Thorsborne Trail vs Transit QLD
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Thorsborne Trail
This app serves as a comprehensive GPS-based guide for hikers planning or undertaking the Thorsborne Trail on Hinchinbrook Island. It offers offline maps, trail notes, safety information, and tidal charts to ensure a well-prepared and safe hiking experience.
- Offline topological island map
- GPS-generated trail metrics
- Key location markers
- Comprehensive trail notes
- Safety hazard identification
- Offline tidal charts
- Walk simulation feature
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This is the only app for hikers either walking or thinking of walking the iconic Thorsborne Trail on World Heritage listed Hinchinbrook Island in Far North Queensland, Australia. It is the perfect electronic guide and provides a rich set of features. The Island has very limited cellular access so the app aims to provide the hiker all of its comprehensive information without the need for a mobile connection. The app provides the hiker with both an on and off-line accessible topological Island map. This map can be zoomed and panned to show different perspectives of the trail and a satellite view is available when on-line. The map provides key trail-specific GPS generated features. These include the actual trail itself and useful metrics such as the distance walked so far, distance to the nearest water source and camp site. The app also provides a selectable set of icons that mark key locations on the trail for all season water sources, hiking season water sources, tidal creeks and locations for limited cellular access and also campsites. The hikers exact positional latitude and longitude is also provided by the map should that information be needed. The information provided by the app is a distillation of local knowledge some of which cannot be found anywhere else. The app also provides the user with comprehensive trail notes in both directions of the walk. The hiker can switch between the map metric view and the route notes with a simple tab touch and both directions of the walk are covered by the guide in a simple clear format designed for reading. The app emphasises safety on the trail - Hinchinbrook is a wild and unspoilt island with a few hazards which are identified by the app and should an emergency arise it will provide assistance in providing you not only your exact position but also locations on the trail where a call can be made. The app also provides off line BOM Lucinda tidal charts for the year. Knowing the tidal range for the days of your hike and where the tidal crossings are, including safe water levels which vary by creek, will ensure that you can plan a safe and unhindered walk. The app provides all this information to hikers. For those wanting to see what a North to South Hike may look like from the comfort of your home there is a "Walk Simulation" feature in the settings menu - this shows an accelerated version of what the app will look like on the trail itself and will be a feature that is developed further in future releases to provide more information to the hiker for trip planning. The app is perfect for those just thinking of doing the walk - the menu provides all the information you need to book the trail and the transfers required to get there along with a host of other useful information. There is even a gallery of our favourite spots on the Island and I'm sure when you see them you will understand why this walk deserves its own app - quite simply its one of the best in the world. Happy Hiking!
Transit QLD
Get live bus, train, and ferry times for South-East Queensland. Features include real-time delay predictions, a map of nearby stops, and a journey planner. It offers route lookup, favorites, and a school route finder, all with a focus on user privacy.
- Live departure times with delay predictions
- Map of nearby stops color-coded by mode
- Journey planner with ranked route options
- Route lookup by service number
- Save favorite stops and routes
- School route finder
- Light/Dark/System appearance toggle
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TransitQLD shows you live bus, train and ferry times across South-East Queensland — Brisbane, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, and surrounds — sourced from TransLink Open Data. Built for everyday commuters. WHAT YOU GET • Live departures with realtime delay predictions, merged from the TransLink GTFS-Realtime feed. • Map of nearby stops, colour-coded by mode (bus, train, ferry). • Journey planner — pick a start and destination, see ranked route options. • Route lookup — find a service by number, see all stops it serves. • Favourites — pin a stop, a route at a stop, or a specific time-of-day departure. • School route finder — nearby school services within a chosen radius. • Light / Dark / System appearance toggle. PRIVACY • No accounts. No sign-in. No tracking. • No analytics SDKs, no ads, no third-party data sharing. • Your location is sent in each request to find nearby stops and is not stored. • Full privacy policy: https://translink-qld.kedarkokate.workers.dev/privacy COVERAGE The TransLink Open Data feed covers South-East Queensland. Areas outside SEQ — such as Rockhampton, Toowoomba, and far-north QLD — are served by other operators and are not in this feed. ATTRIBUTION Static and realtime transit data is published by the Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads / TransLink under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. This app is not affiliated with or endorsed by TransLink or the Queensland Government.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Transit QLD at Free against Thorsborne Trail's $2.99. Thorsborne Trail's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On review sentiment, 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
Transit QLD is free to download; Thorsborne Trail costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Thorsborne Trail ships an update every 3 weeks, Transit QLD every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Thorsborne Trail | Transit QLD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | jonathan ide | Kedar Kokate |
Customer experience
Thorsborne Trail
Transit QLD
In-app purchases
Thorsborne Trail
No in-app purchases
Transit QLD
No in-app purchases






