OnniBus vs OSL
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
OnniBus
Book bus tickets affordably and conveniently from your mobile device. Reserve your preferred seat and store your ticket digitally for easy boarding, even offline. Streamline your travel planning with saved information for faster future purchases.
- Affordable bus ticket booking
- Anytime, anywhere booking
- Seat reservation
- Digital ticket storage
- Offline ticket access
- Faster purchasing with saved info
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Track your bus in real time and keep all your tickets in one place. In the app, you can easily access your tickets, choose your seat on double-decker buses in advance and, when signed in, keep track of your OnniEtu stamps. When it’s time for your next trip, buying a ticket is quick, and you can save your payment method for next time.
OSL
Purchase Oulu Regional Transport tickets, including student passes, directly from your phone. The app provides real-time bus tracking, route planning, and immediate ticket validation upon purchase. All tickets are valid across the entire OSL travel area.
- Purchase single, day, and season tickets
- Student ticket options available
- Immediate ticket validation
- QR code ticket display
- Route planner
- Real-time bus tracking
- Nearest stop and timetable information
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With the OSL application, you can purchase single, day, and season tickets for Oulu Regional Transport (OSL) – including student tickets – anytime and anywhere. The ticket becomes valid immediately after payment. You can pay for the ticket using Visa, Visa Electron, or Mastercard (both debit and credit), mobile payment, MobilePay, or Edenred within the app. The ticket features a QR code and the remaining validity period. Show the ticket's QR code to the reader at the bottom of the bus ticket device at the beginning of each trip, including when transferring from one line to another. Tickets are valid on all buses throughout the OSL travel area. The travel area includes Ii, Hailuoto, Kempele, Liminka, Lumijoki, Muhos, Oulu, and Tyrnävä. The app also allows you to use a route planner and provides real-time information on bus movements on the map. The service locates your position and informs you of the nearest lines, stops, routes, and timetable information. You can also see any possible traffic exceptions in the app's Notifications tab. The application download is free of charge. For more information about OSL: https://www.osl.fi/ Accessibility statement: https://www.osl.fi/ehdot-ja-tietosuoja/accessibility-statement-for-the-osl-mobile-application/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: OSL at free against OnniBus's ad-supported. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for OnniBus against 4.9 for OSL. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 21 and 12 respectively.
OnniBus ships an update every 5 weeks, OSL every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | OnniBus | OSL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (21 ratings) | 4.9 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 21 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 73 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | OnniBus.com Oy | Waltti Solutions Oy |
Customer experience
OnniBus
OSL
In-app purchases
OnniBus
No in-app purchases
OSL
No in-app purchases









