GoBus vs ABELA
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GoBus
Book your bus tickets to popular Egyptian destinations like Hurghada and Sharm El Sheikh directly from your phone. This app allows you to check schedules, make reservations, and locate stations with ease.
- Book bus tickets
- Check schedules
- Make reservations
- Locate stations
- Mobile booking
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Now, book your Go Bus ticket to Hurghada, Sharm El Sheikh, Alexandria,Luxor, Inna and Marsa Allam right from your phone. Check Schedules, make reservation, locate stations and much more all from the app.
ABELA
Book sleeping car berths on trains, check schedules, ticket prices, and available seats. View past bookings and cancel reservations. Existing website users can log in with their credentials.
- Book sleeping car berths
- Check train schedules
- View ticket prices
- See available seats
- Manage past bookings
- Cancel reservations
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التطبيق الرسمى للشركة الوطنية لإدارة و تشغبل خدمات قطارات النوم (ABELA) : يتيح التطبيق الوظائف التالية : - حجز سرائر عربات قطارات النوم - الاستعلام عن مواعيد قطارات النوم واسعار التذاكر والمقاعد المتاحة للحجز - الاستعلام عن الرحلات التى تم حجزها مسبقاً - رد عملية الحجز يمكن لعملاء الموقع الالكترونى للحجز إستخدام نفس بيانات الحساب الخاصة بهم للدخول على التطبيق دون الحاجة لإنشاء حساب جديد
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: GoBus at 2.2 against ABELA's 1.0. GoBus also leads on review sentiment (14% vs 0%) and ratings volume (26 vs 2). ABELA's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
GoBus holds the better App Store score, 2.2 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GoBus has 26 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 14% of GoBus's written reviews are positive against 0% of ABELA's.
GoBus ships an update every 5 weeks, ABELA every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 28, 2026 and July 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GoBus | ABELA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.2 (26 ratings) — better | 1.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 14.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 26 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Elgouna for Land Transport | transport information technology co |
Customer experience
GoBus
ABELA
In-app purchases
GoBus
No in-app purchases
ABELA
No in-app purchases
