Comparison

du vs SBAS Parent Application

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

Head to head
About

du

Easily manage your mobile accounts and services with customized features. Perform actions like checking usage, paying bills, recharging, and purchasing add-ons. Get support and manage your account all in one place.

Highlights
  • Check consumption and balance
  • Pay or recharge line
  • Pay or recharge for a friend
  • Check special offers
  • Change plan
  • Purchase data and roaming add-ons
  • Get chat support
Features
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Enjoy the easiest way to manage your accounts and services, with features customised just for you. Get things done your way in just a few clicks on the du App: - Check your consumption and balance - Pay or recharge your line - Pay or recharge for a friend - Check for special offers - Change your plan - Purchase data and roaming add-ons - Purchase our products - Manage your accounts - Get chat support - Book an appointment to visit the nearest du store We update our app regularly to always meet your needs so you can always get things done your way. Enjoying our app? Rate us or write a review. استمتع بأسهل طريقة لإدارة حساباتك وخدماتك مع مزايا مصمّمة خصيصاً لك. كل أمورك طيبة مع تطبيق du وببضع خطوات فقط: - اطّلع على استخدامك ورصيدك - ادفع فاتورتك أو أعد تعبئة رصيدك - ادفع فاتورة أحد الأصدقاء أو أعد تعبئة رصيدهم - اطّلع على عروضنا الخاصة - قُم بتغيير باقتك - اشترِ بيانات وخدمات تجوال إضافية - اشترِ منتجاتنا - قُم بإدارة حساباتك - احصل الدعم بالدردشة - احجز المواعيد لزيارة أقرب متاجر du نحن نقوم بتحديث تطبيقنا بانتظام لمواكبة احتياجاتك ولتبقى كل أمورك طيبة. مستمتع بالتطبيق؟ قيّم أداءنا أو اكتب رأيك.

About

SBAS Parent Application

Monitor your child's school bus journey with real-time tracking, attendance updates, and direct communication with the driver and attendant. Receive instant notifications for pickups, drop-offs, and any missed bus incidents.

Highlights
  • Live bus tracking on map
  • Real-time attendance updates
  • Direct call to driver/attendant
  • Pickup/drop-off timing notifications
  • Missed bus alerts
  • Noticeboard for school events
  • Customizable notification preferences
Features
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Smart Bus Attendance Parent Application is to track/monitor school bus attendance of children. Registered parents are required to log in by using their registered phone number. Features: 1- Easy to use. 2- Secure Login using OTP 3- Real-time Information. 4- Live bus tracking. 5- Noticeboard 6- User-based alert preferences. 7- Same login on multiple devices with different preferences. Benefits: 1- Parents can track bus of their children live on the map using this application along with route, bus number, attendant number, name and stop details. 2- Parent can call directly to bus attendant and bus driver using call feature in the bus info section. 3- Parents can get a pickup and drop off timings of their children in buses along with instant notifications. 4- Parents can get entering and exit time of their children in the school campus along with instant notifications if the school is using campus attendance. 5- The parent can receive bus arrival notification prior to the arrival of the bus at their stops either for picking up in the morning or dropping off in the afternoon. 6- Parents can use this application on multiple phones using the same phone numbers so they can easily be able to monitor their children from their workplaces using their own smartphones. 7- The Parent will immediately receive Notification when children accidentally or deliberately miss the bus. 8- The Parent can see past or upcoming events on the noticeboard with notification if any notice is added to the noticeboard. 9- The parent can see the bus attendance report of their children. 10- The Parent can get late/absent children notification. 11 - Parents can set preferences for turning off/on multiple notifications. And many more.

Screenshots

du4 screens
SBAS Parent Application4 screens

Verdict

The call

du and SBAS Parent Application both sit at 4.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of SBAS Parent Application's written reviews are positive against 14% of du's. SBAS Parent Application also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). du's advantage is ratings volume (15K vs 53) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for du against 4.4 for SBAS Parent Application. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: du has 15K ratings behind it against 53, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 14% of du's written reviews are positive against 100% of SBAS Parent Application's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

du ships an update fortnightly, SBAS Parent Application every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
du versus SBAS Parent Application: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterduSBAS Parent Application
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (15K ratings) — better4.4 (53 ratings)
Positive reviews14.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings15K — better53
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size392 MB220 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEITC, du telecom UAERafat Zohra

Customer experience

du

All ratings14,988 ratings
Positive88.1%
Neutral2.9%
Negative8.9%
Written reviews397 reviews
Positive14.4%
Neutral4.8%
Negative80.9%

SBAS Parent Application

All ratings53 ratings
Positive83.0%
Neutral5.7%
Negative11.3%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

du

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes frequently
  • Login issues and inability to access account
  • Inconsistent behavior after updates

Requested features

3 requests
  • Option to cancel subscription/plan through the app
  • Ability to manage all accounts (mobile, home internet, etc.) in one place
  • Improved data usage tracking and analytics

SBAS Parent Application

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

du

No in-app purchases

None

SBAS Parent Application

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is du free?
du is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SBAS Parent Application free?
SBAS Parent Application is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, du or SBAS Parent Application?
du is rated higher. du averages 4.5 out of 5 from 15K ratings, while SBAS Parent Application averages 4.4 from 53 ratings.
Do du or SBAS Parent Application have ads?
Neither du nor SBAS Parent Application shows ads.
Which is updated more often, du or SBAS Parent Application?
du ships an update fortnightly, and SBAS Parent Application every 2 months. Most recently, du was updated on October 15, 2026 and SBAS Parent Application on October 1, 2026.

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