Jetstar vs Ventura Tracker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Jetstar
Easily search and book flights to your favorite destinations. Manage your trip details, check in, and access your digital boarding pass all in one place. Enjoy low fares and spend more time enjoying your travels.
- Search and book flights
- Digital boarding pass
- Real-time trip details
- Customise bookings
- Check-in functionality
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All day, every day, low fares to your favourite destinations. Your next adventure is at your fingertips! Search and book flights, check in, generate your digital boarding pass, see your real-time trip details and customise your booking with the Jetstar App! Spend less time worrying about the details and more time enjoying your trip. Install the Jetstar App now!
Ventura Tracker
Track Ventura buses in real-time on your favorite routes and see them approach your stop. Receive notifications for school bus activity and alerts from the school or Ventura.
- Real-time bus location tracking
- Route bus approaching stop notifications
- School bus boarding/leaving alerts
- School and Ventura alerts
- View bus on map
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Ventura Tracker shows the location of Ventura Buses in real time. For route buses, you can now see where the bus is on your favourite route and watch as it approaches your stop. For Ventura school buses, you can also be notified whenever your children board or leave the bus and receive alerts from either the school or Ventura. For more information or to sign up your school, go to www.venturabus.com.au.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Jetstar at 760 against Ventura Tracker's 1. Ventura Tracker's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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.
Ventura Tracker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Jetstar has 760 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 53% and 54% positive.
Jetstar ships an update every 6 weeks, Ventura Tracker every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.
| Parameter | Jetstar | Ventura Tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (760 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 53.3% of reviews | 54.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 760 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jetstar Airways Pty Ltd | BIGSMS Pty Ltd |
Customer experience
Jetstar
Ventura Tracker
User reviews
Jetstar
From 760 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Convenient
- 💡 Helpful for booking and managing flights
- 🚀 Efficient check-in process
- 👍 User-friendly interface
Room to improve
- 🐛 App crashes or freezes
- 🐛 Login issues
- 🐛 Inability to view past bookings
- 🐛 Unreliable or outdated information
- 🐛 Difficulty adding or managing bookings
Ventura Tracker
From 1 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Real-time tracking accuracy
- 👍 Easy to plan trips
- 👍 More accurate than other apps
- 👍 Helpful for timing walks to stops
- 👍 Reassuring to see bus approaching
Room to improve
- 🐛 Inaccurate bus locations sometimes
- 🐛 Tracking can be choppy
- 🐛 Buses don't always appear on tracker
- 🐛 App crashes frequently
- 🐛 Unreliable tracking
Bugs and requests
Jetstar
Reported bugs
5 issues- App freezes during check-in process
- Unable to log in or create an account
- Booking details disappearing from the app
- Inconsistent behavior when selecting destinations
- Compatibility issues with newer device models
Requested features
7 requests- Multi-city booking option
- Ability to stay logged in
- Option to view past flights and bookings
- Improved navigation and user interface
- Better integration with airline's website
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- Offline access to boarding passes
- Customizable notifications and alerts
Ventura Tracker
Reported bugs
11 issues- Buses not showing on map
- App shuts down
- Bus passed by but not on tracker
- Bus icon off route
- Tram replacement bus location inaccurate
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- No active bus on route 841
- Cannot see bus route name when touching icon
- Tracking is useless, buses jump around
- New update is glitchy
- Buses are not right after update
- Bus tracker icon has unexplained pink color
Requested features
18 requests- Add more bus routes
- Add school bus routes
- Add route 902 and 903
- Add route 898
- Add route 788
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- Add routes starting with 1
- Add routes starting with 2
- Add route 380
- Add route 668
- Add school bus 2553 and 2562
- Add school buses to favorites
- Ability to save favorites without account
- Feature to see user location on map
- Feature to type bus fleet number
- Remember last zoom level
- Publish open APIs
- Filter routes and favorites on screen
- Indicator for bus icon colors
In-app purchases
Jetstar
No in-app purchases
Ventura Tracker
No in-app purchases
