SBS Transit vs WTS Parent App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
WTS Parent App
This app allows parents to manage school bus services for their children. It offers easy registration, online payments, and real-time tracking of bus attendance and permissions.
- Fuss-free registration
- Online payments
- Monitor bus attendance
- Share permissions
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An app by WTS School Bus Solutions. For parents with school bus riding kids attending schools served by Woodlands Transport. - Fuss-Free Registration - Seamless Online Payments - Monitor Your Children’s Bus Attendance - Share Permission
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SBS Transit at 1.5 against WTS Parent App's 1.0. SBS Transit also leads on ratings volume (10 vs 2). WTS Parent App's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, review sentiment, 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.
SBS Transit holds the better App Store score, 1.5 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SBS Transit has 10 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 10% of SBS Transit's written reviews are positive against 14% of WTS Parent App's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
SBS Transit ships an update every 2 months, WTS Parent App monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SBS Transit | WTS Parent App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.5 (10 ratings) — better | 1.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 9.5% of reviews | 14.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | ComfortDelGro Corporation Limited | Plotigo Pte Ltd |
Customer experience
SBS Transit
WTS Parent App
Bugs and requests
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
WTS Parent App
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
SBS Transit
No in-app purchases
WTS Parent App
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is SBS Transit free?
Is WTS Parent App free?
Which has better reviews, SBS Transit or WTS Parent App?
Do SBS Transit or WTS Parent App have ads?
Which is updated more often, SBS Transit or WTS Parent App?
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