Transit QLD vs KookaRide
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Transit QLD
Get live bus, train, and ferry times for South-East Queensland. Features include real-time delay predictions, a map of nearby stops, and a journey planner. It offers route lookup, favorites, and a school route finder, all with a focus on user privacy.
- Live departure times with delay predictions
- Map of nearby stops color-coded by mode
- Journey planner with ranked route options
- Route lookup by service number
- Save favorite stops and routes
- School route finder
- Light/Dark/System appearance toggle
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TransitQLD shows you live bus, train and ferry times across South-East Queensland — Brisbane, Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, and surrounds — sourced from TransLink Open Data. Built for everyday commuters. WHAT YOU GET • Live departures with realtime delay predictions, merged from the TransLink GTFS-Realtime feed. • Map of nearby stops, colour-coded by mode (bus, train, ferry). • Journey planner — pick a start and destination, see ranked route options. • Route lookup — find a service by number, see all stops it serves. • Favourites — pin a stop, a route at a stop, or a specific time-of-day departure. • School route finder — nearby school services within a chosen radius. • Light / Dark / System appearance toggle. PRIVACY • No accounts. No sign-in. No tracking. • No analytics SDKs, no ads, no third-party data sharing. • Your location is sent in each request to find nearby stops and is not stored. • Full privacy policy: https://translink-qld.kedarkokate.workers.dev/privacy COVERAGE The TransLink Open Data feed covers South-East Queensland. Areas outside SEQ — such as Rockhampton, Toowoomba, and far-north QLD — are served by other operators and are not in this feed. ATTRIBUTION Static and realtime transit data is published by the Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads / TransLink under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. This app is not affiliated with or endorsed by TransLink or the Queensland Government.
KookaRide
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KookaRide is the simplest way to check Mackay bus and coach times. Open it, see your stop, and get on with your day. No trip planner to wrestle, no clunky website. It covers every Mackay urban route and the Mackay to Emerald coach, in one place. The timetables are built in, so it works with no signal and no data. What you can do: • See the next departures from stops near you • Search any stop by name • Browse a whole route's timetable at a glance • Plan a trip across the Mackay network • Track a trip and follow it from your Lock Screen Good to know: • Times are scheduled, not real-time. Mackay has no live bus data, and the app makes that clear. • Timetable data comes from Translink open data (CC BY 4.0) and Mackay Transit Coaches. • KookaRide is independent. It is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, Translink or the Queensland Government. • No accounts, no ads, no tracking. KookaRide collects no data, and your location never leaves your device. Built for getting around Mackay.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: KookaRide at every 2 days against Transit QLD's every 4 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Transit QLD ships an update every 4 weeks, KookaRide every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Transit QLD | KookaRide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kedar Kokate | Beomsu Shim |
In-app purchases
Transit QLD
No in-app purchases
KookaRide
No in-app purchases
Questions
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