets, and reschedule travel. Receive important service updates and special deals. Manage all your travel activity in one place.
- Purchase bus tickets
- Access e-tickets
- Reschedule travel
- Receive special deals
- View travel activity
- Get live service updates
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Travel with the Best, We’ll do the rest Download this App for immediate access to all that BestBus has to offer and for purchasing tickets with ease. By using this App you will be offered special deals and free tickets on a regular basis. You will also have immediate access to your e-tickets and the ability to reschedule your travel. Additionally, you will have access to all of your BestBus activity. As part of our commitment to you to provide excellent service, the BestBus App will be used to send Important News and Live Service Updates such as changes of schedules due to inclement weather or any other factors that may affect your trip. Note: We will NOT abuse the notifications, you will only get important news and service updates. We believe that the App will make it much easier to travel with BestBus !
Jitneys
Access local jitney times, schedules, and routes directly on your phone. Set departure reminders to avoid missing your connection and view synced NJ Transit rail schedules. Dynamic updates are available for multiple towns with more coming soon.
- Real-time jitney schedules
- Route information
- Departure reminders
- NJ Transit rail sync
- Dynamic schedule updates
- Multiple town support
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For the first time your local jitney times, schedules and routes are available on your phone. Set up reminders to leave in time so you won't miss your jitney or your train. Synced to NJ Transit rail schedule showing you the which train your jitney connects to. Dynamic, always updating schedule for Maplewood, South Orange, West Orange, Livingston, Montclair, Springfield and many more towns coming soon.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Jitneys at 100% against BestBus's 9%. Jitneys also leads on rating (4.4 vs 2.6) and update cadence (daily vs every 2 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Jitneys holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 17 and 31 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 9% of BestBus's written reviews are positive against 100% of Jitneys's.
BestBus ships an update every 2 months, Jitneys daily. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BestBus | Jitneys |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (17 ratings) | 4.4 (31 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 9.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 17 | 31 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.2 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ilan Mazuz | Ron Srebro |
Customer experience
BestBus
Jitneys
In-app purchases
BestBus
No in-app purchases
Jitneys
No in-app purchases
