Comparison

Carousel vs Truly Bad Things

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

Head to head
About

Carousel

Plan your bus journeys, purchase mobile tickets, and view live departures. Access timetables, track service disruptions, and save your favorite routes for easy access. Contactless payment options are available for your convenience.

Highlights
  • Mobile ticket purchasing
  • Live departure information
  • Journey planning
  • Route timetables
  • Contactless journey history
  • Favorite routes
  • Service disruption alerts
Features
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Our new app has everything you need to get around High Wycombe and Buckinghamshire with Carousel Buses. 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 Carousel Buses. Timetables: We’ve squeezed all of our routes and timetables into the palm of your hand. Contactless Journeys: View the journeys you have made using your contactless cards and a breakdown of charges and savings. 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.

About

Truly Bad Things

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Something bad happened here. And the story is extraordinary. Truly Bad Things is a dark history travel guide that puts you on the ground where history's most dramatic events unfolded. From assassinations and plagues to witch trials and shipwrecks, discover the real stories behind 574 sites across 20 themed packs. HOW IT WORKS Open the app and discover dark history sites near your current location. Each entry includes vivid storytelling, maps, visitor information, nearby pubs and restaurants, and walks you can take. It's a travel guide for the curious and the morbid. 20 THEMED PACKS Explore dark history by theme: - Assassinations: From Becket to political murders - Bloody Battles: The fields where thousands fell - Body Snatchers: Grave robbers and anatomy schools - Buried Alive: The terror of premature burial - Catacombs & Ossuaries: Walls of bone and towers of skulls - Espionage: Spies, double agents and betrayal - Gallows & Guillotines: Execution through the ages - Great Fires: Infernos that destroyed cities - Haunted Asylums: Institutions of cruelty - Massacres: When violence was unleashed on the innocent - Pirate Waters: Plunder on the high seas - Plague & Pestilence: Disease that devastated civilisations - Prison Break: Daring escapes from impossible odds - Rebellion: Uprisings against the powerful - Riot: When the streets erupted - Shipwrecks: Disaster at sea - Siege: Fortresses under attack - Slave Trade: The darkest chapter of human commerce - The Inquisition: Religious persecution and torture - Witches: Trials, hysteria and innocent lives destroyed FEATURES - GPS-powered discovery of dark history near you - Interactive map with hundreds of pinned locations - Dark Cities & Towns: search any destination to plan your trip - Detailed stories with vivid historical narrative - Nearby cafes, pubs, restaurants and walks for each site - Journey tracker to log the sites you visit - Achievements and dark history milestones - Trip planner for your next dark history adventure - One free pack included. Additional packs available to purchase individually or as a bundle. PERFECT FOR - History lovers who want more than a textbook - Travellers looking for unique, off-the-beaten-path experiences - Dark tourism enthusiasts - Anyone who loves a good story about truly bad things Walk where history happened. Then find a good pub nearby.

Screenshots

Carousel4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Carousel at 2 against Truly Bad Things's —. Carousel also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Carousel versus Truly Bad Things: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCarouselTruly Bad Things
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews32.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNo—
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — better—
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB67 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperThe Go-Ahead Group plcTONY CHARLES SMITH

In-app purchases

None

Carousel

No in-app purchases

None

Truly Bad Things

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Carousel free?
Carousel is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Truly Bad Things free?
Truly Bad Things is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

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