Jefferson Lines vs StreamlineBus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Jefferson Lines
Purchase bus tickets, locate stops, and receive travel alerts directly from your phone. This app offers contactless travel tools to enhance your journey without unnecessary interaction.
- Contactless ticket purchasing
- Locate nearby bus stops
- Monitor travel alerts
- Track your bus in real-time
- Innovative travel tools
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Go Contactless. Easily access innovative travel tools from your phone to assist you while you travel. You can now purchase tickets, find nearby bus stops, monitor travel alerts, track your bus, and more without the unnecessary interaction. Download the Jefferson Lines Mobile App 2.0 for free!
StreamlineBus
Get real-time transit information for Bozeman, Montana's Streamline buses. Find nearby stops, view routes, save favorites, and track bus locations and arrival times. Receive alerts for service changes affecting your routes.
- Real-time bus arrival predictions
- Live bus location tracking on map
- Nearby bus stop and route information
- Save favorite stops and routes
- Service alerts and push notifications
- View current and upcoming service alerts
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Streamline Bus provides transit information for Streamline buses in Bozeman, Montana. Use the app to find information about nearby bus stops and routes, save favorites for quick access, and view real-time arrival information. Predicted arrival times allow you to know exactly how long you have until the bus arrives at your stop, and icons on the map show you where the bus is right now. You can view current and upcoming service alerts and elect to receive push notifications about these alerts or only those affecting your favorite stops and routes. Additional important transit service information is available within the app as well.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: StreamlineBus at 100% against Jefferson Lines's 9%. StreamlineBus also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.9) and ads (none vs shown). Jefferson Lines's advantage is ratings volume (30 vs 3). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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.
StreamlineBus holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Jefferson Lines has 30 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 9% of Jefferson Lines's written reviews are positive against 100% of StreamlineBus's.
Jefferson Lines ships an update every 10 months, StreamlineBus every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Jefferson Lines | StreamlineBus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.9 (30 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 9.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 30 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jefferson Partners L.P. | Syncromatics |
Customer experience
Jefferson Lines
StreamlineBus
In-app purchases
Jefferson Lines
No in-app purchases
StreamlineBus
No in-app purchases
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