Otobeas vs SHAFFL
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Otobeas
Book intercity and local bus tickets across Egypt easily. Select your trip details, choose your seats, and pay securely online or via cash collection networks. Avoid multiple station visits for ticket purchases.
- Intercity bus ticket booking
- Local transit ticket booking
- Seat selection
- Online payment
- Cash collection payment option
- Trip planning
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Otobeas is First and Largest Platform for Intercity Bus and Local Transit Tickets Booking in Egypt. Finally all Egyptian can Book Their Bus Tickets Booking Only without visiting the Bus station twice one for buying tickets and the second is to travel. First: Determine your Trips (From, To and Travel Date) and hit search Second: Select your ticket and your in Bus Seats Third: Pay your tickets only with Bank Debit or Credit Card or Cash Through Cash collection Networks. HAVE A NICE TRIPE
SHAFFL
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SHAFFL is Egypt’s unified bus-booking platform, designed to make intercity travel simple, transparent, and reliable. Through SHAFFL, you can browse all available bus trips across Egypt, compare prices and schedules, and reserve your preferred seat instantly—all from one place.
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Verdict
Otobeas and SHAFFL are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
Otobeas ships an update every 2 weeks, SHAFFL every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on July 23, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Otobeas | SHAFFL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | OTOBEAS FOR SMART TRANSPORTATION AND E-PAYMENT | SHAFFL FOR SMART TOURISM AND AIR TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGY SERVICES |
In-app purchases
Otobeas
No in-app purchases
SHAFFL
No in-app purchases
