Mtn Transit vs PilotsDiner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mtn Transit
Get real-time transit information for Mountain Transit in Big Bear and Crestline, CA. Track bus locations, view predicted arrival times, and receive service alerts. Save your favorite routes and stops for easy access.
- Real-time bus tracking
- Predicted arrival times
- Favorite routes and stops
- Service alerts and notifications
- Map view of bus locations
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Mtn Transit provides transit information for Mountain Transit in Big Bear, and Crestline, CA. Use the app to find information about nearby bus stops and routes, save favorites for quick access, and view real-time arrival information. Predicted arrival times allow you to know exactly how long you have until the bus arrives at your stop, and icons on the map show you where the bus is right now. You can view current and upcoming service alerts and elect to receive push notifications about these alerts or only those affecting your favorite stops and routes. Additional important transit service information is available within the app as well.
PilotsDiner
Discover fly-in restaurants and airport-adjacent dining spots with this aviation community app. Browse locations on a map, read reviews, and engage in forum discussions. Signed-in users can contribute content and enhance the community database.
- Map-based restaurant discovery
- Airport and restaurant detail pages
- Community reviews and PIREPs
- Forum discussions
- User contributions (reviews, photos, logs)
- Premium tier for exclusive features
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PilotsDiner helps pilots discover the classic aviation food mission: finding great fly-in restaurants and airport-adjacent stops. Your next destination is on the menu. Browse airport restaurants on a native map, explore airport and restaurant details, read community reviews, view photos, and check restaurant hours in the restaurant’s local time zone. Discover recent trip reports and join forum conversations with fellow pilots. Create a free account to contribute reviews, trip reports, photos, visit logs, restaurant edits, and forum posts. Mark useful reviews as helpful, follow other pilots, and see their latest contributions in your Following Feed. Pick up where you left off with private saved drafts. Review, trip report, forum post, and reply text saves automatically and syncs between the iOS app and PilotsDiner website. Photos are not saved with drafts and can be reattached before publishing. Hangar Club is PilotsDiner’s premium tier. Unlock premium-only forums, Pilot Passport and achievements, full visit history, saved aircraft tools, higher photo upload limits, and additional discovery features. PilotsDiner is a discovery and community app. It is not an aviation navigation, dispatch, weather briefing, regulatory compliance, or flight-planning service. Always use official aviation sources and your own judgment for flight operations. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: PilotsDiner at 100% against Mtn Transit's 0%. PilotsDiner also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.8) and update cadence (weekly vs every 5 months). Mtn Transit's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (12 vs 1). On price, ads and device support 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. PilotsDiner sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.49 per month. Mtn Transit asks for nothing beyond the download.
PilotsDiner holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mtn Transit has 12 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Mtn Transit's written reviews are positive against 100% of PilotsDiner's.
Mtn Transit ships an update every 5 months, PilotsDiner weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mtn Transit | PilotsDiner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (12 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Syncromatics | vRotate Digital LLC |
Customer experience
Mtn Transit
PilotsDiner
In-app purchases
Mtn Transit
No in-app purchases
PilotsDiner
- Hangar Club Monthly$4.491 Month
- Hangar Club Annual$46.001 Year
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