Comparison

TripAid vs D&G Bus

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

Head to head
About

TripAid

This app helps teachers manage and monitor school trips, allowing them to locate and message students and colleagues. Students can also communicate with teachers, enhancing safety and independence while ensuring GDPR compliance.

Highlights
  • Real-time student and teacher location tracking
  • In-app messaging for trip participants
  • GDPR compliant communication
  • Trip group creation and management
  • Automatic group shutdown post-trip
  • Parental consent letter template
Features
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Tripaid allows teachers to have greater control of their educational visits. With the ability to locate and message pupils and other colleagues on the trip, teachers can ensure that their students are always supported, protected and informed. Students can likewise, locate and message their teachers, giving them greater independence without having to share contact details, making GDPR compliance easy. For your pupils’ security, every group on tripaid is created by the school’s Educational Visits Coordinator. Once they have logged on to our website, they can create a group for every trip in just a few clicks. Simply click “create trip” then select a start time, end time and give the trip a name. You will then be provided with 2 codes. One code for the teachers and one for the students, to be shared out and used on the app before their trip. The teacher code can be emailed out internally to staff on the trip or given out verbally. The student code can be sent out via your school’s internal communication process or the parental consent form. Should you require it, Tripaid provides a parental consent letter template to make this process easier. All the teachers and students then download our app from the website then enter their name and code before the trip starts, this adds them to the messaging group for the trip. Once you reach the start time for your school’s trip. Any teacher can then start the group by checking the register of people signed up, then pressing the “begin trip” button on the app. This will start the location/messaging sharing in the group and stop anyone else joining the group by rendering the codes void. In the app, teachers can edit the end time, add new students (by creating a temporary code) and delete members if needed. Once the trip ends, the group automatically shuts down so no members can locate or message you again.

About

D&G Bus

Purchase and display mobile tickets for bus travel. Track live bus locations and receive important service updates to stay informed about your journey.

Highlights
  • Purchase M-tickets
  • Display QR code tickets
  • Track live bus locations
  • Receive service announcements
  • Create user accounts
  • Set up payment cards
Features
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Buy and display a range of M-tickets, track live buses and stay up to date with service announcements through the app. Create an account, set up your card, choose a ticket and you're ready to ride with us. Our M-tickets have a QR code that you simply scan to validate! Real-Time information lets you know when the next bus is due and allows you to track your bus while service updates make sure you are always informed about your journey.

Screenshots

TripAid4 screens
D&G Bus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: TripAid at 57% against D&G Bus's 24%. TripAid also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). D&G Bus's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TripAid ships an update every 4 months, D&G Bus every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
TripAid versus D&G Bus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTripAidD&G Bus
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.5 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews57.1% of reviews — better23.5% of reviews
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB156 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTripAid LimitedRise Digital Media Limited

Customer experience

TripAid

Written reviews7 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative42.9%

D&G Bus

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive23.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative76.5%

In-app purchases

None

TripAid

No in-app purchases

None

D&G Bus

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TripAid free?
TripAid is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is D&G Bus free?
D&G Bus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do TripAid or D&G Bus have ads?
Neither TripAid nor D&G Bus shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TripAid or D&G Bus?
TripAid ships an update every 4 months, and D&G Bus every 3 weeks. Most recently, TripAid was updated on October 11, 2026 and D&G Bus on October 24, 2026.

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