XRadar vs Philly Trolleys
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
XRadar
Track campus buses in real-time with live locations, estimated arrival times, and route information. View all active routes, stops, and receive important alerts for a smoother commute.
- Live bus tracking on map
- Estimated arrival times (ETAs)
- Route and stop details
- Real-time alerts
- Passenger capacity information
- Route filtering
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View Routes, Stops, Alerts, and ETAs for all bus lines on Rutgers, NYU, Columbia, University of Georgia, University of Alabama, and More! Use the routes tab to view active routes and how many buses are on each line. Open a route to see the stops (in order!) and view where buses are along the route, along with ETAs for each stop. Use the stops tab to view active stops, and filter them with the search bar. Open a stop to see the active routes that serve the stop, along with all the incoming buses in order of arrival. Use the maps tab for a visual overview of routes, stops, and live bus positions. Use the bottom route list to quickly filter the routes, stops, and buses shown on the map. Tap on a stop to quickly view the routes that actively serve it, and the ETAs for the incoming buses. Tap on a (color-coded) bus to view the full route name, the bus number, and the live passenger capacity. Open the Alerts popover to view alerts from select schools and get prepared for the unexpected. Enjoy a small, fast, and native iOS application designed to help you navigate your campus buses.
Philly Trolleys
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Philly Trolleys shows you where SEPTA's vintage PCC Trolleys are running on the G Line (Girard Avenue) right now, so you can plan a ride on a piece of Philadelphia transit history. The PCC cars share the route with buses and do not run every day. This app tracks the trolleys specifically, tells you which cars are out, where each one is heading, and how to reach the line from any SEPTA Metro or Regional Rail station. What you get: - Live trolley positions on the G Line, refreshed every minute - Directions to the nearest pickup point from any Metro or Regional Rail station, with live train and trolley times - Trolley alerts, your way: one notification a day when the first PCC car appears, or one for every car that starts running - Stop alerts: save your G Line stop and direction, and get a notification when a PCC car is a few stops away - Home screen and lock screen widgets showing how many PCC cars are out and which ones - Share the app with a friend straight from the footer - Service analytics: typical hours, busiest days, the car roster, and the record books - Works underground: the app remembers the last positions and analytics it saw and shows them, labeled with their time, until you are back online Pay once and keep it. No subscriptions, no ads, no accounts, no tracking. Philly Trolleys is an independent project made in Philadelphia. It is not affiliated with SEPTA. Vehicle positions and schedules come from SEPTA's public data feeds.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: XRadar at Free against Philly Trolleys's $4.99. XRadar also leads on ratings volume (62 vs 1). Philly Trolleys's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and chart position (#84 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
XRadar is free to download; Philly Trolleys costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Philly Trolleys holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: XRadar has 62 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | XRadar | Philly Trolleys |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.5 (62 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 62 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Best chart rank | — | #84 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | X Radar | Cristofer Slotoroff |
In-app purchases
XRadar
No in-app purchases
Philly Trolleys
No in-app purchases





