APSRTC vs TNSTC
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
APSRTC
Book bus tickets, cancel reservations, and manage your travel with an official mobile application. Track city and long-journey buses in real-time. Offers an e-wallet for convenient transactions.
- Online ticket booking
- Ticket cancellation
- e-Wallet functionality
- Live tracking of long journey buses
- Live tracking of city buses
- Online passenger reservation
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APSRTC is committed to provide consistently high quality of services and to continuously improve the services through a process of teamwork for the utmost satisfaction of the passengers and to attain a position of pre-eminence in the Bus Transport sector. The APSRTC APP is Official Mobile Application, includes: - APSRTC OPRS Online Ticket Booking - Ticket Cancellation - APSRTC e-Wallet, Online Passenger Reservation & Cancellation - Live Tracking Long journey Buses. - Live Tracking City Buses.
TNSTC
Book bus tickets across India with the official app. Enjoy the lowest fares and best offers on India's largest and most trusted online bus booking platform.
- Official bus booking
- Lowest fares
- Best offers
- Trusted online platform
- India-wide coverage
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TNSTC Official Bus Booking App! *Lowest Fares and Best Offers *India's Largest and most Trusted Online Bus Site.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: TNSTC at 4.4 against APSRTC's 2.0. TNSTC also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 4 months) and review sentiment (39% vs 13%). APSRTC's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.2). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
TNSTC holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TNSTC has 68 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 13% of APSRTC's written reviews are positive against 39% of TNSTC's.
APSRTC ships an update every 4 months, TNSTC every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | APSRTC | TNSTC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (7 ratings) | 4.4 (68 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 12.5% of reviews | 39.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 68 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 119 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation | Radiant InfoSystems Ltd. |
Customer experience
APSRTC
TNSTC
Bugs and requests
APSRTC
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
TNSTC
Reported bugs
24 issues- App not working properly
- Amount debited, ticket not booked, no refund
- No confirmation after payment
- App crashes during payment
- Customer care not reachable
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- App freezes when trying to book
- No services available when searching
- App crashes during search
- App freezes when typing district name or selecting ID proof
- App crashing while using
- App slow and log off happening
- App crashes while using
- Login option missing on iOS
- UI not properly showing on iPhone 15 plus
- App crashes when trying to book a ticket
- App crashes when clicking search button
- App gets freeze when user not fully typed a district name, ID Proof selection, etc
- App crashes frequently
- App not working properly in ios 17
- Auto close when try book
- App is getting freeze
- App crashes while searching
- App crashes when clicking the search button
- App crashes when trying to book a ticket
Requested features
17 requests- Implement a login mechanism
- Add option to view booking history
- Add option to track previous tickets
- Enable booking for ladies to block adjacent seat for ladies
- Add boarding points in different places for the same bus
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- Add route map for bus services
- Update login option
- Add personal data storing option
- Display journey date instead of booking date in 'View Ticket'
- Add option to download ticket for offline access
- Adjust font size/layout for full ticket screenshot
- Add login option for iOS users
- Provide major pickup and drop points
- Add proper search for between stations
- Add field to input ID card number
- Improve UI and sort out booking issues
- Add login option
In-app purchases
APSRTC
No in-app purchases
TNSTC
No in-app purchases
