TripView Lite vs NT Bus Tracker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TripView Lite
Access public transport schedules for Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane offline. View next services, detailed timetables, and trackwork updates. Real-time delay information and vehicle tracking are also available when data permits.
- Offline timetables
- Next service summary
- Full timetable viewer
- Trackwork and interruption info
- Real-time delay info
- Interactive maps
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TripView displays Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane public transport timetable data on your phone. It features a summary view showing your next services, as well as a full timetable viewer. All timetable data is stored on your phone, so it can be used offline. Features: - Trackwork and service interruption information - Real-time delay information and vehicle map (Subject to data availability) - Interactive maps (create your trip by clicking on your station/stop) - Multi-modal trip editor (customise exact change locations / lines) Additional features in the full version of TripView: - Save your trips - No advertisements - Organise trips into folders - Alarms - View your favourite trips on Apple Watch - Siri Shortcuts NOTE: Best efforts are taken to ensure timetable accuracy, but no guarantees are made. If you find an error in the timetable, please email support@tripview.com.au with details. No guarantees are made about real-time data availability. If the transit operator doesn't provide real-time data for a particular service, TripView will revert to showing the scheduled time, as per the timetable.
NT Bus Tracker
This official government app provides real-time public bus tracking for Darwin and Alice Springs. Find nearby stops, view departure times, and see bus locations on a map. Save your favorite stops for quick access.
- Real-time bus tracking
- Locate nearby bus stops
- View departure times
- Save favorite bus stops
- Route and bus stop details
- Map view of bus locations
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NT Bus Tracker app is a free official Northern Territory Government app. The app provides information about public buses in Darwin and Alice Springs. Buses may be tracked in real-time showing when the next bus is due to your selected stop. With the app you can: - Locate nearby bus stops : Find the bus stops closest to you and see the routes that use these bus stops. You can also search for bus stops via suburb, number or name. - Save your favourite bus stops: You can save the bus stops you regularly use to your favourites, to make them easily available. - Show departures from a bus stop : You can view the next scheduled routes departing from a bus stop, with a real-time forecast of when the bus will depart. - View route details : You can view the location of the bus servicing your selected route and the bus stops on this route. - View bus stops and your bus on a map: You can track your bus as it approaches your bus stop on a map in real time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: TripView Lite at 63% against NT Bus Tracker's 0%. TripView Lite also leads on ratings volume (1.7K vs 2) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 7 months). NT Bus Tracker's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
NT Bus Tracker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TripView Lite has 1.7K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 63% of TripView Lite's written reviews are positive against 0% of NT Bus Tracker's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
TripView Lite ships an update every 5 weeks, NT Bus Tracker every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TripView Lite | NT Bus Tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.7K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.8% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.7K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TripView Pty Ltd | Northern Territory of Australia |
Customer experience
TripView Lite
NT Bus Tracker
Bugs and requests
TripView Lite
Reported bugs
3 issues- Incorrect train/bus arrival times
- App freezing or crashing
- Fake virus warnings and scam ads
Requested features
4 requests- Save trip history and favorites
- Improved route planning for multi-modal journeys
- More comprehensive coverage of transport networks
- Better communication about service delays and disruptions
NT Bus Tracker
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
TripView Lite
No in-app purchases
NT Bus Tracker
No in-app purchases
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