Bus is Coming vs BusInfo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bus is Coming
Track your bus in real-time with live GPS data. Search for specific lines or buses, follow their movement on a map, and view their speed and data acquisition time. Share your bus's location with others.
- Real-time bus GPS tracking
- Search for specific bus lines
- Locate individual buses
- Follow a bus on the map
- View GPS data speed and timestamp
- Share bus location via WhatsApp
- Instant direction updates
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Never be left wondering about your bus's location again! The "Bus is Coming" app allows you to locate bus lines, helping public transport users when trying to catch their bus. Available region: - Barrie - British Columbia - Calgary - Campbell River - Comox Valley - Edmonton - Halifax - Kamloops - Kelowna - Kingston - Mississauga - Nanaimo - Port Alberni - Squamish - Thunder Bay - Toronto - Victoria - Waterloo - Whistler - York The app has the following features: - Search for all buses on a specific line - Locate a specific bus - 'Follow' option to track a specific bus on the map - View the speed and date the GPS data was obtained - Sharing option through WhatsApp - Search multiple lines at once - Instant bus direction update - View the latest data regardless of the city server status What's coming: - Favorites - Bus route on the map - Increased data accuracy - Bus arrival notifications - Location sharing for unmapped buses (Collaborative) - Approximate number of people on the bus (Collaborative) The app is completely free! * "Bus is Coming" is a private entity and does not represent any government body. Its operation is maintained solely by its independent developers. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
BusInfo
Easily track buses in São Paulo and surrounding regions in real-time. View live bus locations, consult lines, schedules, and estimated arrival times. Optimized for mobile data usage and completely free.
- Real-time bus tracking
- Consult lines and schedules
- View estimated arrival times
- Live bus location on map
- Save favorite lines
- Optimized for mobile data
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BusInfo - A forma facil de rastrear seu onibus em Sao Paulo e regiao! O BusInfo e o aplicativo ideal para quem utiliza o transporte publico em Sao Paulo (SPTrans) e em toda a Regiao Metropolitana de Sao Paulo, incluindo Campinas, Baixada Santista, Vale do Paraiba, Litoral Norte e Sorocaba. Com ele, voce pode rastrear onibus em tempo real, consultar linhas, horarios, itinerarios e ainda visualizar tempos estimados de chegada e a localizacao exata dos veiculos, tudo de forma simples e rapida. FUNCIONALIDADES PRINCIPAIS: - Consulta de linhas de onibus por numero, nome ou empresa - Horarios atualizados e previsao de chegada em tempo real - Itinerarios completos com todos os pontos de parada - Localizacao ao vivo dos onibus no mapa, constantemente atualizada - Filtros por area, empresa, linha e prefixo do veiculo - Favoritos para acesso rapido as linhas que voce mais usa - Interface simples, leve e otimizada para economizar dados moveis - Totalmente gratuito e sem necessidade de cadastro CIDADES E REGIOES ATENDIDAS: - Sao Paulo (SPTrans) - Regiao Metropolitana de Sao Paulo - Campinas - Baixada Santista - Vale do Paraiba - Litoral Norte - Sorocaba BENEFICIOS: Com uma interface intuitiva, o BusInfo foi desenvolvido para facilitar sua rotina no transporte publico. Planeje sua viagem com antecedencia, veja quais onibus estao proximos, salve suas linhas favoritas e receba informacoes atualizadas para evitar atrasos ou longas esperas no ponto de onibus. Ideal para quem depende do transporte publico no dia a dia, o BusInfo oferece uma experiencia completa de monitoramento de onibus, com dados confiaveis e facilmente acessiveis. Chega de surpresas ou incertezas no ponto: com o BusInfo, voce tem informacoes em tempo real na palma da sua mao. Baixe o BusInfo agora e transforme a forma como voce se desloca! Mais controle, menos espera. Transporte publico com praticidade, agilidade e inteligencia.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Bus is Coming at every 8 days against BusInfo's every 5 months. BusInfo's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 73%). 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.
Bus is Coming ships an update every 8 days, BusInfo every 5 months. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.
| Parameter | Bus is Coming | BusInfo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (36 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 73.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 36 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 107 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | +4 |
| Developer | Schmitz Tecnologia e Inovacao LTDA | Pedro Linhares |
Customer experience
Bus is Coming
BusInfo
In-app purchases
Bus is Coming
No in-app purchases
BusInfo
No in-app purchases
