Transit.Tracker vs Pinellas PSTA Bus Tracker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Transit.Tracker
Plan your journeys and track public transit in real-time. Find nearby stations, view departure times, and get turn-by-turn navigation. Supports numerous transit agencies across multiple metro areas.
- Real-time vehicle tracking
- Scheduled departure times
- Nearest station finder
- Built-in trip planner
- Multi-metro area support
- Today Widget and Watch App integration
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Transit Tracker puts public transit schedules, nearby departures, route stops, and trip plans on your device. Download the schedules for the cities you ride in, and Transit Tracker stores them on your iPhone. Once a city is downloaded, nearby stops, scheduled departures, route and stop search, and trip planning all work from the data on your device. Real-time predictions are added when the transit agency publishes them and you are online. Use Transit Tracker to: - Download the transit schedules you need from the Downloads screen, and update or delete them at any time - Download more than one city and see stops near you across all of them in one view - Find nearby bus, subway, light rail, commuter rail, ferry, and other transit stops - View scheduled departures, with real-time estimates where the agency provides them - Search routes and stops and see a route's stops and path on the map - Plan trips with the built-in trip planner, then tap any stop to see its departures - Save stops, and save trip plans exactly as they were planned - Use Apple Watch and widget support where available - Choose light, dark, or custom app themes Schedules come from the transit agencies and are stored on your device. Each download is a one-time transfer of the agency's published schedule; Wi-Fi is recommended for larger cities. Schedule data is replaced when you update a city, and the app tells you when a downloaded schedule is about to end. Coverage and feature availability vary by region. Schedules, routes, and real-time predictions depend on the data each transit agency publishes. Optional in-app purchases remove ads. You can also watch a short video to remove ads for an hour.
Pinellas PSTA Bus Tracker
Get real-time bus arrival information for Pinellas County. Select your route and stop to see when the next bus is coming. Save your favorite stops for quick access to upcoming arrivals.
- Real-time bus arrivals
- Favorite stop saving
- Route and direction selection
- Fast and easy to use
- Supports unlimited favorites
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Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA), the public transit provider for Pinellas County, Florida. PSTA serves the county that is part of the Tampa, St. Petersburg, Clearwater area. Simply select a route, direction and stop to see the next bus arrivals. Save your favorite stops to see upcoming arrivals with a single touch. - Real-time arrivals - PSTA buses - Unlimited favorites - Easy to use - Fast This is not an official app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Transit.Tracker at 4.5 against Pinellas PSTA Bus Tracker's 3.1. Transit.Tracker also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 44 months) and ratings volume (3.4K vs 46). Pinellas PSTA Bus Tracker's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and review sentiment (37% vs 20%). On price, ads, monetization model 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. Transit.Tracker sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Pinellas PSTA Bus Tracker asks for nothing beyond the download.
Transit.Tracker holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Transit.Tracker has 3.4K ratings behind it against 46, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 20% of Transit.Tracker's written reviews are positive against 37% of Pinellas PSTA Bus Tracker's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Transit.Tracker ships an update monthly, Pinellas PSTA Bus Tracker every 44 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Transit.Tracker | Pinellas PSTA Bus Tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (3.4K ratings) — better | 3.1 (46 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 20.3% of reviews | 36.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3.4K — better | 46 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 44 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Raging Coders | Naiara Albaina |
Customer experience
Transit.Tracker
Pinellas PSTA Bus Tracker
Bugs and requests
Transit.Tracker
Reported bugs
4 issues- App freezes or crashes frequently
- Incorrect route and schedule data
- Issues with restoring paid upgrades
- Location services not working properly
Requested features
4 requests- Improve real-time bus/train tracking
- Expand coverage to more cities
- Add more customization options
- Fix bugs and crashes
Pinellas PSTA Bus Tracker
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Transit.Tracker
- Transfer Ticket$0.99
- 40 Tokens$0.99
- 100 Tokens$1.99
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- 180 Tokens$2.99
- Ad Free$3.99
- 400 Tokens$4.99
Pinellas PSTA Bus Tracker
No in-app purchases
