Comparison

Yandex Maps & Navigator vs BusCool

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

Head to head
About

Yandex Maps & Navigator

Find addresses and points of interest with detailed information, including offline maps. Get optimal routes for driving, public transport, cycling, and walking, with real-time traffic updates and voice navigation.

Highlights
  • Offline maps and navigation
  • Real-time traffic conditions
  • Public transport tracking
  • Detailed organization information
  • Street panoramas
  • Voice navigation
Features
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Search for an address or the best places nearby both online and offline. Yandex Maps provides information about organizations and helps you reach your destination by car, public transport, bike, or on foot based on current traffic conditions. Search for and select locations: • The largest organization database and filters to refine your search. • Detailed information: contacts, hours of operation, services provided, photos, and reviews. • Floor plans to find your way around Moscow's major shopping malls. • Search for places and addresses without an internet connection (offline maps). • View places saved on your smartphone, tablet, and PC. Custom map settings: • Real-time location of buses, trams, trolleybuses, and minibuses. • Road maps that show current traffic conditions in the city. • Parking layer with the location and cost of official parking. • Street panoramas for a road-side view of any address. • Choose from three map types: Roadmap, Satellite, and Hybrid. Public transport, car, bike, and walking routes: • Pedestrian navigation: paths between buildings, through parks, across squares, and other pedestrian zones. • Bike navigation: road types, underpass and overpass preferences, and highway warnings. • Public transport routes with timetables and estimated time of arrival. • Optimal driving routes based on live traffic conditions and driving options. • Step-by-step instructions with voice navigation. • Speed camera, speed limit, and speeding notifications. • Real-time updates on traffic, road accidents, speed radar, and more. Offline maps: • Driving routes and voice navigation. • Downloadable lightweight maps (minimum storage space, for example, the Moscow map is just 187 MB). • Database of organizations with hours of operation, services provided, and more. • Over 2000 cities in Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Turkey, Ukraine, and Estonia. Information from users: • Mark road events on the map and comment on user submissions. • Regular updates to the Public Map keep you informed about your city. • Write reviews, upload photos, and update information about organizations. Yandex Maps has an Apple Watch app. Use it to: • Navigate the map. • View the nearest metro station and public transport stops. • Find out when public transport will arrive at a nearby stop. • Track traffic patterns a few hours ahead of time. • View weather forecasts. Terms of Use: apple.com/legal/itunes/appstore/dev/stdeula Privacy Policy: yandex.com/legal/confidential

About

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.

Highlights
  • Real-time bus location tracking
  • View bus information
  • View driver information
  • Update child attendance
Features
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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

Screenshots

Yandex Maps & Navigator4 screens
BusCool1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Yandex Maps & Navigator at 4.6 against BusCool's 3.7. Yandex Maps & Navigator also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (42K vs 3). BusCool's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Yandex Maps & Navigator holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Yandex Maps & Navigator has 42K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Yandex Maps & Navigator ships an update weekly, BusCool every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Yandex Maps & Navigator versus BusCool: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterYandex Maps & NavigatorBusCool
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (42K ratings) — better3.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews37.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings42K — better3
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank#46 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size874 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDirect Cursus Computer Systems TradingRealizeit LLC

Customer experience

Yandex Maps & Navigator

All ratings41,216 ratings
Positive90.4%
Neutral2.0%
Negative7.7%
Written reviews1,077 reviews
Positive37.4%
Neutral7.7%
Negative54.9%

BusCool

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Bugs and requests

Yandex Maps & Navigator

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Incorrect address and location display
  • Malfunctioning route planning
  • Disappearing public transport information
  • Compatibility issues with newer devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more detailed filters for businesses
  • Improve accuracy of location and navigation
  • Better synchronization of public transport data
  • Provide offline map downloads

BusCool

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Yandex Maps & Navigator

No in-app purchases

None

BusCool

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Yandex Maps & Navigator free?
Yandex Maps & Navigator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BusCool free?
BusCool is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Yandex Maps & Navigator or BusCool?
Yandex Maps & Navigator is rated higher. Yandex Maps & Navigator averages 4.6 out of 5 from 42K ratings, while BusCool averages 3.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Yandex Maps & Navigator or BusCool have ads?
Neither Yandex Maps & Navigator nor BusCool shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Yandex Maps & Navigator or BusCool?
Yandex Maps & Navigator ships an update weekly, and BusCool every 2 months. Most recently, Yandex Maps & Navigator was updated on November 12, 2026 and BusCool on November 3, 2026.

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