Opal Travel vs NT Bus Tracker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Opal Travel
Plan and manage your journeys across New South Wales, Australia. This official app allows you to plan trips, check fares, and manage your transport card. Get real-time updates and track your travel history all in one convenient place.
- Manage and top up Opal card
- Track payment activities and fares
- Plan public transport, cycling, walking, driving trips
- Check real-time departure times
- Receive live trip updates and alerts
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The Opal Travel app is the official Transport for NSW app to help you get around in NSW Australia. You can plan and save your trip, check travel activities and fares, top up Opal card and more, all in one place. Download the FREE Opal Travel app now. Key features: - Manage and top up Opal card on the go: Register your Opal card to check your balance, top up or set up auto top-up. - Track Opal and Contactless payment activities: Review your Opal and contactless payment travel history and fares. - Simple trip planning: Plan your trip via public transport, cycling, walking, or driving, set your favourite trips and locations, and check public transport fares. - Check departure times at a glance: Check public transport departure times for train, metro, bus, light rail and ferry services. - Get live trip update: Receive service update, disruption and on-the-go hop off alerts for your trip. For more info, visit https://transportnsw.info/apps/opal-travel By installing Opal Travel you acknowledge and accept the Opal Travel app Terms of Use and agree to receive those Terms of Use and any amendments electronically via the Apple App Store. You acknowledge that Transport for NSW will not send you a paper copy. This application is not optimised for iPad's larger screen, which may cause visual or layout issues. For the best experience, please use an iPhone device.
NT Bus Tracker
This official government app provides real-time public bus tracking for Darwin and Alice Springs. Find nearby stops, view departure times, and see bus locations on a map. Save your favorite stops for quick access.
- Real-time bus tracking
- Locate nearby bus stops
- View departure times
- Save favorite bus stops
- Route and bus stop details
- Map view of bus locations
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NT Bus Tracker app is a free official Northern Territory Government app. The app provides information about public buses in Darwin and Alice Springs. Buses may be tracked in real-time showing when the next bus is due to your selected stop. With the app you can: - Locate nearby bus stops : Find the bus stops closest to you and see the routes that use these bus stops. You can also search for bus stops via suburb, number or name. - Save your favourite bus stops: You can save the bus stops you regularly use to your favourites, to make them easily available. - Show departures from a bus stop : You can view the next scheduled routes departing from a bus stop, with a real-time forecast of when the bus will depart. - View route details : You can view the location of the bus servicing your selected route and the bus stops on this route. - View bus stops and your bus on a map: You can track your bus as it approaches your bus stop on a map in real time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: NT Bus Tracker at 5.0 against Opal Travel's 4.5. Opal Travel's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (476 vs 4). On price, review sentiment, 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.
NT Bus Tracker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Opal Travel has 476 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 21% of Opal Travel's written reviews are positive against 22% of NT Bus Tracker's.
Opal Travel ships an update monthly, NT Bus Tracker every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Opal Travel | NT Bus Tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (476 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.9% of reviews | 22.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 476 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 93 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Transport for NSW | Northern Territory of Australia |
Customer experience
Opal Travel
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In-app purchases
Opal Travel
No in-app purchases
NT Bus Tracker
No in-app purchases
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