BusBus NYC vs Transitër
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BusBus NYC
Track the real-time location of MTA buses in New York City. See exactly where your bus is on its route. Data availability is dependent on MTA's rollout of live tracking for all bus lines.
- Real-time bus location tracking
- View bus routes
- MTA bus data integration
- Live updates
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Are you curious about where your MTA bus is in NYC? Now you can see where it is in real-time. Currently, the buses available via this service are limited, but the MTA is rolling this out to more buses soon. * Please note that not all MTA Buses are available. This is not a limitation of the BusBus NYC app. The reason they are not included is that the MTA has not made this live data available yet on all bus lines.
Transitër
This app displays bus and subway station locations on a map, offering estimated arrival times for chosen stops. It supports New York City's MTA Subway and Bus services, as well as New Jersey Rail Roads.
- Map view of bus and subway stops
- Real-time arrival estimates
- Support for NYC MTA Subway
- Support for NYC MTA Bus
- Support for NJ Rail Roads
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Transitër is an app that shows locations of bus stops and subways stations on the map and provides estimated arrival times for selected stop. List of supported providers: • New York City MTA Subway • New York City MTA Bus • New Jersey Rail Roads
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Transitër at 5.0 against BusBus NYC's 4.0. Transitër also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). BusBus NYC's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 5 weeks) and ratings volume (73 vs 4). On price 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. BusBus NYC sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Transitër asks for nothing beyond the download.
Transitër holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BusBus NYC has 73 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of BusBus NYC's written reviews are positive against 100% of Transitër's.
BusBus NYC ships an update every 9 days, Transitër every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BusBus NYC | Transitër |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (73 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 73.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 73 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MGS Technologies LLC | Constantine Chukhlomin |
Customer experience
BusBus NYC
Transitër
Bugs and requests
BusBus NYC
Reported bugs
36 issues- Map is slow to load buses
- No visual indicator for loading status
- Buses appear several stops behind true location
- BxM (1&2) buses don't show in the Bronx
- Some local buses are missing (Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn, Staten Island)
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- Cannot see buses right now (reported issue)
- Blue line feature not showing on newer iPhone models
- Blue line is annoying and requires app restart
- Some bus lines are missing
- Lag time has increased significantly
- Bus is several blocks past its reported location
- iPhone X support needed (older review)
- Bus position is delayed
- App crashes frequently
- Map doesn't refresh when looking at it
- Font on bus icons too small to read
- App doesn't show where the bus will go
- Bus was shown at one location but had already passed by
- Delayed bus reports cause users to miss buses
- App is delayed, causing users to miss buses
- Bus numbers are hard to see
- Blue line is annoying and hard to get rid of
- All buses disappeared after update
- Only showing two buses after update
- No buses showing up
- Refresh time needs to be reduced
- BusBus does not work with latest iPad upgrade
- All buses disappeared after upgrading to iPhone 6 Plus
- App crashes a lot
- App crashes after 2 seconds from opening
- Bus tracking is a little slow
- App freezes a lot
- Not all buses outfitted for GPS
- Many times a bus is mislabeled or doesn't appear
- Refresh button doesn't work almost all the time
- App keeps crashing
Requested features
11 requests- Tagging or highlighting specific buses
- Addition of all routes, including local buses
- Refresh button that works consistently
- Option to type bus numbers
- Reduce refresh time for quicker updates
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- Restrict map to regularly traveled routes
- Show estimated arrival times
- Improve accuracy of bus locations
- Fix blue line feature to be less intrusive
- Dark mode option
- Expand to all boroughs
Transitër
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
BusBus NYC
- BusBus Ad Free$1.99
Transitër
No in-app purchases
