PTDevices vs Bus Status
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PTDevices
Monitor your PTDevices tank levels and receive alerts directly from your mobile device. Easily set up new devices and view historical data. Connect your devices online through your home WiFi with a simple step-by-step process.
- Monitor tank levels
- Setup alerts
- View level history
- Setup new devices
- Connect devices via WiFi
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Access your PTDevices account to monitor your tank levels (PTLevel), setup alerts, view level history, setup new devices and more all in the palm of your hand! Follow a very simple step by step process to get your PTDevices connected online through your home WiFi. This includes the PTLevel liquid level monitor. You can see more information about our devices at www.paremtech.com.
Bus Status
This app allows parents to track their school district's buses and receive real-time updates on cancellations, delays, or early arrivals. Users can select specific buses to follow and get push notifications for important changes.
- Follow specific school buses
- Receive push notifications
- Track cancellations
- Monitor delays
- Get early arrival alerts
- District-verified accuracy
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Bus Status 4 enables parents to stay up to date on their school district's buses. Choose which buses to follow, and receive push notifications when a favourited bus is cancelled, delayed, or early! The accuracy of all bus information is ensured by each subscribing district.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: PTDevices at 100% against Bus Status's 11%. PTDevices also leads on rating (3.0 vs 1.7) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Bus Status's advantage is ratings volume (15 vs 5). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
PTDevices holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 1.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 15 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of PTDevices's written reviews are positive against 11% of Bus Status's.
PTDevices ships an update every 2 months, Bus Status every 4 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | PTDevices | Bus Status |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (5 ratings) — better | 1.7 (15 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 11.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 15 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Michael VandeBeld | Box Clever |
Customer experience
PTDevices
Bus Status
In-app purchases
PTDevices
No in-app purchases
Bus Status
No in-app purchases
