Butlin’s Bognor Regis vs Stagecoach Bus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Butlin’s Bognor Regis
Plan and book your next family holiday with ease. Discover live shows, activities, and resort amenities. Manage your booking and explore interactive maps before you arrive.
- Book live shows and activities
- Interactive resort maps
- Manage booking details
- View break information
- Discover entertainment schedules
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DISCOVER BUTLIN’S We’ve been delighting families for 90 years, so we know a thing or two about great holidays. The days are packed, the pace never slows, and every night feels like Saturday night. Get excited and book your next break at the Home of Entertainment in just a few taps. PLAN AHEAD Never miss a moment of fun! See what’s on during your break and book live shows and activities in advance, so you can get stuck in as soon as you check in. EXPLORE RESORT Get your bearings before you arrive. Use the interactive maps to find your accommodation, venues, restaurants and more, all from the comfort of your sofa. MANAGE YOUR BOOKING Keep everything in one place with our handy wallet feature. View your break details, bookings and extras whenever you need them. VISIT ALL YEAR ROUND No sunshine? No problem. From summer breaks and Easter escapes to Halloween frights and festive lights, we’re open all year round, all under one roof!
Stagecoach Bus
Plan your bus journeys, track buses in real-time, and purchase mobile tickets securely. Features an interactive map to view services and stops, with options to save favorite routes.
- Interactive route map
- Real-time bus tracking
- Find nearest stops
- Save favorite journeys
- Secure mobile ticket purchase
- Instant ticket delivery
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Use the app to see bus information on your mobile, plan your journey, check when your bus will arrive, search for the right mobile ticket and buy securely on your phone all in one place. App Features: *Interactive map* We’ve made it easier to travel on our buses with a new interactive map, showing all of our services and stops – simply tap on a bus or stop to find your journey information. *Latest bus information* Check when your bus will arrive and how far away from you it is. *Find the right stop for you* View your nearest bus services and stops wherever you are, which buses stop there and what routes they take. *Favourites* Save your favourite journeys, bus services and stops to make journey planning even easier. *Mobile tickets:* Buy mobile tickets safely and securely and your tickets will appear instantly on your phone ready to use. Simply activate your ticket when you're ready to board and show it to the driver. Stagecoach buses run in the following areas: Aberdeenshire Alton and Petersfield Alyth Blairgowrie and Coupar Angus Andover and Salisbury Arbroath Montrose and the Mearns Coast Ashford Aviemore Ayrshire and Arran Barnsley Barrow and Furness Basingstoke Bedfordshire Blackwater Valley Caithness Cambridgeshire Canterbury Cardiff Carlisle Penrith and Wigton Cheltenham Cheshire Chesterfield Chichester and Bognor Regis Cirencester Clackmannanshire Falkirk and Stirling Doncaster Dover Dronfield Dumfries and Galloway Dundee Dunfermline and West Fife Eastbourne East Devon Edinburgh Folkestone Forest of Dean Forfar and Brechin Fort William Gainsborough Glasgow Glenrothes Leven and Kirkcaldy Gloucester Greater Exeter Grimsby Cleethorpes Guildford and South Surrey Gwent Hartlepool Hastings Herefordshire Highland Perthshire Hull Inverness Kendal and The Lakes Lancashire Leicestershire Lincoln Manchester Mansfield Merseyside Merthyr Tydfil Milton Keynes Moray Morecambe and Lancaster Newark Newcastle upon Tyne Norfolk Northamptonshire North Cornwall North Devon Orkney Oxfordshire Perth Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth and Havant Powys Retford Rhondda Cynon Taf Rotherham Salford Scunthorpe Sheffield Skegness Skye Somerset South Hams South Perthshire South Shields Staffordshire St Andrews Cupar and the East Neuk Stockport Stroud Sunderland Swindon Tameside Teesside Teignbridge Tewkesbury Thanet Torbay Wakefield Warwickshire and Coventry West Cumbria West Devon West Perthshire Wigan Winchester Worcestershire Worksop Worthing and Brighton
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Butlin’s Bognor Regis at 49% against Stagecoach Bus's 10%. Butlin’s Bognor Regis also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Stagecoach Bus's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and ratings volume (813 vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Butlin’s Bognor Regis holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Stagecoach Bus has 813 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 49% of Butlin’s Bognor Regis's written reviews are positive against 10% of Stagecoach Bus's.
Butlin’s Bognor Regis ships an update every 3 weeks, Stagecoach Bus monthly. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.
| Parameter | Butlin’s Bognor Regis | Stagecoach Bus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.6 (813 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 49.1% of reviews — better | 10.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 813 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 86 MB | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Butlin's Skyline Limited | Stagecoach Group plc |
Customer experience
Butlin’s Bognor Regis
Stagecoach Bus
User reviews
Butlin’s Bognor Regis
From 2 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to manage bookings
- 🗺️ Useful for park navigation
- 🤩 Great for planning activities
- ✨ Staff are friendly and helpful
- 🎉 Lots of fun and entertainment
Room to improve
- 🐛 App login issues
- 🐛 App doesn't update bookings
- 🐛 Cannot get bookings on app
- 🐛 App shows no bookings
- 🐛 Cannot book activities on app
Stagecoach Bus
From 813 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Easy to use
- 🚀 Convenient ticket purchase
- 👍 Good for frequent travelers
Room to improve
- 🐛 Apple Pay not working
- 🐛 Unreliable bus tracking
- 🐛 Inaccurate timetables
- 🐛 Glitchy app performance
- 🐛 Difficult to navigate
Bugs and requests
Butlin’s Bognor Regis
Reported bugs
41 issues- Never updates your booking
- Cannot get bookings up on the app
- Says I have no bookings when I do
- Cannot book any activities on the app
- Cannot receive my voucher
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- Play experience bit makes scrolling a pain
- Machine that takes inflatables up top was broken
- Rapids are closed as roller door won’t open
- Not all activities shown on app
- Can’t login
- Email address is correct. Password same as web account login password. Web account login is ok, app login is not!
- The app won’t work EVER!!!
- Loads list of activities but when you select activities you would like to book it says “failed to get activities”
- Customer service on Butlins Twitter page are no help
- Can’t get login on app!!
- Says failed to login and username and password incorrect when it isn’t!
- Won’t work
- Unable to book any activities
- Customer service patronising
- Shows a list of all activities with no indication of what date they’re on
- Map sometimes don’t work
- Can’t even get in!
- No option to set up a password for the app
- Have 3 bookings, however if I want to access them, I have to delete app after viewing one booking then reinstall app then log in again to access the other booking
- Itinerary section doesn’t work
- When trying to add activities to the itinerary it comes up with an error message “oops something went wrong”
- When you add an activity as a favourite it won’t be saved when you go back into the app next time
- Can’t log in if you didn’t personally make the booking
- Spent several hours this week looking at activities and creating an itinerary in advance of our trip. Logged in today and it’s all disappeared!
- Favourites tab isn’t working
- Itinerary - well, what is that supposed to do?
- Can only get one booking details on the app if you have more bookings
- Doesn’t let you create an account
- Oops! Something went wrong!
- Can’t even log in.
- Won’t even let u log on
- Account not recognised on the app!!
- Previous reviewer pointed it out but not been addressed obviously
- Unable to book arrival time
- Unable to access the the booking screen.
- Can see the screen by swiping right but it will not stay there.
Requested features
20 requests- Filter out play experience stuff
- Add way to filter play experience
- Put activities and shows in chronological order
- Choice of views for activities
- View by venue in time order
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- View all activities in time order
- Name of venue and finish times on activity booking
- Improve map detail
- Put venue labels on tickets
- Cancel activities from the app
- Fairground opening times visible
- Book bikes or go karts
- Add dark mode
- Improve app performance
- Fix itinerary function
- Fix favourites function
- Allow booking directly from the app
- Show all bookings on the app
- Add option to set up password for app
- Allow login for bookings not personally made
Stagecoach Bus
Reported bugs
3 issues- Routes disappearing from app
- Ticket purchases failing
- Inability to purchase youth/student tickets
Requested features
3 requests- More regional voice announcers
- Improved bus cancellation notifications
- Better integration with mobile payment options
In-app purchases
Butlin’s Bognor Regis
No in-app purchases
Stagecoach Bus
No in-app purchases
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