SG Buses vs SGBusStop
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SG Buses
Access real-time bus arrival times and route information for public buses in Singapore. See estimated arrival times, bus capacity, and current location on a map. Find nearby stops and save your favorite routes for quick access.
- Estimated bus arrival times
- Bus capacity and seat availability
- Real-time bus location on map
- Find nearby bus stops
- Save favorite bus services
- Search by road, stop, or service number
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Get quick and easy access to arrival time and routes of public buses in Singapore on your iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. Features: ● Get estimated bus arrival time for the next and subsequent bus ● Display information about bus capacity, including availability of seats and standing space. ● Display estimated bus location on the route and map. ● Find buses at your nearest bus stops ● Save frequently used bus services ● Search and browse bus service information by road names, stop names, bus stop ID and service number. SG Buses utilizes bus arrival time data from Land Transport Authority of Singapore, LTA, and bus route map data from Singapore Bus Route Explorer (https://busrouter.sg)
SGBusStop
This travel app provides real-time bus arrival times, distances, and destinations for Singapore. It also offers MRT station transfer information and weather forecasts. All essential public transport details are readily available.
- Real-time bus arrival times
- Bus distance and destination
- MRT station transfer info
- Weather forecast
- Nearby bus information
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Provide Singapore bus and MRT information Nearby bus arrive time, distance, destination and other useful information All MRT stations’s transfer information and weather forecast Free
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: SGBusStop at 100% against SG Buses's 43%. SGBusStop also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.9) and ads (none vs shown). SG Buses's advantage is ratings volume (40 vs 1). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SGBusStop holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SG Buses has 40 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of SG Buses's written reviews are positive against 100% of SGBusStop's.
SG Buses ships an update every 3 months, SGBusStop every 5 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | SG Buses | SGBusStop |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (40 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 43.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 40 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SG NextBus Pte. Ltd. | Jiang Nan Qing |
Customer experience
SG Buses
SGBusStop
Bugs and requests
SG Buses
Reported bugs
20 issues- Ads impossible to close
- Full-screen ads without close option
- App crashes when bookmarking
- Bus timing stopped updating
- Inaccurate GPS
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- No arrival alerts on iPhone
- App crashes continuously
- Bus timing doesn't update
- App redirects to App Store
- Bluetooth pop-up message
- App crashes when using map
- Error loading arrival time
- App not operating
- Constant Bluetooth pop-up
- App crashes after a few minutes
- Location detection issues
- Bus stops not detected
- Bus timing not showing
- Ghost buses appear
- Map turns off when zooming
Requested features
8 requests- Option to remove ads
- Organize/rename favorite bus stops
- Add arrival timings for specific bus routes
- Apple Watch app extension
- Better map functionality
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- Sync live bus data for all routes
- Notification for lack of live data
- In-app purchase to remove ads
SGBusStop
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
SG Buses
No in-app purchases
SGBusStop
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is SG Buses free?
Is SGBusStop free?
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