Comparison

OW Bus Simulator vs Indian Bus Simulator

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

OW Bus Simulator

Experience realistic bus driving in a vast open world with ultra graphics. Transport passengers across a big city on over 20 routes, managing their happiness and ensuring timely arrivals. Customize your experience with various control options and enjoy detailed animations.

Highlights
  • Open world big city driving
  • Realistic bus driving mechanics
  • 20+ public transport routes
  • Passenger transport and happiness management
  • Customizable driving controls
  • Detailed bus interior and animations
Features
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OW Bus Simulator gives you a opportunity to be a wonderful bus driver. Try OW Bus Simulator with open world, ultra graphic, big city and realistic driving features. Drive bus on 20+ route in urban public transport. Transport passengers between station. Make sure passengers have a good trip. Be assertive to be the best bus driver. Take your damaged car to the garage and repair it. Customize your driving experience with different driving modes and control options. How To Play: Route servise will begin automatically when you get on the bus. Go to specified bus stop in navigation. Park the bus on the green area. Passengers will get on the bus when the doors open. Go to bus stop on the route and finish the route. You need to be careful about passenger happiness. Try to finish the route on time without accident and make passengers have a good trip. You can start a new route service anytime on the bus station. Features: Realistic big city, streets and AI traffic. Enjoy the travel in the big city with free driving mode. Realistic detailed transport bus door animations. There are 20+ route that you need to complete. Choose one of the button, accelerometer and steering wheel control options. First person camera and detailed bus interior and navigation. Realistic animated passengers. Keep following for all free new open world driving games. Enjoy & Thanks!

About

Indian Bus Simulator

Experience realistic bus driving across South India in an open-world simulation. Build your transport empire by starting as a driver-for-hire, earning money to purchase and customize your own fleet of buses. Manage your driver's well-being and enhance your buses with passenger amenities for higher ratings.

Highlights
  • Open-world bus driving simulation
  • Career mode with driver-for-hire jobs
  • Build and manage your own transport company
  • Extensive bus customization options
  • Passenger amenity upgrades for buses
  • Driver well-being management
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The long-awaited Indian Bus Simulator is another rich and detailed offering from the stable of Highbrow Interactive. After dominating the world of mobile train simulation for years, Highbrow has set its eyes of the genre of bus driving games - bringing to the table all the little quirks that helped amass millions of fans for Indian Train Simulator. Indian Bus Simulator, or IBS, is an open world, driver-based game that is releasing with a route connecting the South Indian cities of Chennai and Bangalore. The game features buses from State-run transport organizations of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, plus a fleet of buses from Private Operators built in their likeness. The design of the bus is inspired by the authentic vehicles which are currently in the market. The buses, both state and private, are designed keeping endless customization in mind. Soon, you will be able to change the seat upholstery, wheels, decals. At the time of purchase, a user has the option to choose between various engine variants and transmission types. The buses also come in mini, single and multi-axle form factors. The seats are also seats, semi-sleeper and sleeper variants which can be opted by the user during purchase. In IBS, you play the driver - who begins the career without any money. You get to make money by playing a driver-for-hire doing odd jobs. The more money you make, and save, the quicker you will be able to start your own dream transport company. IBS allows you to rent out buses from your own fleet. That is how you build your own fleet and a transport empire. While his business growth matters, so does his physical well-being. Make sure the driver is fed, rested and comfortable. Buses in IBS can be customized to add more features for passengers. The ratings of a bus depend on how feature packed your buses are. Features such as Air-conditioning, Blanket, Pillow, Charging Point, Movie, Personal TV, Snacks, Beverage, GPS Location Tracking etc. can be added to your buses at any point. So what are you waiting for? Hit the download button and get started.

Screenshots

OW Bus Simulator4 screens
Indian Bus Simulator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: OW Bus Simulator at 4.1 against Indian Bus Simulator's 3.1. OW Bus Simulator also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Indian Bus Simulator sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. OW Bus Simulator asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

OW Bus Simulator holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 172 and 48 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of OW Bus Simulator's written reviews are positive against 37% of Indian Bus Simulator's.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
OW Bus Simulator versus Indian Bus Simulator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOW Bus SimulatorIndian Bus Simulator
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (172 ratings) — better3.1 (48 ratings)
Positive reviews61.8% of reviews — better36.8% of reviews
Number of ratings172 — better48
Update frequency—Every 20 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.1 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size195 MB415 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFurkan GulHighbrow Interactive

Customer experience

OW Bus Simulator

All ratings172 ratings
Positive75.6%
Neutral6.4%
Negative18.0%
Written reviews131 reviews
Positive61.8%
Neutral5.3%
Negative32.8%

Indian Bus Simulator

All ratings48 ratings
Positive43.8%
Neutral14.6%
Negative41.7%
Written reviews95 reviews
Positive36.8%
Neutral17.9%
Negative45.3%

In-app purchases

None

OW Bus Simulator

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Indian Bus Simulator

One-time1
  • 40 Gem Pack$1.99

Questions

Is OW Bus Simulator free?
OW Bus Simulator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Indian Bus Simulator free?
Indian Bus Simulator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, OW Bus Simulator or Indian Bus Simulator?
OW Bus Simulator is rated higher. OW Bus Simulator averages 4.1 out of 5 from 172 ratings, while Indian Bus Simulator averages 3.1 from 48 ratings.
Do OW Bus Simulator or Indian Bus Simulator have ads?
Indian Bus Simulator shows ads; OW Bus Simulator does not.

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