Busfest vs Orrery
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Busfest
Explore an interactive map to discover everything Busfest has to offer, including stages, events, and vendors. Find exactly what you're looking for at this national gathering of transporter owners and their vans.
- Interactive map exploration
- Stage and event details
- Vendor information
- Location discovery
- National event coverage
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The Busfest App allows you to see what’s going on and use the interactive map to navigate around the site and see everything that busfest has to offer and where to find it! All around the country (and overseas) Transporter owners and their vans are coming out of hibernation , getting back to normal, and starting to gather for the annual migration to the BIG BUSFEST REUNION.
Orrery
Explore the solar system and galaxy from your phone's home screen. See planets, the ISS, meteor showers, and more, tailored to your location and time. Customize your view for a minimalist or comprehensive celestial display.
- Real-time celestial view
- Location-based sky mapping
- Customizable display options
- Home screen widgets
- Meteor shower and ISS pass tracking
- Scrollable timeline
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Ever wondered what that bright point in the sky is on a crisp clear night? Designed as a beautiful addition to your phone's front page, whether it's Jupiter, Saturn or a fleeting pass by ISS, have a view on the solar system and the galaxy beyond... See what is in the sky at any time: - Choose your city or enable GPS support and you will have a view tailored to where you live. - Scroll easily to any point in the year. - Fully customisable to show, planets, ISS and Hubble, meteor showers and many moons. You can choose if you want a minimalist view of just what you can see when you look up or a comprehensive view of everything in the night sky. - Add multiple widgets to you home screen, each tailored to your preferences. - Includes built in support for quickly finding the next meteor shower or ISS pass in your area. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Orrery at 100% against Busfest's 0%. Orrery also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 29 months). Busfest's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads and device support 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. Orrery sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Busfest asks for nothing beyond the download.
Busfest ships an update every 29 months, Orrery every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Busfest | Orrery |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 29 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 129 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Internet Creation | Paeliaq LTD |
Customer experience
Busfest
Orrery
In-app purchases
Busfest
No in-app purchases
Orrery
- Enable all configuration options$1.991 Month
- Enable all configuration options$12.991 Year
- Lifetime unlock for WatchOS only$0.99
- Lifetime unlock$49.99
