myStop Mobile vs Tri
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)
Tri
Track your bus in real-time directly from your phone or tablet. Get instant updates on your bus's location and status to plan your journey perfectly and avoid waiting in bad weather.
- Live bus location tracking
- Route list view
- Map view
- Real-time status updates
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Tri-State Transit Authority – Powered By ATTI Application allows you to stay connected directly to your bus through your phone or tablet. This mobile application offers you instant insight into the location and status of your bus in the palm of your hand! Quickly view the location of your bus, stay out of inclement weather and time your ride just perfectly. Features Include: - Route List View - Map View - Live Bus Location Stop wasting time waiting at the bus stop and download today! This application was developed by Advanced Tracking Technologies. www.advantrack.com.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: myStop Mobile at 4.4 against Tri's 2.0. myStop Mobile also leads on ratings volume (12K vs 7) and review sentiment (23% vs 0%). Tri's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). 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 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 23% of myStop Mobile's written reviews are positive against 0% of Tri's.
myStop Mobile ships an update every 2 months, Tri every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | myStop Mobile | Tri |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (12K ratings) — better | 2.0 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 22.5% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 12K — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #87 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 14.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Avail Technologies | Advanced Tracking Technologies, Inc. |
Customer experience
myStop Mobile
Tri
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
Tri
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
myStop Mobile
No in-app purchases
Tri
No in-app purchases
