GotoBus vs Sprinter Bus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GotoBus
Easily compare and book bus tickets and hotels across the US, Mexico, Europe, and Canada. Discover exclusive deals from over 80 bus companies, track your bus in real-time, and manage your travel plans with self-rescheduling and check-in tools. Find pick-up locations and earn rewards through a loyalty program.
- Compare 4000+ bus schedules and prices
- Book bus tickets and hotels
- Find exclusive deals from 80+ bus companies
- Real-time bus trackers
- Self-reschedule and self-check-in
- Map for pick-up/drop-off locations
- Loyalty program for free trips
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GotoBus provides an easy way for you to compare and book bus tickets and hotels at your fingertips. You can easily compare 4000+ bus schedules and prices throughout the United States, Mexico, Europe, and Canada. We work with more than 80+ bus companies to help you find the best deals on your next bus trip. - Find exclusive deals on your bus tickets from our partners, including Greyhound, Peter Pan, Tufesa, OurBus, National Express, Eastern, AABus, Coach-Run, EastWest Bus, Rockledge, Jaguar, and more. - Travel Plan changed? You can easily self-reschedule or search for your previous purchase within the app. - Try our new release for real-time bus trackers and self-check-in tool; bus travel can’t be easier. - New to the city? Use our map to find the closest pick-up and drop-off locations. - Don’t forget our Loyalty program. Earn a free trip using your travel points. GotoBus.com is the leading go-to website for booking inter-city bus ticket online since 2002. We believe marking travel plans should be simple and fast, and we work hard to make sure our customers can book bus tickets on-the-go, even minutes before boarding the bus. For our partners and bus operators, you can also view your booking reports and enjoy easy customer check-in features such as validating tickets by confirmation number, cross-referencing the customer’s name, or simply scanning the car code on the e-tickets.
Sprinter Bus
Stay informed about the latest service updates and important news related to transportation. Receive timely notifications about changes due to weather or other disruptions, ensuring you're always up-to-date.
- Real-time service updates
- Important news notifications
- Weather disruption alerts
- Commitment to better service
- Website access
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Use this App for fast access to our Website and to Stay Up To Date with the latest service updates. As part of our commitment to you for better service, this App will be used to send Important News and Live Service Updates such as changes due to inclement weather or any other factors that may interrupt service. Note: We will NOT abuse the notifications, you will only get important news and service updates.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: GotoBus at every 2 months against Sprinter Bus's every 16 months. GotoBus also leads on ratings volume (428 vs 11). Sprinter Bus's advantage is iOS requirement (7.0 vs 12.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.1 for GotoBus against 4.3 for Sprinter Bus. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GotoBus has 428 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 61% of GotoBus's written reviews are positive against 67% of Sprinter Bus's.
GotoBus ships an update every 2 months, Sprinter Bus every 16 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GotoBus | Sprinter Bus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (428 ratings) | 4.3 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.9% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 428 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 16 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 7.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GotoBus.com | Andrei Boulgakov |
Customer experience
GotoBus
Sprinter Bus
Bugs and requests
GotoBus
Reported bugs
3 issues- App login and account issues
- Ticket purchase and redemption problems
- Unreliable app notifications and updates
Requested features
5 requests- Improve app functionality and stability
- Provide 24/7 bilingual customer support
- Offer rescheduling and refund options
- Ensure consistent and transparent pricing
- Maintain high-quality bus service and amenities
Sprinter Bus
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
GotoBus
No in-app purchases
Sprinter Bus
No in-app purchases
