SuperVia vs Bus is Coming
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SuperVia
Plan your daily train journeys and stay updated on operational news. This official application allows you to favorite frequent routes and receive important notifications about train services.
- Trip planning
- Favorite routes
- Operational news
- Notifications
- Daily journey planning
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Vai de trem? Dê uma olhadinha no app antes de sair de casa. Com o aplicativo oficial da SuperVia, você pode planejar a sua viagem e favoritar os seus trajetos do dia a dia. Fique por dentro das nossas novidades e receba notificações sobre o que acontece na nossa operação. Vem de trem.
Bus is Coming
Track your bus in real-time with live GPS data. Search for specific lines or buses, follow their movement on a map, and view their speed and data acquisition time. Share your bus's location with others.
- Real-time bus GPS tracking
- Search for specific bus lines
- Locate individual buses
- Follow a bus on the map
- View GPS data speed and timestamp
- Share bus location via WhatsApp
- Instant direction updates
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Never be left wondering about your bus's location again! The "Bus is Coming" app allows you to locate bus lines, helping public transport users when trying to catch their bus. Available region: - Barrie - British Columbia - Calgary - Campbell River - Comox Valley - Edmonton - Halifax - Kamloops - Kelowna - Kingston - Mississauga - Nanaimo - Port Alberni - Squamish - Thunder Bay - Toronto - Victoria - Waterloo - Whistler - York The app has the following features: - Search for all buses on a specific line - Locate a specific bus - 'Follow' option to track a specific bus on the map - View the speed and date the GPS data was obtained - Sharing option through WhatsApp - Search multiple lines at once - Instant bus direction update - View the latest data regardless of the city server status What's coming: - Favorites - Bus route on the map - Increased data accuracy - Bus arrival notifications - Location sharing for unmapped buses (Collaborative) - Approximate number of people on the bus (Collaborative) The app is completely free! * "Bus is Coming" is a private entity and does not represent any government body. Its operation is maintained solely by its independent developers. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Bus is Coming at 73% against SuperVia's 9%. Bus is Coming also leads on rating (4.0 vs 1.0) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 2 months). SuperVia's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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.
Bus is Coming holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bus is Coming has 36 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 9% of SuperVia's written reviews are positive against 73% of Bus is Coming's.
SuperVia ships an update every 2 months, Bus is Coming every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SuperVia | Bus is Coming |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 4.0 (36 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 9.1% of reviews | 73.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 36 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 107 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | +4 |
| Developer | SuperVia - Concessionaria de Transporte Ferroviario S/A. | Schmitz Tecnologia e Inovacao LTDA |
Customer experience
SuperVia
Bus is Coming
In-app purchases
SuperVia
No in-app purchases
Bus is Coming
No in-app purchases
