Translink vs NT Bus Tracker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Translink
Plan your public transport journeys across Queensland with real-time updates and personalized travel preferences. Navigate your trips with live directions and save your favorite routes for easy access.
- Real-time journey planning
- Travel alerts
- Live navigation
- Save and share trips
- Customizable travel preferences
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The Translink app is the official Queensland Government app for public transport journey planning. The new app provides increased personalisation and flexibility to customise your travel preferences including: • Real time journey planning and travel alerts • Live navigation • Ability to save and share trips For more information or Translink app privacy and conditions, visit translink.com.au/translinkapp
NT Bus Tracker
This official government app provides real-time public bus tracking for Darwin and Alice Springs. Find nearby stops, view departure times, and see bus locations on a map. Save your favorite stops for quick access.
- Real-time bus tracking
- Locate nearby bus stops
- View departure times
- Save favorite bus stops
- Route and bus stop details
- Map view of bus locations
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NT Bus Tracker app is a free official Northern Territory Government app. The app provides information about public buses in Darwin and Alice Springs. Buses may be tracked in real-time showing when the next bus is due to your selected stop. With the app you can: - Locate nearby bus stops : Find the bus stops closest to you and see the routes that use these bus stops. You can also search for bus stops via suburb, number or name. - Save your favourite bus stops: You can save the bus stops you regularly use to your favourites, to make them easily available. - Show departures from a bus stop : You can view the next scheduled routes departing from a bus stop, with a real-time forecast of when the bus will depart. - View route details : You can view the location of the bus servicing your selected route and the bus stops on this route. - View bus stops and your bus on a map: You can track your bus as it approaches your bus stop on a map in real time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: NT Bus Tracker at 5.0 against Translink's 1.3. Translink's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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.
NT Bus Tracker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 4% of Translink's written reviews are positive against 0% of NT Bus Tracker's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Translink ships an update every 2 months, NT Bus Tracker every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Translink | NT Bus Tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.3 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 4.5% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.7 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 227 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Department of Transport and Main Roads | Northern Territory of Australia |
Customer experience
Translink
NT Bus Tracker
Bugs and requests
Translink
Reported bugs
3 issues- Frequent crashes and errors
- Laggy and slow performance
- Incorrect route recommendations
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to search and view specific bus/train routes
- Option to save favorite stops and routes
- Integration with Go Card for seamless ticketing
- Widgets and Apple Watch app support
- Customizable trip planning and saved trips
NT Bus Tracker
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Translink
No in-app purchases
NT Bus Tracker
No in-app purchases
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