Five Star Ltd vs Pulhams
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Five Star Ltd
Book a taxi quickly and easily with this app. Features include passwordless registration, business account integration for automated expenses, price estimation, driver tracking, and the ability to schedule future rides.
- Passwordless registration
- Business account integration
- Automated expense tracking
- Price estimator
- Driver and vehicle details
- Real-time driver tracking
- Schedule future trips
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The official taxi app of Five Star Book a taxi in under 10 seconds and experience exclusive priority service from Five Star - 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
Pulhams
Plan your bus journeys, view live departures, and purchase mobile tickets securely. Access timetables, save favorite routes, and stay updated on service disruptions for easy travel within Gloucestershire.
- Mobile ticket purchasing
- Live departure tracking
- Journey planning
- Route timetables
- Favorite routes saving
- Service disruption alerts
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Our new app has everything you need to get around Gloucestershire with Pulhams. It’s packed full of everything you’ll need to get mobile on the bus. Mobile Tickets: Purchase mobile tickets securely with Apple Pay or a debit/credit card and show the driver when boarding - no more searching for cash! Live Departures: Browse and view bus stops on the map, explore upcoming departures, or check out the routes from a stop to see where you could travel next. Journey Planning: Plan your commute, trip to the shops or night out with friends. It’s now even easier to plan ahead with Pulhams. Timetables: We’ve squeezed all of our routes and timetables into the palm of your hand. Favourites: You can quickly save your favourite Departure Boards, Timetables and Journeys, with quick access from one convenient menu. Disruptions: You’ll be able to keep up to date with service changes directly from our disruption feeds inside the app. As always, we welcome your feedback. You can send it to us via the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Pulhams at fortnightly against Five Star Ltd's every 3 months. Pulhams also leads on ratings volume (5 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Five Star Ltd's advantage is review sentiment (71% vs 50%). 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 Five Star Ltd against 5.0 for Pulhams. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pulhams has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 71% of Five Star Ltd's written reviews are positive against 50% of Pulhams's.
Five Star Ltd ships an update every 3 months, Pulhams fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Five Star Ltd | Pulhams |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 205 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Five Star | The Go-Ahead Group plc |
Customer experience
Five Star Ltd
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In-app purchases
Five Star Ltd
No in-app purchases
Pulhams
No in-app purchases
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