Traveline Cymru vs Cardiff Bus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Traveline Cymru
Plan your journeys across Wales with comprehensive travel information for all transport modes. This bilingual app offers real-time updates and journey planning tools to help you navigate the country efficiently.
- Bilingual information
- All transport modes
- Journey planning
- Travel information for Wales
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This FREE and FULLY BILINGUAL app from Traveline Cymru provides all information that travellers in Wales need to assist with planning their journeys throughout the country by ALL modes of transport.
Cardiff Bus
Plan your travel around Cardiff with real-time bus information. View live departures, plan journeys, and access timetables. Track contactless payments and save your favorite routes for easy access.
- Live departures
- Journey planning
- Timetables
- Contactless journey tracking
- Favorite stops and routes
- Disruption alerts
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Our app has everything you need to get around Cardiff. It’s packed full of everything you’ll need to get mobile on the bus. Live Departures: Browse and view bus stops on the map, explore upcoming departures, or check out the routes from a stop to see where you could travel next. Journey Planning: Plan your commute, trip to the shops or night out with friends. It’s now even easier to plan ahead with Cardiff Buses. Timetables: We’ve squeezed all of our routes and timetables into the palm of your hand. Contactless Journeys: View the journeys you have made using your contactless cards and a breakdown of charges and savings. Favourites: You can quickly save your favourite stops, Timetables and Journeys, with quick access from one convenient menu. Disruptions: You’ll be able to keep up to date with service changes directly from our disruption feeds inside the app. As always, we welcome your feedback. You can send it to us via the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Cardiff Bus at 45% against Traveline Cymru's 13%. Cardiff Bus also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (67 vs 1). Traveline Cymru's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Traveline Cymru holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cardiff Bus has 67 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 13% of Traveline Cymru's written reviews are positive against 45% of Cardiff Bus's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Traveline Cymru ships an update every 3 months, Cardiff Bus fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on June 13, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Traveline Cymru | Cardiff Bus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.8 (67 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 12.7% of reviews | 45.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 67 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Transport For Wales | Cardiff City Transport Services Ltd |
Customer experience
Traveline Cymru
Cardiff Bus
Bugs and requests
Traveline Cymru
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Cardiff Bus
Reported bugs
11 issues- App crashes on iOS 16.2 when zooming
- App freezes or shuts down automatically
- App not working, unable to buy tickets
- Error 504, monthly ticket not showing
- Bus tracking not working
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- App not synchronised with bus stop information
- App freezes when opening favourites
- Reset password email not sent
- Crashing when opening mobile tickets
- Journey planner is garbage, cannot input address
- Hamburger menu embedded in search box
Requested features
6 requests- Offline version of the app
- Show timetable for tomorrow morning
- Ability to refund or gift unused tickets
- Use phone's GPS for nearest stops
- Input destination address for journey planner
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- Show buses moving on map
In-app purchases
Traveline Cymru
No in-app purchases
Cardiff Bus
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Traveline Cymru free?
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