Halifax Transit RT vs Cycling Guide
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Halifax Transit RT
Track Halifax Transit buses and ferries in real-time on an interactive map. Get live arrival schedules for any location and easily find nearby stops. The app provides dynamic updates and allows you to favorite your most used stops for quick access.
- Real-time bus and ferry positions on map
- Dynamic real-time updates
- Stops nearby
- Search by stop, stop number, or route number
- Favorite stops
- View bus and ferry routes on map
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This Halifax Transit Real Time App offers interactive commuting over the map, showing real time buses & ferries position, along with real time buses & ferries arrival schedules at any given location in the city of Halifax. Halifax Transit Real Time App Offers Following Features: - Real-time buses & ferries position on the map - Dynamic real-time updates - Stops nearby - Search by stop name, stop#, or route# - Schedule auto refreshes every 30 seconds - Stops interaction from map itself - Set radius for nearby stops - Favourite your stops - Resizable map - See buses & ferries routes on map This Halifax bus app will allow you to take bus & ferry around the city at your ease. This app is built using the open data provided to the developers by the Halifax Transit of city of Halifax, Canada (open data initiative) and is a complete independent development. For any suggestions, questions, or feedback please feel free to email me.
Cycling Guide
Discover low-stress cycling routes designed for comfort and confidence. This app helps you navigate your city by bike for errands, leisure, or exploring new places, making cycling accessible for all experience levels.
- Low-stress cycling routes
- Beginner-friendly navigation
- Discover new places by bike
- Easy route planning
- Enhance cycling confidence
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Getting around by bike is easier and more fun if you know how to do so in a low-stress way. Cycling Guide shows you how by providing the best available low-stress cycling-friendly routes that are great for people who would like to get around by bike but perhaps lack the experience, confidence, or knowledge to do so comfortably. Run errands to the store, ride to a park with your kids, and discover new places from the comfort of your bicycle. And have fun while doing so.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Cycling Guide at 4.7 against Halifax Transit RT's 3.3. Cycling Guide also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (41% vs 16%). Halifax Transit RT's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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.
Cycling Guide holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 16% of Halifax Transit RT's written reviews are positive against 41% of Cycling Guide's.
Halifax Transit RT ships an update every 3 weeks, Cycling Guide monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Halifax Transit RT | Cycling Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (3 ratings) | 4.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 16.4% of reviews | 41.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 134 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bhanu Munjal | Cycling Guide Foundation |
Customer experience
Halifax Transit RT
Cycling Guide
Bugs and requests
Halifax Transit RT
Reported bugs
24 issues- Schedule not accurate
- App schedule not matching route schedules
- Hard to follow GPS, not correct
- App empty when clicking stop
- App says bus coming but it's driving by
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- App says bus coming but it's already gone
- App hasn't worked in Bedford
- Cannot look up using stop numbers in Bedford
- App goes down all the time recently
- App cannot find any routes nearby
- App tells user they are in an undefined city
- App won't let user add Halifax again
- Sign up never completes
- App location inaccurate (Barrington vs Granville)
- App has been great but recently some stops disappeared
- App giving regular Monday schedule on a holiday
- Bus driver is slow
- App shows wrong route for #91
- Favourites not working since November
- App won't remember favorites since schedule change
- App told user bus was due multiple times, but bus never came
- Menu button gets user stuck
- Screen keeps freezing
- App took user to developer's ad page and got stuck
Requested features
14 requests- Add schedules to the app
- Feature for showing delays and cancellations
- Capability for electronic tickets
- Basic guidance on app usage
- Dark mode option
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- Ability to add favorite routes
- Improve map API resolution
- Remove ad bar at the bottom
- Improve refresh rate for bus tracking
- Ability to select bus stops to add to favorites by tapping
- Fix favorite stops not showing up
- Fix inability to add favorite stops
- Make letters larger
- Improve search and directions functionality
Cycling Guide
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Halifax Transit RT
No in-app purchases
Cycling Guide
No in-app purchases
