Gautrain vs TRT Smart Bus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gautrain
Manage your Gautrain travel with this official app. Check card balances, top up fares, plan journeys with real-time bus tracking, and find station information. Access travel history and manage your transit cards easily.
- Access Gautrain Card balances
- Top-up prepaid balances
- Real-time journey planning
- Live Gautrain bus tracking
- Journey fares and schedules
- Find nearest bus and station
- Link multiple Gautrain Cards
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Gautrain – for people on the move. The official Gautrain app – everything you need to know about the Gautrain. With the new Gautrain App, you get all the travel information you need, when you need it. Features include: • access Gautrain Card balances • top-up prepaid balances and purchase fare products via secure payments • real-time journey planning, station to station, or search for any address in Gauteng, with the option to add public transport operators in Gauteng to extend your journey options beyond the Gautrain network • live Gautrain bus tracking, plotted on your journey map • journey fares and schedules, with the option to request journey information up to seven days ahead • find nearest bus and station features, with routing instructions • link multiple Gautrain Cards to a profile • view balance and travel history for transit cards • log and manage claims online • block Gautrain Cards. • check expiry date and more… The Gautrain system provides you with a safe, comfortable and reliable train service, a dedicated bus system, as well as drop-off and parking facilities at all stations (except at OR Tambo International Airport). These services are fully integrated and may be used separately or jointly by transferring from one to another. The services are all accessed by means of your Gold Card. Additional services include car rental facilities at Johannesburg Park Station, Sandton- and Pretoria Stations. DISCLAIMER: Due to the large possibility of different routings, the fare calculator gives only indicative prices and not always the exact amount. The indicative price shall not be binding and/or enforceable against the Gauteng Provincial Government (including the Gauteng Management Agency (Pty) Ltd) and/or Bombela Concession Company and/or Bombela Operating Company (Pty) Ltd. The timetables are only indicative and can change without prior notice.
TRT Smart Bus
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The TRT Smart Bus mobile application allows you to plan your trip easily and quickly, offering you timetable information and real-time bus arrival times. How to use the TRT Smart Bus application? Register your name and your TRT Smart Bus card number to use all the benefits of the application. The application will recognize your current location as your home location. If you want to start from another location, you can enter another location as your home location. After entering the destination location, the fastest route will be displayed on the screen with information on stops, travel times and ticket prices. The application shows you the closest bus stop, notifying you of changes to services and sales locations.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Gautrain at every 2 months against TRT Smart Bus's every 6 months. TRT Smart Bus's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads, 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.
Gautrain ships an update every 2 months, TRT Smart Bus every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gautrain | TRT Smart Bus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.6 (17 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 28.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 17 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 95 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AfriGIS Pty Ltd | KENT KART EGE ELEKTRONIK SANAYI VE TICARET A S |
In-app purchases
Gautrain
No in-app purchases
TRT Smart Bus
No in-app purchases









