Go North East vs Ambar Journey Planner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Go North East
Plan your bus journeys, purchase mobile tickets, and view live departure information. Access timetables, save favorites, and stay updated on service disruptions for easy travel.
- Mobile ticket purchasing
- Live departure boards
- Journey planning
- Route timetables
- Favorite stops and routes
- Service disruption alerts
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Our new app has everything you need to get around the North East with Go North East. 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 Go North East. 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.
Ambar Journey Planner
Plan your road trips and visualize weather conditions along your entire route. This app helps you anticipate road conditions and prepare for your journey.
- Weather visualization for driving routes
- Journey planning
- Road condition preparedness
- Route-based weather forecasts
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Ambar lets you see the weather along any driving route. Plan your journeys and be prepared for road conditions.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Go North East at 36 against Ambar Journey Planner's 1. Go North East also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 26.0). Ambar Journey Planner's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Ambar Journey Planner holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Go North East has 36 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Go North East | Ambar Journey Planner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (36 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 45.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 36 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Go-Ahead Group plc | Yuvraj Sethia |
Customer experience
Go North East
Ambar Journey Planner
Bugs and requests
Go North East
Reported bugs
12 issues- App crashes when scrolling on maps
- Bus tracking glitches (buses jumping backwards, disappearing)
- Journey planner shows cancelled journeys
- Buses shown as 'due' then suddenly disappear from tracking
- Login failures with correct credentials
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- NFC interference with debit card pop-ups during ticket scanning
- Search function returns 'can't search right now' errors
- Apple Watch display cuts off bus times over 10 minutes
- Brightness issues after QR code scanning
- Ticket activation takes too long (up to 48 hours verification)
- Map display too zoomed out with poor street visibility
- Recent update degraded tracking accuracy and map functionality
Requested features
10 requests- Bulk ticket purchasing with discounts (e.g., 10 for price of 9)
- Shopping basket for multiple tickets
- Metro station integration on interactive map
- Longer ticket activation window (currently 10 minutes)
- Offline ticket access without WiFi/mobile data
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- Seat availability details instead of vague descriptions
- Bus model/brand information display
- Notification when reaching destination stop
- Better service update communication for strikes/delays
- More frequent bus services on specific routes
Ambar Journey Planner
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Go North East
No in-app purchases
Ambar Journey Planner
No in-app purchases
Questions
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