Comparison

WaySync vs Traffic Counts

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

Head to head
About

WaySync

This mobile tool diagnoses and evaluates traffic signal timing plans in real-time. It allows users to create virtual signal controllers on their devices that mimic field operations, helping to identify common issues with coordinated signals.

Highlights
  • Real-time Time-Space Diagram display
  • Real-time traffic signal timing on Map
  • Check bandwidth and attainability in TSD
  • Record GPS tracks and videos
  • Support optimization for non-common cycles
  • Develop virtual signal controllers
Features
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WaySync-M, which is the short for WaySync-Mobile, is a mobile tool for real-time diagnosis and performance evaluation of traffic signal timing plans. It enables users to develop virtual signal controllers on their mobile devices, which run the same timing plans as that running in the field. Together with its advanced features of geo-referencing and dynamic time-space diagram, it allows users to easily diagnose common issues with actuated coordinated signals, such as phase early return, transition, clock drifting, and erroneous offset inputs. It can be used as a supplemental tool for better timing coordinated traffic signals. Dynamic time-space diagram with Integrated vehicular trajectory for best diagnosis and performance evaluation of coordinated traffic signals. Key features: + Display real-time Time-Space Diagram (TSD) of the traffic signals + Display real-time traffic signal timing on Map + Check bandwidth and attainability when edit timing in TSD + Record GPS tracks and videos which can help engineers to improve traffic performance + Support optimization for non-common cycles * Wifi-only iPad cannot record GPS tracks without external GPS device.

About

Traffic Counts

This utility app allows users to record traffic counts with customizable time intervals and download data as a CSV file. It offers a dark theme to save battery and allows post-count configuration of settings.

Highlights
  • Record traffic counts
  • Customizable time intervals
  • Download data as CSV
  • Post-count settings configuration
  • Battery-saving dark theme
Features
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*NOTE This app is in its first production phase and is bound to have issues, please be patient in new features and updates. Transight Traffic Counter Update 1.0.1: fixes app crashing when trying to download a count with over 12,000 rows adds new icons for turn buttons adds warning popup and red timer when count becomes over 4 hours long - no in-app purchases to download your traffic count files - configure the settings to your traffic count after you have finished instead of rushing to set up before the count - download your file to a CSV with customized time intervals - save battery with the dark-themed screen and buttons

Screenshots

WaySync4 screens
Traffic Counts4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: WaySync at Free against Traffic Counts's $0.99. WaySync also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 weeks) and ratings volume (11 vs 2). Traffic Counts's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On rating, ads 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

WaySync is free to download; Traffic Counts costs $0.99 up front. WaySync sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Traffic Counts asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for WaySync against 5.0 for Traffic Counts. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: WaySync has 11 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WaySync ships an update every 2 weeks, Traffic Counts every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 3 level
WaySync versus Traffic Counts: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWaySyncTraffic Counts
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating5.0 (11 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Number of ratings11 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTraffic Signal Coordination Technologies, IncBrendan Bessman

Customer experience

WaySync

All ratings11 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Traffic Counts

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

WaySync

One-time1
  • One month Pro WaySync-M$499.99
None

Traffic Counts

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is WaySync free?
WaySync is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Traffic Counts free?
Traffic Counts costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, WaySync or Traffic Counts?
WaySync and Traffic Counts are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 11 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do WaySync or Traffic Counts have ads?
Neither WaySync nor Traffic Counts shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WaySync or Traffic Counts?
WaySync ships an update every 2 weeks, and Traffic Counts every 5 weeks. Most recently, WaySync was updated on October 2, 2026 and Traffic Counts on October 4, 2026.

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