Ticket vs JustRide Bustang
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ticket
Organize all your Indian Railways e-tickets from SMS into one accessible location. Features include color-coded tickets by travel date, PNR status checks, and berth position calculations. Share tickets easily and add them to your digital wallet.
- Store SMS e-tickets
- Color-coded tickets by date
- Check PNR Status
- Berth and Seat Calculator
- Add to Apple Wallet
- Share tickets via messaging
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***For Indian Railways*** Train tickets in the SMS inbox may be hard to find... no more! With this app installed, you can store all your SMS e-Tickets in one convenient place - and: - Tickets are color coded based on date of journey - Check PNR Status - Look up Berth & seat positions, with the built-in Berth and Seat Calc And still more: - Add tickets to Apple Wallet - Messaging options to share tickets, including AirDrop - Options to Sort tickets according to travel date and to Clear tickets over 1 week old
JustRide Bustang
Easily buy and store your bus tickets on your phone. Purchase single rides or multi-ride passes for future travel. Access your account and tickets from any device.
- Purchase single ride tickets
- Buy multi-ride passes (10, 20, 40)
- Store tickets in a digital wallet
- Access account from any device
- Purchase tickets up to 180 days in advance
- Activate tickets upon boarding
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Purchase your Bustang tickets right from your phone, and keep your tickets in the palm of your hand! Purchase single ride, 10-ride, 20-ride, or 40-ride passes. View all your tickets in your ticket wallet and access your account with ease from any mobile device. The app also provides you with customer service contact information, and links to our social media pages, website, and more! You can purchase tickets up to 180 days in advance of using them. All tickets are delivered to your phone are not yet activated. You must activate your ticket as you are boarding and present to driver for validation. No scanning necessary! Mobile tickets expire 30 minutes after activating. Please do NOT activate in advance. For questions and feedback, please call (800)900-3011.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Ticket at 73% against JustRide Bustang's 14%. Ticket also leads on rating (4.0 vs 1.8) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). JustRide Bustang's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (139 vs 13). On price, update cadence, 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.
Ticket holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: JustRide Bustang has 139 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Ticket's written reviews are positive against 14% of JustRide Bustang's.
Ticket ships an update every 4 months, JustRide Bustang every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ticket | JustRide Bustang |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (13 ratings) — better | 1.8 (139 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 73.3% of reviews — better | 14.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 13 | 139 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 70 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mohan Noone | Ace Express Coaches |
Customer experience
Ticket
JustRide Bustang
Bugs and requests
Ticket
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
JustRide Bustang
Reported bugs
37 issues- App refuses to work on phone
- Stations do not exist in the app
- Schedules are not updated
- App throws "wrong password" error
- App freezes on "buy ticket" page
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- Ticket disappears after purchase
- Ticket wallet does not appear on app
- Half the buttons don't work
- Payment card details page is a dud
- App crashes when adding card details
- Website and app redirect to each other
- No login button on the app
- No "Activate Ticket" button
- Ticket not appearing in Apple Wallet
- Website connection inaccessible via data
- App asks to download the app when it's already installed
- Confusing route options
- App redirects to website
- Ticket activation instructions are nonsensical
- App is a website wrapper
- No option for wallet
- Tickets activate automatically
- App takes you in loops
- Bus schedule and ticket cost in separate sections
- App is not intuitive
- Cannot buy tickets for specific routes
- App is clunky and has antiquated features
- App is not functional without internet
- App is slow and unresponsive
- App is difficult to understand initially
- Login issues
- Ticket purchase failures
- App crashes
- Data access issues
- Missing routes
- App not recognizing specific stations
- App not working on mobile devices without WiFi
Requested features
18 requests- Make schedules easily accessible
- Improve app navigation and design
- Allow purchase of point A to point B tickets in one transaction
- Integrate with iOS Wallet/Android equivalent
- Add a clear link to purchase tickets on the first page
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- Allow users to purchase tickets without internet access
- Add dark mode option
- Improve route planning and cost calculation
- Allow users to see bus schedules and ticket costs in the same section
- Fix the app to be a functional app, not a link to a website
- Allow purchase of tickets without needing to activate them immediately
- Fix the app to be usable on mobile devices without WiFi
- Restore full functionality of the app
- Allow users to see all departure cities
- Make the app name shorter and cleaner
- Allow users to buy tickets online
- Fix the "Buy Tickets" option to recognize all stations
- Allow credit card payments onboard
In-app purchases
Ticket
No in-app purchases
JustRide Bustang
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Ticket free?
Is JustRide Bustang free?
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