Reading Buses vs Go2Gate
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Reading Buses
Plan your bus journeys, purchase mobile tickets, and track live departures. This app provides real-time bus information, fare discovery, and contactless journey history. Save your favorite routes and stay updated on service disruptions.
- Mobile ticket purchase
- Live departure tracking
- Journey planning
- Fare discovery
- Timetable access
- Contactless journey history
- Service update notifications
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Our new app has everything you need to travel with Reading Buses. NEW! Discover your fare: Find the fare for the journeys you are planning whether you want to buy a mobile ticket in advance or pay on the bus. Mobile Tickets: Purchase mobile tickets securely with a debit/credit card and scan when boarding - no more searching for cash! Live Departures: Browse and view bus stops on the map, explore upcoming departures, or check out the routes from a stop to see where you could travel next. Journey Planning: It’s now even easier to plan ahead with Reading Buses. Timetables: We’ve squeezed the whole timetable into the palm of your hand. Contactless Journeys: View the journeys you have made using your contactless cards and a breakdown of charges and savings. Favourites: You can quickly save your favourite Departure Boards, Timetables and Journeys, with quick access from one convenient menu. Service Updates: You’ll be able to keep up to date with disruption information from our Twitter feed inside the app. As always, we welcome your feedback. You can send it to us via the app.
Go2Gate
Book on-demand minibus transportation between Dedworth and Heathrow Airport. This app functions like a personal taxi, offering convenient pick-ups and drop-offs close to your home or directly at Heathrow Terminal 5. Track your bus in real-time and book up to 28 days in advance.
- On-demand minibus booking
- Dedworth to Heathrow Airport routes
- Real-time bus tracking
- Book up to 28 days in advance
- Wheelchair accessible
- Luggage space
- Bike transport
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Pre-book transportation between Dedworth and Heathrow, from around 03:00 to 23:30 seven days a week, except Christmas Day. Whether you're flying off somewhere or work at the airport, we're making it so much easier to get between Dedworth and Heathrow Airport, and home again, any day of the week at the times that suit you. Go2Gate is a minibus for the Dedworth area that is more like your own personal taxi that you can only book on this app. It will pick you up or drop you off close to home - a map will help you select the location, and this app will show you where to wait. Go2Gate will drop you off or pick you up right outside Heathrow Terminal 5, from where it's easy to access other parts of the airport using the free trains, Tube and H30 bus. This app will show you where to wait at Heathrow Terminal 5 for your ride home. You can book up to 28 days in advance. We can take bookings up to a few minutes before you want to travel, although we may ask to pick you up or drop you off from a slightly different location in Dedworth, in order to maintain journey times for all users. You can track your bus on this app up to 30 minutes before it arrives. Use a wheelchair? - No problem. Just make sure you reserve a wheelchair space when you make your booking. We also carry folded commuter bikes, like a Brompton or Tern. There is dedicated luggage space too. Children under 5 travel free, but must sit on your lap if seats are needed for other fare-paying passengers. Go2Gate is operated by Thames Valley on behalf of Heathrow.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Reading Buses at 4.8 against Go2Gate's 1.0. Reading Buses also leads on review sentiment (61% vs 25%) and ratings volume (83 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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.
Reading Buses holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Reading Buses has 83 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 61% of Reading Buses's written reviews are positive against 25% of Go2Gate's.
Reading Buses ships an update fortnightly, Go2Gate monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Reading Buses | Go2Gate |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (83 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 61.2% of reviews — better | 25.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 83 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Reading Buses | Padam Mobility |
Customer experience
Reading Buses
Go2Gate
In-app purchases
Reading Buses
No in-app purchases
Go2Gate
No in-app purchases









