Comparison

Moovit vs myStop Mobile

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

myStop Mobile

Access real-time bus information and plan your trips with this app. It provides interactive location and schedule data for numerous public transit agencies across the US, featuring live bus tracking and service alerts.

Highlights
  • Real-time bus tracking
  • Trip planning with Google Search
  • Service alerts
  • Email & SMS notifications
  • Navigation to nearest stop
  • Bus capacity information
Features
Currently charting
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myStop® Mobile puts real-time bus information and trip planning in your hands. Quickly and easily access interactive location and schedule information for more than 39 public transit agencies across the US. myStop® Mobile has been updated to bring you improved performance and usability with an enhanced look & feel. Use myStop® Mobile for: • Trip planning enhanced by Google Search • Quick access to service alerts • Integrated email & SMS notifications — so you don’t miss your bus • Navigation to the nearest stop • Real-time graphical bus tracking — see where your bus is on the map • Determining bus capacity — so you can ride in comfort Agencies currently using myStop® Mobile include: Acadia National Park ACC Transit (Athens, GA) AMTRAN (Altoona, PA) Antelope Valley – AVTA (Lancaster, CA) Atomic City Transit – ACT (Los Alamos, NM) BARTA (Reading, PA) Butler Transit (Butler, PA) Camtran (Johnstown, PA) CATA Bus (State College, PA) Collier County (Naples, FL) COLTS (Scranton, PA) Citrus Connection (Lakeland, FL) Erie, PA Gwinnett County, GA HDPT (Harrisonburg, PA) Hazleton, PA IndiGO (Indiana, PA) IndyGo (Indianapolis, IN) KMetro (Kalamazoo, MI) LANTA (Allentown, PA) Lebanon Transit (Lebanon, PA) Lextran (Lexington, KY) MAX Transit (Birmingham, AL) MAX (Modesto, CA) METRO (Akron, OH) MCAT (Manatee County, Florida) Montebello Bus Lines (Montebello, CA) Monroe County – MCTA, Pocono Pony (Scotrun, PA) Napa – Vine (Napa, CA) NCRTD Blue Bus (Los Alamos, NM) Norwalk, CT PalmTran (West Palm Beach, FL) Park City, UT Petaluma, CA PVTA (Springfield, MA) Rabbit Transit (York, PA) The Rapid (Grand Rapids, MI) River Valley Transit (Williamsport, PA) Red Rose Transit Authority – RRTA (Lancaster, PA) Santa Rosa, CA SolTrans (Vallejo, CA) Sunline Transit (Thousand Palms, CA) Suntran (Ocala, FL) STS (Lebanon, PA) SVSS (Shenango Valley, PA) Votran (Volusia County, FL) TCAT (Ithaca, NY) The Wave (Mobile, AL) Wichita, KS WRTA (Youngstown, OH)

Screenshots

Moovit4 screens
myStop Mobile4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: myStop Mobile at none against Moovit's 21. myStop Mobile also leads on ads (none vs shown). Moovit's advantage is review sentiment (56% vs 22%) and update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). On price, rating, chart position 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. Moovit sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. myStop Mobile asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Moovit holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 60K and 12K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of Moovit's written reviews are positive against 22% of myStop Mobile's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Moovit ships an update weekly, myStop Mobile every 2 months. Both last shipped on September 24, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Moovit versus myStop Mobile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMoovitmyStop Mobile
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (60K ratings) — better4.4 (12K ratings)
Positive reviews55.8% of reviews — better22.3% of reviews
Number of ratings60K — better12K
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#28 — better#76
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size328 MB46 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMoovit App Global LTDAvail Technologies

Customer experience

Moovit

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

myStop Mobile

All ratings12,236 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral4.3%
Negative12.4%
Written reviews188 reviews
Positive22.3%
Neutral16.0%
Negative61.7%

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

myStop Mobile

From 12K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Reliable bus tracking
  • 👍 Convenient route planning
  • 🔗 Helpful for commuting

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent bugs and glitches
  • ⏱️ Inaccurate arrival times
  • 🔍 Poor map functionality
  • 🤯 Frustrating user experience

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

myStop Mobile

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashes on launch
  • Zooming and panning issues
  • Incorrect route and stop information
  • Connectivity problems

Requested features

4 requests
  • Improved map interface with customizable views
  • Ability to save favorite routes and stops
  • Real-time bus location tracking
  • More reliable service alerts and updates

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
None

myStop Mobile

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Moovit free?
Moovit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is myStop Mobile free?
myStop Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Moovit or myStop Mobile?
Moovit is rated higher. Moovit averages 4.6 out of 5 from 60K ratings, while myStop Mobile averages 4.4 from 12K ratings.
Do Moovit or myStop Mobile have ads?
Moovit shows ads; myStop Mobile does not.
Which is updated more often, Moovit or myStop Mobile?
Moovit ships an update weekly, and myStop Mobile every 2 months. Most recently, Moovit was updated on September 24, 2026 and myStop Mobile on September 24, 2026.
Which is more popular, Moovit or myStop Mobile?
Moovit currently peaks at #28 in the App Store charts, and myStop Mobile at #76. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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