Surbus vs EMT Málaga
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Surbus
This official app provides comprehensive information for Almería's urban bus service. Users can access details on routes, stops, schedules, and real-time waiting times. It also allows for saving favorite stops for quick access.
- Official bus service information
- Line and stop details
- Schedules and waiting times
- Save favorite stops
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Aplicación oficial de Surbus, Servicio Urbano de Autobuses de Almería. Proporciona información de las líneas, paradas, horarios, tiempos de espera y permite guardar las paradas favoritas.
EMT Málaga
Navigate Malaga's public transport with this official bus app. Access real-time schedules, bus stop locations, and route planning. Save favorite stops, buy tickets, and use augmented reality to find nearby stops.
- Real-time bus schedules
- Bus stop locator
- Favorite bus stops
- Augmented reality stop finder
- In-app ticket purchasing
- Route planner
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Empresa Malagueña de Transportes, S.A.M. Official App. All the information you need to move around the city of Malaga by bus. Lines, routes and schedules information. Bus stops information. Know where the bus stops are and what are the lines passing through. Favorite Bus stops, you can select your most used bus stops as favorites and get immediately the arriving time of buses. Use the Locator to locate the bus stops on the map, selling points and top ups poles You can scan QR codes printed on each bus stop and get immediately the arriving time of a bus. Use Radar to access augmented reality and locate the nearest bus stop in your surroundings. Buy trips from your mobile, you can save your commonly used bus cards and they will be easier to top up. With the service "Find the path" we show you how to get from one place to another in the city , which buses you can take and their schedules.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Surbus at 5.0 against EMT Málaga's 3.0. Surbus also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). EMT Málaga's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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.
Surbus holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 8% of Surbus's written reviews are positive against 7% of EMT Málaga's.
Surbus ships an update every 2 weeks, EMT Málaga every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Surbus | EMT Málaga |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 8.0% of reviews — better | 6.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BULLSOFT SOLUTIONS SOCIEDAD LIMITADA | Empresa Malagueña de Transportes |
Customer experience
Surbus
EMT Málaga
In-app purchases
Surbus
No in-app purchases
EMT Málaga
No in-app purchases
