Mtn Transit vs Cruise Star
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.
Cruise Star
Log your cruise ship experiences and discover new ones. Rate ships, save favorites, and see what friends think without booking details. Explore a catalog of vessels with photos and facts.
- Rate cruise ships with half to five stars
- Save ships to a bucket list
- Write and read reviews
- Follow friends and see their activity
- Browse a catalog of cruise ships
- View ship photos and facts
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CruiseStar is a social log for cruise ships. Rate the ships you have sailed, save the ones you want next, and see what your friends thought — without booking pages, prices, or itinerary clutter. BROWSE THE FLEET Search a living catalog of cruise ships, from the biggest new vessels to classic liners. Open any ship for photos, facts, and real ratings from people who have been on board. RATE IN A TAP Give half-star to five-star ratings. Mark ships you have sailed. Heart a ship onto your bucket list. Your log saves instantly and follows you across devices. WRITE REVIEWS Share a short take after a sailing. Read what other cruisers said before you pick your next ship. FOLLOW FRIENDS Find people, add friends, and watch a feed of ratings, reviews, and “been on” marks. Turn on alerts when friends leave a review. BUILT FOR CRUISERS CruiseStar rates ships, not sailings. That means one page for Icon of the Seas, Queen Mary 2, or your favorite river boat — a lasting record you can come back to years later. CruiseStar is free to browse. Create an account when you are ready to save ratings, reviews, and lists.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Cruise Star at 5.0 against Mtn Transit's 2.8. Cruise Star also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 5 months). Mtn Transit's advantage is ratings volume (12 vs 1). 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.
Cruise Star 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.
Mtn Transit ships an update every 5 months, Cruise Star every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mtn Transit | Cruise Star |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (12 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Syncromatics | Lemon Tree Studio Inc. |
Customer experience
Mtn Transit
Cruise Star
In-app purchases
Mtn Transit
No in-app purchases
Cruise Star
No in-app purchases
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