Comparison

Transit vs Ottawa Bus Time

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

Head to head
About

Transit

Plan your public transport journeys offline with this app. Get detailed route suggestions, including transfers and departure times, for numerous cities in the US, Canada, and Europe. View routes on a map and receive schedule update notifications.

Highlights
  • Offline trip planning
  • Route suggestions with transfers
  • Departure and arrival times
  • View routes on map
  • Schedule update notifications
  • Search routes by map
  • Advanced search parameters
Features
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CG Transit offers offline trip planning in public transport systems of more than 20 U.S. and Canadian cities and European trains. Just pick your departure and destination point and get a list of suggested routes including all the transfers and scheduled departure/arrival times sorted by the time of departure. You can then view detailed information of the routes, display them on the map etc. Key features: • Fast offline searching • Search routes by map • Advanced search parameters - changing the date and time, adding "via" stations, choosing transport modes, etc. • Favorite routes • Push notifications of schedule updates and their immediate download Available timetables: • Selected transit authorities in the United States: New York (subway, buses, trains), Chicago, Los Angeles, Houston, Washington, San Francisco, Dallas, Denver, Minneapolis, Portland, Honolulu, Boston, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh • Selected transit authorities in Canada: Toronto, Ottawa, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver, Quebec, Winnipeg • Train timetables in Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Poland, Benelux, Austria, the Czech and Slovak Republic, Portugal, Switzerland, Hungary, Nordic and Balkan countries • Selected public transport, bus and train timetables in the Czech and Slovak Republic U.S. and Canadian cities – free basic features (offline searching, search routes by map), paid premium features (more details, routes and stops searching, no advertisement) European schedules - an annual license fee (one month to try out all the timetables for free) Feedback, requests? Please email us at ios@cgtransit.com

About

Ottawa Bus Time

Features
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- Realtime Ottawa Bus (Next Bus) predictions for schedule for every Ottawa bus routes - Map view showing every stop of a bus route - Save the bus routes you regularly take - Simple and fast

Screenshots

Transit4 screens
Ottawa Bus Time4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ottawa Bus Time at none against Transit's 11. Ottawa Bus Time also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Transit sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Ottawa Bus Time asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Transit ships an update every 3 months, Ottawa Bus Time every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Transit versus Ottawa Bus Time: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTransitOttawa Bus Time
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (44 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews63.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings44 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better12.4
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DevelopercirclegateFoodmatesss Limited

Bugs and requests

Transit

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashes on startup
  • No routes found error
  • Incorrect transfer information
  • Outdated schedule data

Requested features

5 requests
  • Integration with address book
  • Real-time service alerts
  • Ability to browse schedules
  • Custom labels for saved locations
  • Improved map integration

Ottawa Bus Time

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Transit

One-time11
  • City timetable$1.99
  • NYC - NYCT Subway Premium for 1 year$1.99
  • Czech data package$3.99
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  • Denver - RTD Premium for 1 year$3.99
  • Chicago - CTA Premium for 1 year$3.99
  • Czech, Slovak and Europian trains package$5.99
  • NYC - NYCT Subway$7.99
  • Chicago - CTA$9.99
  • Philadelphia - SEPTA$9.99
  • Denver - RTD$9.99
  • NYC Discount Package Premium Lifetime$9.99
None

Ottawa Bus Time

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Transit free?
Transit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ottawa Bus Time free?
Ottawa Bus Time is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Transit or Ottawa Bus Time have ads?
Neither Transit nor Ottawa Bus Time shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Transit or Ottawa Bus Time?
Transit ships an update every 3 months, and Ottawa Bus Time every 4 days. Most recently, Transit was updated on October 24, 2026 and Ottawa Bus Time on September 14, 2026.

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