Where is my kid? vs BusCool
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Where is my kid?
This GPS tracker provides real-time updates on your child's school bus journey. Receive instant notifications for schedule changes, arrivals at school, and homecomings, ensuring you always know their location for peace of mind.
- Real-time GPS tracking
- School bus route monitoring
- Instant schedule change notifications
- Arrival notifications (school & home)
- Peace of mind for parents
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Where is My Kid is a peace-of-mind GPS bus tracker designed to keep you updated on your child’s progress traveling to and from school. Any delays or changes to schedules will trigger a notification sent directly to your phone, instantly updating you with any new information. Notifications of arrival at school and arrival back home can also be set up to ensure you always know your child’s location.
BusCool
This app allows parents to monitor their child's school bus location in real-time. Parents can view bus and driver details, and manage their child's attendance directly through the application.
- Real-time bus location tracking
- View bus information
- View driver information
- Update child attendance
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BusCool is a school bus tracker which allows parents to track their children with the help of a tracking app installed on the school bus. Parents are able to track the current location of a school bus and are able to manage their daily routines. With the BusCool app parents can: - track the current location of the bus - view bus information - view driver information. - update child attendance
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: BusCool at 5.0 against Where is my kid?'s 4.2. BusCool also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months). Where is my kid?'s advantage is ratings volume (106 vs 2). 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.
BusCool holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Where is my kid? has 106 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Where is my kid? ships an update every 6 months, BusCool every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Where is my kid? | BusCool |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (106 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 106 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ByteCurve | Realizeit LLC |
Customer experience
Where is my kid?
BusCool
In-app purchases
Where is my kid?
No in-app purchases
BusCool
No in-app purchases
