GlowStone Lighting Plus vs Bus Status
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GlowStone Lighting Plus
Schedule your smart lights to turn on at specific times and days. Customize animations, effects, and create unique color palettes for different light sets.
- Light scheduling by day and time
- Customizable animations and effects
- Create custom color palettes
- Target specific light sets
- Set light schedules
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Schedule your lights by setting which days and times you want them to turn on. Select special Animations/Effects and target the Light Sets you've created with your own custom Colour Palettes.
Bus Status
This app allows parents to track their school district's buses and receive real-time updates on cancellations, delays, or early arrivals. Users can select specific buses to follow and get push notifications for important changes.
- Follow specific school buses
- Receive push notifications
- Track cancellations
- Monitor delays
- Get early arrival alerts
- District-verified accuracy
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Bus Status 4 enables parents to stay up to date on their school district's buses. Choose which buses to follow, and receive push notifications when a favourited bus is cancelled, delayed, or early! The accuracy of all bus information is ensured by each subscribing district.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: GlowStone Lighting Plus at 3.0 against Bus Status's 1.8. GlowStone Lighting Plus also leads on review sentiment (28% vs 11%) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). Bus Status's advantage is ratings volume (12 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.
GlowStone Lighting Plus holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bus Status has 12 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 28% of GlowStone Lighting Plus's written reviews are positive against 11% of Bus Status's.
GlowStone Lighting Plus ships an update every 2 months, Bus Status every 4 months. Both last shipped on October 16, 2026.
| Parameter | GlowStone Lighting Plus | Bus Status |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) — better | 1.8 (12 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 27.6% of reviews — better | 11.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 12 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GlowStone Lighting Inc. | Box Clever |
Customer experience
GlowStone Lighting Plus
Bus Status
In-app purchases
GlowStone Lighting Plus
No in-app purchases
Bus Status
No in-app purchases
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