SG NextBus vs SBS Transit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SG NextBus
Access real-time bus arrival times for frequently used routes in Singapore. Receive alerts even after closing the app and utilize convenient access from your lock screen or Apple Watch. View bus capacity information and organize your favorite routes.
- Next three bus arrival times
- Rich content notification alerts
- Apple Watch app integration
- Lock screen widget access
- Bus capacity and seat availability
- Organize buses into groups
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Get quick access to bus arrival time of frequently used buses in Singapore, even from your lock screen! Features: ● Get estimated bus arrival time for the next three buses. ● Continue to get arrival time alerts from rich content notification after closing the app. ● Convenient access through an Apple Watch app. ● Display nearest saved buses in Today Widget, accessible from lock screen. ● Display information about bus capacity, including availability of seats and standing space. ● Organize buses into groups. SG NextBus utilizes bus arrival time data from Land Transport Authority of Singapore, LTA.
SBS Transit
This app provides real-time travel information for public buses and trains. Get bus arrival timings, route details, and alerts for delays or disruptions. It also offers information on train operating hours and service changes.
- Real-time bus arrival timings
- Bus route details
- Bus service delay/diversion alerts
- Scheduled bus operating hour changes
- First and last train operating hours
- Train service delay/disruption alerts
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The SBS Transit app, previously known as iris, provides travel information to enhance commuters' travel experience on SBS Transit's public buses and trains. The SBS Transit app not only offers bus arrival timings on a real time basis, it also provides a host of helpful information such as details of the bus routes, bus services that are delayed or diverted and scheduled changes in bus operating hours. Users can also obtain the first and last train operating hours, planned changes in train service hours as well as alerts if train services are delayed or disrupted.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: SG NextBus at 62% against SBS Transit's 10%. SG NextBus also leads on rating (4.5 vs 1.5) and ratings volume (291 vs 10). SBS Transit's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, update cadence 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. SG NextBus sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. SBS Transit asks for nothing beyond the download.
SG NextBus holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 1.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SG NextBus has 291 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of SG NextBus's written reviews are positive against 10% of SBS Transit's.
SG NextBus ships an update every 4 months, SBS Transit every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and September 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SG NextBus | SBS Transit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (291 ratings) — better | 1.5 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 61.5% of reviews — better | 9.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 291 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SG NextBus Pte. Ltd. | ComfortDelGro Corporation Limited |
Customer experience
SG NextBus
SBS Transit
User reviews
SG NextBus
From 291 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Clean, intuitive, and well-designed user interface
- 🎨 Beautiful widget displaying multiple bus arrival times
- 🆓 Completely free application
- 📍 Auto-detection of nearby bus stops
- 🚌 Displays both SMRT and SBS bus information
Room to improve
- ⏰ Inaccurate and unreliable bus timing estimates
- 🐛 Frequent app crashes and freezes
- 🔍 Bus stop detection fails even at correct locations
- 📍 Incorrect bus stop location mapping
- ⚠️ Missing bus routes and routes not updating
SBS Transit
From 10 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Useful for planning bus journeys
- 👍 Can be very useful
- 👍 Good idea
- 👍 Nice app
- 👍 Very useful app in Singapore
Room to improve
- 🐛 App fails to open
- 🐛 Wasted space and time
- 🐛 Many bus and bus stops missing
- 🐛 Terrible location detection
- 🐛 Bus stops not loading
Bugs and requests
SG NextBus
Reported bugs
11 issues- iCloud sync erases saved bookmarks and tabs
- Widget shows 'Unable to Load' error 99% of the time
- App crashes on iOS 4, iOS 5.0.1, and iOS 11
- Blank page in portrait mode when screen rotation locked
- White blank box appears in landscape view
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- HTML tags appearing in bus time display
- Swipe instruction message stuck on screen
- Bus stop location data slightly offset from actual roads
- App freezes on iPad opening
- Error loading arrival time messages
- Fails to pull up certain routes after updates
Requested features
8 requests- Display next two consecutive bus arrivals on main screen
- Route information and directions display
- Journey planning from current location
- Ability to rearrange buses within panels
- Ability to remove panels once created
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- User control over location services toggle
- Update DTL3 bus stops
- Include missing bus routes (e.g., 158A)
SBS Transit
Reported bugs
67 issues- App fails to open
- Wasted space and time
- Many bus and bus stops missing
- Terrible location detection
- Bus stops not loading
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- Inaccurate data
- Completely useless app
- False timings and lousy syncing
- Refreshing is annoying
- Bookmark not working
- App fail at bus stop
- App does not update bus timing
- Connection busy
- Terribly designed app
- Latest update has bugs
- Stopped working
- Not working after update
- Latest update hosed
- Not working
- Location is always wrong
- Useless
- Error nearby always in Toa Payoh
- Worst update
- Latest update useless
- Location error
- Bugs
- Error
- Errors but functional
- Always got Errors & Drain my Battery
- Rubbish
- Could be a lot better
- Doesn't Work
- Horrific app
- Does not work
- Unreliable. Slow
- Doesn't make sense
- Simply awful
- Gimped and unreliable
- Inaccurate
- Connection Errors
- Junk
- Disappointing
- Advertisements is your new feature?
- Terrible app
- Some bus routes aren't in here
- Good Idea Poor Execution
- Breaking something that was decent
- Worthless
- Worst app ever
- Give me back transguide!
- Poor replacement for 3rd Party Apps
- SBS won't go far. Such a shameless company!
- Disappointing
- Nice app, terrible attitude
- Too slow to open & load
- LUI TUCK YEW READ THIS!
- disappointing
- 0 star!!!
- Horrible
- Version shd be renamed 'Crash'
- Seriously, why the need to lower your standards?
- Crashes on launch
- Poor at best
- Ok but...
- Useless keep on getting time out
- Great app but almost useless
- 5 stars so I gave it a 5
Requested features
46 requests- Encourage others to emulate good drivers
- Search and browse bus stops directly
- Fix bookmark functionality after switching devices
- Fix bus route 188 missing
- Fix missing station names and locations
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- Fix map not locating user position
- Fix routes missing names of bus stops and stops on the map
- Provide an email link to report bugs
- Fix app not finding current location
- Fix app not working after update
- Fix app not detecting location, all info null
- Fix app not finding location
- Fix location always wrong
- Fix nearby function always in Toa Payoh
- Fix app not locating current position
- Fix location error
- Fix battery drain issue
- Fix error messages, location recognition, and bus status updates
- Fix location error on multiple devices
- Fix error message on startup
- Fix ads in the app
- Remove advertisements
- Improve software stability
- Complete bus route info
- More intelligent/accurate search and journey planner
- Option to turn off bookmark alarms
- Fix missing bus route information
- Fix inaccurate estimated arrival times
- Remove the ability to search based on bus stop number
- Bring back TranSGuide
- Allow users to save favorite bus stops
- Include SMRT buses and MRT
- Add a Favorites function
- Allow bookmarks to be sorted
- Provide data to third-party developers
- Open APIs and mashups
- Make bus information available to ALL third parties
- Allow bookmarks to be sorted manually or automatically
- Fix crash upon launch
- Improve user interface and design
- Fix popup prompts
- Allow bookmarks to be sorted by user preference
- Fix connection busy errors
- Make bus times more accurate
- Enable ads removal for a fee
- Provide data to third-party developers for other apps
In-app purchases
SG NextBus
- Upgrade to Pro in iPhone$2.99
SBS Transit
No in-app purchases
