巴士 Buddy vs HKWay
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
巴士 Buddy
Get live arrival times and plan trips for buses, minibuses, and the MTR in Hong Kong. Features include route planning with transfers, walking times, and fares. Supports multiple languages and extensive public transport coverage.
- Live bus, minibus, and MTR arrival times
- Trip planning with transfers and fares
- Route maps and walking directions
- Fare information and departure times
- Multi-language support (EN, TC, SC)
- Coverage of KMB, Citybus, ferries, trams, and more
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巴士 Buddy (Bus Buddy) is the Hong Kong bus app for everyday riders: live arrival times (ETA) for KMB, Citybus, green minibuses and the MTR, a live map of where every bus is, and a trip planner that handles transfers. Live arrivals and the bus map are free. LIVE BUS MAP Open any route and see where every bus is right now. Pick the bus you're on and see when it reaches each stop along the way. CONNECTIONS AT A GLANCE Tap any stop on a route to see the other routes you can change to there. Subscribers also see when each connecting bus is due, and open its route, live, with one more tap. NEARBY STOPS, LIVE ARRIVALS Your nearby bus and minibus stops appear as soon as you open the app. Swipe between them, or open a stop to see every route serving it and how many minutes until the next bus. Star the stops you use and they come first. TRIP PLANNER Enter where you're going and see every way there: when the next bus comes, when you'll arrive, the walk, the changes and the fare. Subscribers see which buses to take and where to board, with MTR exits, step by step. Without a subscription you can open one trip a week in full. FOR DAILY COMMUTING • Save the routes and stops you use for one-tap access • Recent routes, stops and destinations are remembered • Route maps show the ride and the walk at each end • Fares, first and last departures, and timetables • Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese and English COVERAGE KMB and Long Win, Citybus (including former NWFB routes), New Lantao Bus, Discovery Bay Transit, green minibuses, MTR, Light Rail and its feeder buses, ferries (Sun Ferry, Fortune Ferry, HKKF) and trams. Ferries, Light Rail and trams show published timetables. FREE AND SUBSCRIPTION Free: live arrivals, the live bus map, nearby stops and stop boards, the routes you can change to, saved routes and stops, a preview of every trip plan, one full trip plan a week, and a weekly allowance of route look-ups. A subscription adds full trip plans (which buses, where to board, step by step), the arrival times of connecting buses, and unlimited route look-ups. New subscribers in Hong Kong get the first month free, then a monthly subscription. Cancel any time in Settings. It renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends, and your Apple Account is charged when you confirm the purchase. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://jigsawtech.app/busbuddy/privacy Route, timetable and stop data from Hong Kong government open data (DATA.GOV.HK).
HKWay
This app offers comprehensive Hong Kong public transport information, including routes, live arrival times, and nearby services. It allows users to save favorite routes and stations for quick access to bus, MTR, Light Rail, tram, and ferry details, along with useful transport tools.
- Public transport routes
- Live arrival information
- Nearby transport services
- Save favorite routes/stations
- Bus, MTR, Light Rail, tram, ferry info
- Practical transport tools
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HK Way provides Hong Kong public transport routes, stops, live arrival information and nearby transport services. Save your frequently used routes and stations, quickly check information for buses, MTR, Light Rail, trams and ferries, and use practical transport tools for everyday journeys.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: 巴士 Buddy at none against HKWay's shown. 巴士 Buddy also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. 巴士 Buddy sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month and HKWay sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for 巴士 Buddy against 5.0 for HKWay. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
巴士 Buddy ships an update every 6 days, HKWay every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 巴士 Buddy | HKWay |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jigsaw Tech Limited | TSZ CHUNG WONG |
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巴士 Buddy
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In-app purchases
巴士 Buddy
- 巴士 Buddy$1.991 Month
HKWay
- Optional Tips HK Way$0.99
- Optional Tips HK Way$1.99
- Optional Tips HK Way$4.99
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- Optional Tips HK Way$9.99








