Comparison

tramTRACKER vs Underplane

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Underplane

Features
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Planes pass over you all day. Underplane tells you which ones — and exactly where to stand. It reads live flight data, projects each aircraft's track forward, and finds the ones heading your way. Most of the time you don't need to move at all: if a flight path already passes close to where you are, Underplane just tells you to stay put. WHEN ONE'S COMING • A countdown to the second it passes overhead • Callsign, altitude and speed, live on the map • Walking or driving directions on the rare occasions it's worth moving • A Live Activity on your lock screen, so you can put the phone away HOW CLOSE DID YOU GET Every catch is scored on how near the aircraft's path came to you: Good — within 1 km Great — within 500 m Excellent — within 100 m Perfect — within 10 m Standing in exactly the right place is the whole game. FOURTEEN ACHIEVEMENTS First Contact for your first plane. Wheels Down for one under 1,000 ft. Cruising Altitude for one above 30,000. Night Shift, Full Fleet, Bullseye — and Dead Reckoning, for five catches within ten metres. MAKE THE MAP YOURS Six map styles, all included: Monochrome, Standard, Traffic, Terrain, Satellite and Hybrid. Turn place labels on or off. Nothing here costs extra. SET YOUR OWN ODDS Choose how close a flight path has to come before Underplane calls it catchable — anywhere from 500 m to 15 km. Tight if you live under an approach, wide if planes are rare where you are. FREE AND PRO Catch three planes a week for free. Underplane Pro removes the cap and adds automatic alerts when something catchable is inbound, plus your full statistics and the people who stood under the same plane. Underplane needs your location to work out which aircraft are heading towards you and where to stand. It's used for nothing else. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

tramTRACKER4 screens
Underplane4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: tramTRACKER at none against Underplane's 2. tramTRACKER also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). Underplane's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 months). On price, ads and device support 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. Underplane sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. tramTRACKER asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

tramTRACKER ships an update every 3 months, Underplane every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
tramTRACKER versus Underplane: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametertramTRACKERUnderplane
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews20.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYarra TramsDavid Sebbag

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

Underplane

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

tramTRACKER

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Underplane

Subscriptions2
  • Underplane Pro Monthly3 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Underplane Pro Yearly3 Days trial$44.991 Year

Questions

Is tramTRACKER free?
tramTRACKER is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Underplane free?
Underplane is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do tramTRACKER or Underplane have ads?
Neither tramTRACKER nor Underplane shows ads.
Which is updated more often, tramTRACKER or Underplane?
tramTRACKER ships an update every 3 months, and Underplane every 4 days. Most recently, tramTRACKER was updated on October 17, 2026 and Underplane on October 6, 2026.

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