Vandy Vans vs Passio GO
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Vandy Vans
Track Vanderbilt shuttles in real-time with live map updates and receive arrival notifications. This app provides quick access to shuttle times without needing to visit a website.
- Real-time van arrival times
- Arrival notifications
- Live map of shuttle locations
- Faster than website access
- Direct feedback channel
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The Vandy Vans app is the best way to use Vanderbilt's shuttle service while on the go. Gone are the days of navigating to VandyVans.com. With the Vandy Vans app, you can: - Get the arrival times for all of the vans coming to a particular stop. No more looking up times by route and then by stop! - Get a notification on your iPhone when a van is 2 minutes away from a stop you're interested in. - See all of the vans moving in real time on the Live Map. Additionally, since this is a native app on your iPhone, you'll be able to get the info you need even faster than on VandyVans.com! We are very excited to launch Vandy Vans on the App Store. Please email vandyvansapp@gmail.com with any questions, suggestions, or bug reports (you can also do this directly from the app).
Passio GO
Track buses in real-time, view schedules, and get estimated arrival times. For operators, it provides seamless vehicle tracking and passenger counting with GPS data.
- Real-time bus location tracking
- Bus schedules and ETAs
- Vehicle tracking for operators
- Passenger counting
- GPS tagging of passengers
- Route visualization
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With Passio GO, you can easily track real-time bus locations, schedules, and estimated arrival times (ETA). This feature is available for select agencies, and while some agencies may choose to show or hide schedules, you can always see where the buses are and their routes. For operators managing transportation systems such as transit buses, shuttles, vans, and more, Passio GO offers seamless tracking and passenger counting. Our applications quickly and efficiently track your vehicles and count passengers as they board and exit, tagging them with GPS coordinates and time/day. This includes categorizing different passenger types or groups. N.B. You can run Passio GO without any registration, use for free. Please contact us at: sales@passiotech.com to setup a Passio Account to operate your own bus system.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Passio GO at 4.6 against Vandy Vans's 1.7. Passio GO also leads on ratings volume (11K vs 10) and chart position (#72 vs unranked). Vandy Vans's advantage is review sentiment (63% vs 24%) and update cadence (every 10 days vs monthly). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Passio GO holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Passio GO has 11K ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 63% of Vandy Vans's written reviews are positive against 24% of Passio GO's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Vandy Vans ships an update every 10 days, Passio GO monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Vandy Vans | Passio GO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.7 (10 ratings) | 4.6 (11K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.5% of reviews — better | 24.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 11K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | — | #72 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vanderbilt University | PassIO Technologies |
Customer experience
Vandy Vans
Passio GO
Bugs and requests
Vandy Vans
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Passio GO
Reported bugs
3 issues- Buses disappearing from map
- App logging users out randomly
- Incorrect route information
Requested features
3 requests- Display full bus schedules
- Ability to favorite specific stops
- Improved GPS accuracy
In-app purchases
Vandy Vans
No in-app purchases
Passio GO
No in-app purchases
