Comparison

Mind The App vs Bus Router

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Mind The App

Stay informed about London's public transport with real-time updates on tube, bus, rail, and river services. Receive notifications, use widgets, and add favorite lines for personalized alerts. Share updates easily and check service status on your Apple Watch.

Highlights
  • Live service updates
  • Delay and disruption alerts
  • Push notifications
  • Widgets and Siri shortcuts
  • Favorite line management
  • Shareable status updates
  • Apple Watch complications
Features
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Get live service updates for the London public transport system. Find out if there are any delays or disruptions on your tube lines, buses, rail and river services. A simple app with one purpose: to give you status updates that are easy to digest without getting in your way. Choose from a variety of options to keep up-to-date with the latest status changes, including push notifications, widgets, Siri shortcuts and more. Add lines to your favourites to only see updates you actually care about. Easily share status updates with your friends and family. Use the Apple Watch app to get glanceable service information right on your wrist with our carefully crafted complications. The app uses official TfL live data to make sure you get the most up-to-date and correct information.

About

Bus Router

Features
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The ultimate simple way to plan your London bus journey. Bus Router uses live TfL data to find the best bus routes between any two stops, streets, or postcodes across the city. Simply enter where you're starting from and where you're headed — Bus Router does the rest, showing you step-by-step directions with real departure times, live bus tracking on the map, and everything you need to get on the right bus. FEATURES - Instant journey planning between any London locations - Step-by-step bus directions with live departure times - Live bus tracking — follow your bus on the map as you travel - Full bus route status across the TfL network - Clean, fast interface with dark mode support - No account required - No Ads — a clean, distraction-free experience. Always. BUS ROUTER PRO — ONE-TIME PURCHASE Unlock the full experience with a single payment. No subscription. No recurring charges. Ever. - Favourite Routes — save and revisit your most-used journeys instantly - Home & Work Shortcuts — check live ETAs before you leave the door - Journey Alerts — get notified when it's time to leave, even with the app closed - Morning Digest — daily alerts for your usual commute, on the days you choose - Journey History — browse recent searches grouped by day POWERED BY TFL OPEN DATA Bus Router is built on the Transport for London Open Data API, the same real-time data that powers TfL's own services.

Screenshots

Mind The App4 screens
Bus Router4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Bus Router at weekly against Mind The App's every 2 months. Bus Router also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 27.0). Mind The App's advantage is device support (5 vs 2). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Mind The App sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Bus Router sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mind The App ships an update every 2 months, Bus Router weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Mind The App versus Bus Router: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMind The AppBus Router
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS27.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAttila NemetSteven Logan

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Mind The App

One-time4
  • Small Tip$1.00
  • Medium Tip$3.00
  • Large Tip$5.00
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  • Extra Large Tip$10.00
1 purchases

Bus Router

One-time1
  • Bus Router Pro$2.99

Questions

Is Mind The App free?
Mind The App is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bus Router free?
Bus Router is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Mind The App or Bus Router have ads?
Neither Mind The App nor Bus Router shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mind The App or Bus Router?
Mind The App ships an update every 2 months, and Bus Router weekly. Most recently, Mind The App was updated on October 24, 2026 and Bus Router on October 31, 2026.

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