Comparison

Triptastic vs Transit QLD

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

Head to head
About

Triptastic

This app offers real-time public transport information, including timetables, live vehicle tracking, and route maps for major cities in Australia, New Zealand, and North America. It provides directions and service updates without needing a constant internet connection.

Highlights
  • Real-time due out information
  • Live vehicle location tracking
  • Detailed, dynamic real-time maps
  • Integrated search engine
  • Directions search with iOS Maps
  • Offline timetable and directions
  • Share journey information
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Triptastic provides beautiful timetables, maps and real-time tracking for public transport in Australia, New Zealand and North America. "The best public transport app just got better... Triptastic is the Tweetbot of the genre. Nothing is as fast, clever, or intuitive." - Reckoner.com.au • Real-time due out information and live vehicle location tracking in Sydney, Melbourne, San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York City, Toronto, Portland, Brisbane, Adelaide and Christchurch* • Transit coverage in Australia (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Canberra, regional Queensland), United States (San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York City, Chicago, San Diego, Seattle, Miami, Tampa, Denver, Honolulu, Sacramento), Canada (Toronto) and New Zealand (Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch) • Explore detailed, dynamic real-time maps of transit routes, stops and service frequencies • No need to configure the app, tap on a stop to see where you can go and when the next service arrives • Integrated search engine to find any suburb, route, stop or business • Directions search integrated with iOS Maps • Where available, detailed real-time vehicle information including air conditioning and accessibility information • Service interruption information for Sydney Trains services and stations automatically shown as relevant • No active Internet connection required to provide directions and timetable information - real-time updates are streamed on-demand as an Internet connection is available • Share your journey over iMessage, email or social media - let your mates track your train live with a few taps Making public transit work for you can be tricky. Make it easy, convenient and fun with Triptastic. Need more info? Visit triptasticapp.com for more detail or tweet @triptasticapp if you've got questions. * Real-time information is available for routes and areas where the relevant transit agency have fitted their fleet with real-time transponders and publish live data. Visit triptasticapp.com/coverage for a detailed list of real-time and scheduled transit data coverage. Real-time data in Melbourne is currently in beta.

About

Transit QLD

Get live bus, train, and ferry times for South-East Queensland. Features include real-time delay predictions, a map of nearby stops, and a journey planner. It offers route lookup, favorites, and a school route finder, all with a focus on user privacy.

Highlights
  • Live departure times with delay predictions
  • Map of nearby stops color-coded by mode
  • Journey planner with ranked route options
  • Route lookup by service number
  • Save favorite stops and routes
  • School route finder
  • Light/Dark/System appearance toggle
Features
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TransitQLD shows you live bus, train and ferry times across South-East Queensland — Brisbane, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, and surrounds — sourced from TransLink Open Data. Built for everyday commuters. WHAT YOU GET • Live departures with realtime delay predictions, merged from the TransLink GTFS-Realtime feed. • Map of nearby stops, colour-coded by mode (bus, train, ferry). • Journey planner — pick a start and destination, see ranked route options. • Route lookup — find a service by number, see all stops it serves. • Favourites — pin a stop, a route at a stop, or a specific time-of-day departure. • School route finder — nearby school services within a chosen radius. • Light / Dark / System appearance toggle. PRIVACY • No accounts. No sign-in. No tracking. • No analytics SDKs, no ads, no third-party data sharing. • Your location is sent in each request to find nearby stops and is not stored. • Full privacy policy: https://translink-qld.kedarkokate.workers.dev/privacy COVERAGE The TransLink Open Data feed covers South-East Queensland. Areas outside SEQ — such as Rockhampton, Toowoomba, and far-north QLD — are served by other operators and are not in this feed. ATTRIBUTION Static and realtime transit data is published by the Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads / TransLink under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. This app is not affiliated with or endorsed by TransLink or the Queensland Government.

Screenshots

Triptastic4 screens
Transit QLD2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Transit QLD at 100% against Triptastic's 43%. Transit QLD also leads on price (Free vs $2.99) and rating (5.0 vs 4.0). Triptastic's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 17.0). On ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Transit QLD is free to download; Triptastic costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Transit QLD holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Triptastic's written reviews are positive against 100% of Transit QLD's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Triptastic ships an update every 3 months, Transit QLD every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Triptastic versus Transit QLD: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTriptasticTransit QLD
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating4.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews43.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS9.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAppJourney Pty LtdKedar Kokate

Customer experience

Triptastic

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews60 reviews
Positive43.3%
Neutral13.3%
Negative43.3%

Transit QLD

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Triptastic

Reported bugs

30 issues
  • Share trip goes 404
  • App no longer opens or crashes
  • Crashes on opening
  • Route 61 not working
  • Route 32 stopped working
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  • Constantly resizing map view
  • App keeps crashing
  • Map continually downloads every time app is opened
  • Multiple services incorrect or missing times
  • No more vehicles appear on the map after update
  • App is not real time anymore, just 'scheduled'
  • Can't search for a trip that combines a bus and train
  • App mood swings from accurate to terrible
  • Bus arrives, but never comes, and app says it departed
  • Map can't be scrolled because it constantly wants to update vehicles
  • Settings don't stick
  • Queensland service does not work
  • No public transport maps for Brisbane
  • No ability to calculate indirect routes for Brisbane
  • App crashes constantly
  • Sometimes stops displaying stops and gives a bare map
  • Map constantly wants to update vehicles
  • App spends first 10 minutes locking into location
  • Cannot stop app or use it while waiting for location lock
  • Tracks buses at the opposite end of the searched route
  • Grabs CPU and won't let go during search
  • UI unresponsive while searching
  • After update, app crashes and won't open
  • Live bus locations in Sydney disappear
  • App keeps crashing on iPad

Requested features

11 requests
  • Fix broken Zendesk link
  • Link to new 'next there' app with discount code
  • Update app for specific routes (e.g., route 61, route 32)
  • Improve usability issues like duplicate trips and map resizing
  • Fix the 404 error for share trip
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  • Allow advanced planning for departure/arrival times
  • Combine bus and train trip planning
  • Improve trip calculation for indirect routes
  • Add dark mode option
  • Improve integration and trip planning capabilities
  • Fix crashing on iPad

Transit QLD

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Triptastic

No in-app purchases

None

Transit QLD

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Triptastic free?
Triptastic costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Transit QLD free?
Transit QLD is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Triptastic or Transit QLD?
Transit QLD is rated higher. Triptastic averages 4.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Transit QLD averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Triptastic or Transit QLD have ads?
Neither Triptastic nor Transit QLD shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Triptastic or Transit QLD?
Triptastic ships an update every 3 months, and Transit QLD every 4 weeks. Most recently, Triptastic was updated on October 9, 2026 and Transit QLD on October 1, 2026.

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