Comparison

Moovit vs Singabus

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

Head to head
About

Moovit

Navigate urban transit with real-time arrivals, live directions, and instant alerts for buses, trains, and more. Plan your trips with confidence, pay fares digitally, and discover bike-friendly routes. Access offline maps and community insights for seamless city travel.

Highlights
  • Real-time arrival information
  • Step-by-step live navigation
  • Digital ticket payments
  • Service disruption alerts
  • Augmented reality stop finder
  • Offline transit maps
Features
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Transform the way you navigate your city with Moovit, the all-in-one app for urban transit. Whether you’re taking the bus, subway, train, or even hopping on a dockless scooter, Moovit delivers essential information to streamline your journey. Why Choose Moovit? - Real-Time Arrivals: Access up-to-the-minute arrival information directly from GPS on buses and trains. No more guessing—plan your trips with confidence and avoid unnecessary waiting. - Seamless Digital Payments: Effortlessly purchase and validate your bus and train tickets with just a tap (available in select cities), making your travel experience smoother than ever. - Instant Alerts: Stay ahead of disruptions with real-time alerts about service changes, delays, and traffic issues. Moovit keeps you informed so you can adjust your plans on the fly. - Step-by-Step Live Navigation: Navigate your route with live, guided directions from point A to B. Know how far to walk, get real-time arrival updates, and receive notifications as you near your destination. - Augmented Reality Way Finder: Locate your bus or train stop easily with our innovative AR feature, ensuring you never miss your ride. - Community-Powered Insights: Leverage user-reported issues to stay updated on station conditions, service disruptions, and schedules, ensuring you have the latest information at your fingertips. - Personalized Favorites: Quickly access your favorite lines, stations, and places. Get real-time updates on any changes that may affect your regular routes. - Comprehensive Bike Routes: Plan bike-friendly routes alongside your transit options. Access updated bike docking stations and integrate bike trips with public transport seamlessly. - Offline Maps: Explore transit maps offline or underground, ensuring you always have the information you need, even without a signal. Moovit proudly serves over 930 million users in more than 3,400 cities worldwide, collaborating with leading public transit agencies to provide you with the best urban mobility solutions. You only need one app for all your transit needs, covering the U.S. and 112 other countries in 45 languages. Whether you want to know bus times, train schedules, or the last departures from any stop, Moovit has you covered. Download Moovit today—ride with confidence! Contact us: * https://support.moovitapp.com/hc/en-us/requests/new?ticket_form_id=175869 * https://www.facebook.com/moovit * https://twitter.com/moovit Terms of Use https://moovitapp.com/en-us/legal/terms-of-service-en

About

Singabus

Get real-time bus arrival times and MRT information for Singapore. This app provides accurate transit data, helps you find nearby stops, and offers helpful commute features like arrival reminders.

Highlights
  • Real-time bus arrival times
  • MRT/LRT network map
  • Find nearby bus stops
  • Alight reminders
  • Track bus GPS location
  • Save favorite bus stops
  • Bus stop search by name/number
Features
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Singabus tells you when your next bus will arrive at any bus stop in Singapore using the data directly from Land Transport Authority of Singapore (LTA) and other sources for best accuracy. Designed for the fast-paced Singaporean, Singabus is fast, clean and easy to use. With additional MRT/LRT map, there's no reason to not use it for your everyday commute. Support all public transport operators in Singapore (SBS, SMRT, Tower Transit, Go-Ahead) Features: - Alphabetic labelled pin-points on the map for quicker identification of bus stop - Instantly tell when your bus is arriving - Finds bus stops near you using your iPhone's GPS - Set alight reminder and let Singabus remind you when you are reaching your destination - Track bus GPS location in real-time - Move to anywhere on the map to see the nearest bus stops to that area - 3 Live Bus times for bus stops showing when the next and subsequent bus will arrive. - Know the arriving bus type (Single deck, double deck, bendy, etc) - See bus routes to show the direction the buses are heading - View nearest stops on a map - Save cellular data, uses pre-loaded data - Search for bus stops by bus stop number or bus stop name - Save your favourite bus stops in your Favourites for quick access. - Rename your favourite bus stops into something meaningful such as "Outside Workplace", "Andy's House", "Downstairs", etc. (Rename by holding down your tap on a bus stop in the favourite tab) - Hide buses that you don't take for any favourited bus stop - Singapore MRT Network Map integrated right into the application for ease of use - Adjustable map size Please be aware that this app requires an internet connection and Location services turned on for full functionality. * This app uses data retrieved from Land Transport Authority, and they occasionally do maintenance in which case the application will show no results. We cannot be held responsible for any unavailability or inaccuracies displayed by this app. Singabus is built by passionate human beings. We'd love to know how we can make it better, so get in touch with us.

Screenshots

Moovit4 screens
Singabus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Singabus at none against Moovit's shown. Singabus also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Moovit's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (60K vs 527). On price, rating, review sentiment 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Moovit sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Singabus sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Moovit against 4.7 for Singabus. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Moovit has 60K ratings behind it against 527, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 56% of Moovit's written reviews are positive against 60% of Singabus's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Moovit ships an update weekly, Singabus every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Moovit versus Singabus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMoovitSingabus
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (60K ratings)4.7 (527 ratings) — better
Positive reviews55.8% of reviews60.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings60K — better527
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#25 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size328 MB57 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMoovit App Global LTDCotton.sg Pte. Ltd.

Customer experience

Moovit

All ratings60,089 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral1.6%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews2,147 reviews
Positive55.8%
Neutral5.1%
Negative39.1%

Singabus

All ratings527 ratings
Positive92.2%
Neutral3.2%
Negative4.6%
Written reviews88 reviews
Positive60.2%
Neutral9.1%
Negative30.7%

User reviews

Moovit

From 60K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Accurate and reliable
  • 🗺️ Comprehensive coverage of public transit options
  • 📍 Precise location tracking and navigation
  • ⏰ Live arrival and departure updates
  • 🔔 Stop notifications to avoid missing your stop

Room to improve

  • 💢 Excessive and intrusive ads
  • ⚠️ Inaccurate or unreliable route/schedule information
  • 🐛 App crashes and bugs
  • 🕰️ Slow performance and long loading times
  • 🤔 Confusing user interface and navigation

Singabus

From 527 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use UI
  • 👍 User-friendly interface
  • 👍 Convenient for getting around
  • 👍 Reliable bus timings (historically)
  • 👍 Good design

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Inaccurate bus timings
  • 🐛 Bus times not reliable
  • 🐛 App crashes frequently
  • 🐛 Ads ruin the app experience
  • 🐛 Difficult to navigate

Bugs and requests

Moovit

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashes and freezes
  • Incorrect route and schedule information
  • GPS tracking issues and inaccurate location data
  • Unreliable notifications and alerts

Requested features

6 requests
  • Offline maps and route planning
  • Customizable trip planning options
  • Improved real-time updates and alerts
  • Integration with other transportation services
  • Subscription model with no ads
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  • Better accessibility for visually impaired users

Singabus

Reported bugs

14 issues
  • App crashes when retrying to download
  • App crashes in the evening
  • App crashes all the time on iPhone
  • Cannot update the app
  • Failing to download new bus routes
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  • Buses arrived but not appeared in the app
  • Estimated times are never accurate
  • Time is very inaccurate, has misled many times
  • App is not usable
  • Bus timing + MRT is usually accurate but sometimes not
  • The ad at the bottom of the page ruin this app after last update
  • Why can't it be used today?
  • Can't work out how to get anywhere by bus!
  • Sometimes there are buses that are coming but they do not estimate the time properly

Requested features

2 requests
  • Add widget for home screen
  • Include Apple Watch "Glances"

In-app purchases

14 purchases

Moovit

Subscriptions14
  • Monthly plan7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • 3 month plan7 Days trial$2.293 Months
  • Monthly plan7 Days trial$2.991 Month
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  • Monthly plan$3.391 Month
  • Monthly Plan7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • 12 month plan$5.991 Year
  • 6 month plan7 Days trial$7.996 Months
  • 12 month plan$8.991 Year
  • 12 month plan7 Days trial$9.991 Year
  • Moovit+ 6M Plan7 Days trial$11.996 Months
  • 12 month plan7 Days trial$13.491 Year
  • 6 month plan7 Days trial2 variants$13.496 Months
  • 12 month plan7 Days trial2 variants$17.991 Year
  • 12 month plan7 Days trial$19.991 Year
1 purchases

Singabus

One-time1
  • Ads Removal$2.99

Questions

Is Moovit free?
Moovit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Singabus free?
Singabus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Moovit or Singabus?
Singabus is rated higher. Moovit averages 4.6 out of 5 from 60K ratings, while Singabus averages 4.7 from 527 ratings.
Do Moovit or Singabus have ads?
Moovit shows ads; Singabus does not.
Which is updated more often, Moovit or Singabus?
Moovit ships an update weekly, and Singabus every 2 months. Most recently, Moovit was updated on September 24, 2026 and Singabus on September 22, 2026.

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