Bus Radar Live vs Bus Tracker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bus Radar Live
Track your child's school bus in real-time on a live map. Get accurate arrival estimates and notifications when the bus is approaching, ensuring your child waits safely. The app prioritizes privacy with no ads or tracking.
- Live bus location on map
- Accurate arrival estimates
- Real-time updates
- Full route visibility
- Simple school pairing
- Privacy focused
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Bus Radar lets parents follow their child's school bus in real time. See exactly where the bus is on a live map, get an accurate ETA to your stop, and know the moment it's approaching — so your child is never waiting outside too early or too long. FEATURES • Live bus location on a map, updated in real time • Accurate arrival estimate to your child's stop • Simple pairing — enter your email and the code from your school • See the full route the bus is taking • Clean, fast, and private PRIVACY FIRST Parents only ever see their own child's bus. No ads. No tracking. No social feeds. Just the one thing you need: where's the bus. Bus Radar is provided through your child's school or bus operator. You'll receive a pairing code to get started.
Bus Tracker
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Bus Tracker keeps parents in the loop on a school or group bus. The person on the bus sets up a route and runs it; parents see the bus on a live map and get notified the moment their child is picked up or dropped off — plus a heads-up when the bus is a few minutes or a few stops away. FOR DRIVERS - Create a bus group and share a simple join code - Build your route by importing a photo of a route sheet (on-device text recognition) or by adding stops, mapped along real roads - Run the route and share the bus's live location - Add co-drivers to help take attendance FOR PARENTS - Join with a code and add your child - Pick your child's stop on the map - Choose exactly which alerts you want: picked up, dropped off, a set number of minutes before, or a set number of stops before - Watch the bus move in real time and see arrival times on your lock screen Bus Tracker is built for small school and community bus routes. Location is shared only by the driver while a route is actively running, and only with members of your group.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Bus Radar Live at 3 against Bus Tracker's 1. Bus Radar Live also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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.
| Parameter | Bus Radar Live | Bus Tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kevin Hani | Summit Electronics LLC |
In-app purchases
Bus Radar Live
No in-app purchases
Bus Tracker
No in-app purchases







