tramTRACKER vs Ventura Tracker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
tramTRACKER
Get real-time tram arrival predictions and disruption alerts for Melbourne's tram network. Track your tram's journey, set stop alarms, and receive notifications for your favorite routes. This app provides comprehensive information for navigating the city's trams.
- Real-time tram arrival predictions
- Disruption and service updates
- Favorite route notifications
- Tram and stop alarms
- Live tram tracking (myTRAM)
- Low-floor and air-conditioned tram information
- Route-based stop lists and maps
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If you're in Melbourne, Australia, find out when your tram is coming via your iPhone device. tramTRACKER® provides digital passenger information including predicted tram arrival times, disruption updates, and information about Melbourne's tram network. tramTRACKER features: * Add favourite routes and receive push notifications if your route is disrupted * App widget * Tram and stop alarms * Browse by Route, Nearby, Search by name/suburb, Most Recent or tram/stop ID * View scheduled timetables * Use the myTRAM feature to track your tram along its journey * Filter display by route number and low-floor trams * Get disruption and service updates * See next low-floor and air conditioned trams * Route-based stop lists on a built-in route map For more information, visit yarratrams.com.au/tramtracker For scheduled services on trains, trams and buses, download the Public Transport Victoria app. Your feedback is important to constantly improve this application. Submit your feedback at yarratrams.com.au or call 1800 800 007 6am-midnight (all night Friday & Saturday) Note: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
Ventura Tracker
Track Ventura buses in real-time on your favorite routes and see them approach your stop. Receive notifications for school bus activity and alerts from the school or Ventura.
- Real-time bus location tracking
- Route bus approaching stop notifications
- School bus boarding/leaving alerts
- School and Ventura alerts
- View bus on map
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Ventura Tracker shows the location of Ventura Buses in real time. For route buses, you can now see where the bus is on your favourite route and watch as it approaches your stop. For Ventura school buses, you can also be notified whenever your children board or leave the bus and receive alerts from either the school or Ventura. For more information or to sign up your school, go to www.venturabus.com.au.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Ventura Tracker at 5.0 against tramTRACKER's 4.0. Ventura Tracker also leads on review sentiment (57% vs 21%). tramTRACKER's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads 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.
Ventura Tracker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: tramTRACKER has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 21% of tramTRACKER's written reviews are positive against 57% of Ventura Tracker's.
tramTRACKER ships an update every 3 months, Ventura Tracker every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | tramTRACKER | Ventura Tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 21.1% of reviews | 56.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yarra Trams | BIGSMS Pty Ltd |
Customer experience
tramTRACKER
Ventura Tracker
User reviews
tramTRACKER
From 5 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ✅ Accurate real-time tram arrival times (when working)
- 🎯 Ability to filter by tram type (low floor accessibility)
- ⭐ Favorite stops with custom naming
- 📍 Search trams by route number with detailed stop information
- 🖼️ Visual tram class identification with pictures
Room to improve
- 🐛 App frequently crashes and won't load past splash screen
- ❌ Completely non-functional for extended periods (weeks/months)
- 🔌 Requires WiFi connection despite being mobile app (recent issue)
- ⚠️ Inaccurate tram arrival times and predictions
- 🔔 Push notifications for disruptions don't work
Ventura Tracker
From 1 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Real-time tracking accuracy
- 👍 Easy to plan trips
- 👍 More accurate than other apps
- 👍 Helpful for timing walks to stops
- 👍 Reassuring to see bus approaching
Room to improve
- 🐛 Inaccurate bus locations sometimes
- 🐛 Tracking can be choppy
- 🐛 Buses don't always appear on tracker
- 🐛 App crashes frequently
- 🐛 Unreliable tracking
Bugs and requests
tramTRACKER
Reported bugs
15 issues- App crashes on startup or gets stuck on splash screen
- Data feed no longer provides actual times
- Unable to retrieve tram information errors
- Network map fails to load
- Push notifications for disruptions non-functional
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- iOS 18 incompatibility - app won't launch
- Requires WiFi despite being designed for mobile use
- Timetable function removed or non-functional
- Search returns irrelevant results
- App hangs indefinitely while loading
- Tram times countdown gets stuck at '1 minute' or 'now' without tram arriving
- Disruption notification settings won't save
- Widget broken after iOS updates
- Location-based features inaccurate
- Recent updates break previously working functionality
Requested features
10 requests- Widget support for home screen (especially iOS 18 compatible)
- Journey/trip planner functionality
- Show early terminating trams (e.g., 19d vs 19)
- Improved real-time tracking instead of schedule-based predictions
- Better error messages and loading indicators
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- Stable, reliable performance
- Modern UI/UX redesign
- Depot tram information
- Opt-out option for advertisement banners
- Better support and communication from developers
Ventura Tracker
Reported bugs
11 issues- Buses not showing on map
- App shuts down
- Bus passed by but not on tracker
- Bus icon off route
- Tram replacement bus location inaccurate
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- No active bus on route 841
- Cannot see bus route name when touching icon
- Tracking is useless, buses jump around
- New update is glitchy
- Buses are not right after update
- Bus tracker icon has unexplained pink color
Requested features
18 requests- Add more bus routes
- Add school bus routes
- Add route 902 and 903
- Add route 898
- Add route 788
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- Add routes starting with 1
- Add routes starting with 2
- Add route 380
- Add route 668
- Add school bus 2553 and 2562
- Add school buses to favorites
- Ability to save favorites without account
- Feature to see user location on map
- Feature to type bus fleet number
- Remember last zoom level
- Publish open APIs
- Filter routes and favorites on screen
- Indicator for bus icon colors
In-app purchases
tramTRACKER
No in-app purchases
Ventura Tracker
No in-app purchases
