myStop Mobile vs Go Akron
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Real-time bus tracking
- Trip planning with Google Search
- Service alerts
- Email & SMS notifications
- Navigation to nearest stop
- Bus capacity information
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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)
Go Akron
Track public buses in Akron, Ohio in real-time. See current bus locations, estimated arrival times, and passenger load to avoid missing your ride or encountering overcrowding.
- Real-time bus locations
- Track buses on any route
- On-time status updates
- Passenger load information
- Avoid missing buses
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Go Akron is your app for public transportation in Akron, OH. Go Akron gives you easy access to: ► Real time locations. See the current location of buses on any route and track them in real time. Avoid wondering if you just missed the bus or not. ► Current bus information. See whether the bus is on time, and if not, how far behind schedule. See how many passengers are on the bus to see if it is too crowded.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: myStop Mobile at 4.4 against Go Akron's 2.0. myStop Mobile also leads on ratings volume (12K vs 1) and chart position (#126 vs unranked). Go Akron's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
myStop Mobile holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: myStop Mobile has 12K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | myStop Mobile | Go Akron |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (12K ratings) — better | 2.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 22.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 12K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #126 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Avail Technologies | Marcus Dillavou |
Customer experience
myStop Mobile
Go Akron
Bugs and requests
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
Go Akron
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
myStop Mobile
No in-app purchases
Go Akron
No in-app purchases
