McGill’s Buses vs AppiCab
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
McGill’s Buses
Purchase and use mobile tickets directly from your device, eliminating the need for paper tickets. Track your bus in real-time, plan your journeys, and find nearby stops. Access timetables and save favorite routes for convenient travel.
- Mobile ticketing
- Real-time bus tracking
- Journey planning
- Find nearest stops
- User-friendly timetables
- Save favorite services
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McGill’s new and improved m-ticket and real-time app allows you to buy your tickets within the app and use your mobile device as your ticket as well as view real-time information, meaning you can check exactly where your bus is, at any given time – all in the once place! With other added features including- planning my journey, find my nearest stop, user friendly timetable information and saving your favourite services, this will make McGill’s bus travel even easier, with everything you need fitting into your pocket. With M-Ticketing you can buy and load your tickets to your phone and use them whenever suits you; including saving your tickets for later! No more searching for change and for use on any McGill’s bus across our extensive network of services, with payment accepted via PayPal, credit or debit card. There are over half a million journeys on a McGill’s bus every week. Our app makes it even easier to get on-board and track your bus right to your stop! McGill’s operates over 120 routes across Inverclyde, Renfrewshire, East Renfrewshire, North Lanarkshire and Glasgow city. Once you have downloaded the app, create an account and you’re ready! With adult, student, child and family offers available, we have a ticket to suit you. We look forward to welcoming you on board!
AppiCab
Book a taxi quickly and easily with priority service. Features include passwordless registration, business account integration for expense automation, price estimation, real-time driver tracking, and future trip scheduling.
- Passwordless registration
- Business account integration
- Price estimator
- Real-time driver tracking
- Schedule future trips
- Automate expenses
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Book a taxi in under 10 seconds and experience exclusive priority service from Appicab - Passwordless registration flow - Login & book with your business account and automate expenses - Know an average of how much your trip will cost with the price estimator - See your driver's and vehicle details and track their arrival on the map. - Schedule future trips
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Verdict
McGill’s Buses and AppiCab both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 88% of AppiCab's written reviews are positive against 42% of McGill’s Buses's. AppiCab also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). McGill’s Buses's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (11 vs 1). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for McGill’s Buses against 5.0 for AppiCab. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: McGill’s Buses has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 42% of McGill’s Buses's written reviews are positive against 88% of AppiCab's.
McGill’s Buses ships an update fortnightly, AppiCab every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | McGill’s Buses | AppiCab |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (11 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 42.2% of reviews | 87.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 91 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | McGill's Buses | Appicab Ltd |
Customer experience
McGill’s Buses
AppiCab
Bugs and requests
McGill’s Buses
Reported bugs
22 issues- App signs users out
- Account termination threats
- App causes iPhone to overheat
- App crashes when tracking transport
- App doesn't show any bus times
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- App doesn't update in real-time
- App is slow to load
- Live bus locations cause app to crash
- App turns brightness down on phone
- App doesn't show bus times anymore
- App removed ability to know bus capacity
- Website doesn't update in real-time
- App is more expensive than cash
- Tickets expire in 15 minutes
- No live tracking available
- Ticket activation expires after 10 minutes
- App freezes when trying to buy tickets
- Discount codes cannot be applied
- Tickets not transferring from old app
- Payment system flags as fraud
- Real-time tracking is inaccurate
- App doesn't work on quick page on new iPhone update
Requested features
6 requests- Add screen for next stop
- Fix the 66 bus route
- More 66 buses
- Add ability to know when bus is full/moderate/empty
- Add ticket gifting speed
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- Improve real-time tracking accuracy
AppiCab
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
McGill’s Buses
No in-app purchases
AppiCab
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is McGill’s Buses free?
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