NYC Bus Checker vs Atrable
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NYC Bus Checker
Get live bus times, plan journeys, and view route maps for all New York City buses. Access real-time updates on detours and cancellations, and save your favorite stops for quick access.
- Live bus times
- Smart journey planning
- Detailed route maps
- Real-time CitiBike dock info
- Detour and closure updates
- Favorite stops and routes
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NYC Bus Checker brings you live bus times, smart journey planning and detailed route maps for all of New York City. With official MTA-licensed data feeds, NYC Bus Checker has you covered, no matter where you need to go in New York. Main Features • Live times at all of New York’s 15,000+ bus stops • Plan a journey anywhere in NYC by bus, subway, rail and more • Explore route maps for all NYC Bus Routes - see exactly where your bus goes. • Get real-time CitiBike dock info • Be one step ahead with updates on detours, closures and cancellations • Save your favorite stops, routes and places for easy access Press • Featured on BBC Click, Telegraph Online, The Independent, Cosmopolitan and Wired UK • “If you regularly ride a bus, then you should not leave home without Bus Checker” - The Guardian ______________________________________________ Problems with the app? Please read through our FAQs at www.buschecker.com or tap the link from within the App to access our support portal ______________________________________________ Notes - Bus Checker is a registered trademark of UrbanThings Limited - Data provided by official MTA feeds
Atrable
Capture and share your life's moments through audio and video recordings. Connect with friends by discussing your personal stories through an integrated chat feature.
- Record life stories with audio/video
- Share stories with friends
- Integrated chat for discussions
- Personal diary function
- Connect with friends
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Record and share your life stories with friends. Diary: the unedited story of your life - Record your happy / sad / exciting / depressing / casual / ... stories using audio and video. Chat - Get closer to your friends by chatting about your diaries.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Atrable at none against NYC Bus Checker's 1. Atrable also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (83% vs 57%). NYC Bus Checker's advantage is ratings volume (3.1K vs 16). On price, rating, update cadence 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. NYC Bus Checker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Atrable asks for nothing beyond the download.
NYC Bus Checker holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NYC Bus Checker has 3.1K ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 57% of NYC Bus Checker's written reviews are positive against 83% of Atrable's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
NYC Bus Checker ships an update every 5 weeks, Atrable every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NYC Bus Checker | Atrable |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (3.1K ratings) — better | 4.4 (16 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 57.1% of reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3.1K — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 12.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 71 MB | 87 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | UrbanThings Limited | Shawn Lee |
Customer experience
NYC Bus Checker
Atrable
Bugs and requests
NYC Bus Checker
Reported bugs
3 issues- Buses disappearing from the app
- Scheduled times instead of real-time data
- Inconsistent or missing bus stop locations
Requested features
4 requests- Add VPN support
- Implement per-app font size control
- Introduce widget functionality
- Restore real-time bus countdown
Atrable
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
NYC Bus Checker
- Remove the Ads$8.99
Atrable
No in-app purchases
