Comparison

Bus Simulator vs Car Driving Simulator Games

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Bus Simulator

Experience realistic city driving as a bus driver. Choose from various bus types, customize them, and complete routes in diverse global locations. Enjoy career, free-ride, and multiplayer modes with detailed interiors and advanced physics.

Highlights
  • Realistic global maps
  • Variety of bus types
  • Bus customization
  • Career, Free-ride, and Multiplayer modes
  • Detailed interiors
  • Bus company management
Features
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Bus Simulator : EVO puts you in the driver’s seat and lets you become a real Bus Driver! Featuring detailed maps all over the world, a wide variety of modern city buses, coach buses and school buses with realistic interiors and a groundbreaking 1:1 physics engine. Get behind the wheel and drive your bus to complete all the routes! Drive a diesel, hybrid, electric, articulated, coach bus or school bus and customize your bus as you wish. This bus simulation game features next-gen graphics, a wide variety of buses to choose from, and multiple cities from around the world to explore in career mode, freeride, and online multiplayer with friends. Completely realistic Coach Bus Simulator. Features: - Realistic intracity and outside of city maps: United States of America (San Francisco,Texas, Boston, and Interstate 95), South America (Buenos Aires), Europe (Germany, Spain, Berlin, London, Prague, St. Petersburg), Dubai, Shanghai and more… - Multiple diesel, hybrid, electric, articulated, coach bus and school buses to choose from. - Six real coach bus - Career, Free-ride and Multiplayer modes. - Lots of bus customization options including paint, accessories, body parts, air conditioning, flags, decals and many more. - Detailed and customizable interiors. - Open/Close Doors button, animated people entering/exiting the bus - Steering wheel, buttons or tilting controls. - Locations of any kind: city, countryside, mountain, desert and snow - Multiple time of day and weather conditions to choose from. - Drive kids to school using three different school bus models. - Bus company management system with hired drivers for your buses and custom route scheduling. - Intelligent Traffic System - Immersive online multiplayer cooperative gameplay. - Add your friends, use live chat and invite them to play in coop bus routes. - Leaderboards, achievements and rankings. Become the best bus driver in the world with Bus Simulator : EVO! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Official website: https://www.ovilex.com/ TikTok : https://www.tiktok.com/@ovilexsoftware Follow us on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@OviLexSoft Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OvilexSoftware Privacy Policy - https://www.ovilex.com/privacy-policy/

About

Car Driving Simulator Games

Experience an immersive driving adventure with a vast collection of exotic vehicles across three expansive open-world maps. Customize your rides with extensive options and enjoy realistic engine sounds. Engage in multiplayer races and discover interactive elements.

Highlights
  • Over 85 exotic vehicles
  • Extensive vehicle customization
  • Three large open-world maps
  • Realistic engine sounds
  • Multiplayer racing
  • Daily rewards system
Features
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Dive into the ultimate driving experience with Car Driving Simulator Games! This thrilling game offers an expansive and immersive driving adventure featuring over 85 exotic vehicles, including hyper cars, sports cars, pickups, and classic models. Car Driving Simulator Games invites you to explore three enormous open-world maps, each meticulously designed with unique environments such as bustling cities, serene beaches, and rugged mountains. Navigate through intricately detailed airports with animated planes, vast bridges, and interconnected villages via expansive highways. Key Features: - Diverse Vehicle Collection: Drive and customise more than 85 vehicles, from sleek hyper cars to rugged pickups and timeless classics. Each vehicle offers a unique driving experience. - In-Depth Customisation: Personalise every aspect of your vehicles with over 650 stickers, 60 flags, 150 number plates, 44 rims, 10 spoilers, 33 horns, and more. Adjust suspension, add NOS, and choose from unlimited colour options to create your perfect ride. - Authentic Engine Sounds: Experience realistic engine sounds tailored to each vehicle, including dynamic turbo, braking, and NOS effects, enhancing the realism of your driving experience. - Revamped User Interface: Enjoy a modernised user interface with captivating effects, sounds, and animations, designed to provide an engaging and intuitive gaming experience. - Detailed Garages: Manage your vehicle collection with a comprehensive garage system that includes detailed performance statistics and an exclusive exotic inventory garage. - Expansive Open-World Maps: Discover three vast new maps featuring a rich variety of environments. From dynamic urban landscapes to tranquil coastal areas and scenic mountain ranges, each map is designed for exploration and adventure. - Advanced Ocean System: Immerse yourself in a sophisticated ocean environment, complete with new beaches and mountainous islands. - Interactive Elements: Engage with animated machinery, experience a new traffic system with over 100 vehicle types, and find special stunt areas throughout the maps. - Enhanced Multiplayer: Expand your social gameplay with increased multiplayer room capacity. Race and compete with friends in exciting and challenging modes. - Flexible Camera System: Capture high-quality images of your vehicles with an advanced camera system in the garage, allowing for full customisation and flexibility. - Daily Rewards: Benefit from a rewarding daily system offering 30 days of varied prizes, including cash, gold, NOS bottles, and even new cars. - Free Cash Options: Unlock rewards through a system of videos, with each ad unlocking new rewards. The buttons reset every 24 hours, giving you continuous opportunities to earn. - Detailed Mini Map: Navigate effortlessly with a comprehensive mini map featuring unique icons for events, prizes, and locations, ensuring you never miss an opportunity. - Customisable Settings: Adjust graphics and FPS settings to optimise your visual experience and performance based on your preferences. - Diverse Game Modes: Choose from single-player, multiplayer, and engage in 40 detailed driving lessons to refine your skills and enhance your gameplay. - Optimised Ad Experience: Enjoy a smoother gameplay experience with minimised ad interruptions, allowing you to focus on the action. Download Car Driving Simulator Games today and embark on an unparalleled driving journey where excitement and adventure await at every corner. For assistance, please contact us at admins@bettergamesstudio.com.au Term Of Use: https://sites.google.com/view/bettergamesstudiotof/home

Screenshots

Bus Simulator4 screens
Car Driving Simulator Games4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Car Driving Simulator Games at 101K against Bus Simulator's 23K. Car Driving Simulator Games also leads on chart position (#20 vs #103). Bus Simulator's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Bus Simulator sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Car Driving Simulator Games sells 17 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Bus Simulator against 4.6 for Car Driving Simulator Games. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 23K and 101K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 68% of Bus Simulator's written reviews are positive against 71% of Car Driving Simulator Games's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. Both last shipped on September 24, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 8 level
Bus Simulator versus Car Driving Simulator Games: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBus SimulatorCar Driving Simulator Games
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (23K ratings)4.6 (101K ratings)
Positive reviews68.3% of reviews71.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings23K101K — better
Update frequencyMonthlyMonthly
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#103#20 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size1.2 GB850 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperAlexandru MarusacBetter Games Studio Pty Ltd.

Customer experience

Bus Simulator

All ratings22,603 ratings
Positive90.9%
Neutral3.8%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews2,520 reviews
Positive68.3%
Neutral11.3%
Negative20.4%

Car Driving Simulator Games

All ratings101,073 ratings
Positive89.6%
Neutral4.4%
Negative6.1%
Written reviews2,384 reviews
Positive71.0%
Neutral7.0%
Negative22.0%

User reviews

Bus Simulator

From 23K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Realistic and detailed graphics
  • 🚌 Variety of bus models and customization options
  • 👍 Immersive driving experience
  • 🎨 Ability to customize bus with company logo and name

Room to improve

  • 💰 Buses and upgrades are very expensive
  • 🚦 Sensitive braking system and strict penalties
  • 🚗 Unrealistic and aggressive AI traffic behavior
  • 🛑 Certain routes locked behind specific bus types

Car Driving Simulator Games

From 101K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Excellent driving simulation
  • 👍 Variety of cars and customization
  • 🚦 Helpful road sign learning
  • 🤩 Fun and addictive gameplay

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional glitches and crashes
  • 💰 Expensive in-app purchases
  • 🚦 Strict adherence to traffic rules can be frustrating
  • 🎥 Limited camera controls

Bugs and requests

Bus Simulator

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Game progress and purchases not carrying over between updates
  • Crashes and glitches when switching between game modes
  • Inconsistent performance and loading issues on some devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more cities and countries to drive in
  • Introduce a free roam mode with open doors
  • Implement a fuel system and refueling stations
  • Add more interactive features like wheelchair ramps
  • Improve traffic light and stop sign detection

Car Driving Simulator Games

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Blinkers not turning off automatically after turns
  • Inconsistent collision detection and damage modeling
  • Freezing and crashing issues on older devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to get out of the car and explore the environment
  • More open-world driving with less restrictive traffic rules
  • Multiplayer mode with voice chat
  • Expanded map and location variety

In-app purchases

13 purchases

Bus Simulator

Subscriptions1
  • VIP Membership2 variants$4.991 Month
One-time12
  • 200.000 money + 350 coins$0.99
  • Winter Special Offer$2.99
  • 250.000 money + 450 coins$2.99
Show 9 more
  • Get 50,000 money!$2.99
  • Get 200 coins!$3.99
  • Unlock all levels!$4.99
  • Get 100,000 money!$4.99
  • Get this articulated bus now!$6.99
  • Get 500 coins!$7.99
  • Get this articulated bus now!$7.99
  • Get 250,000 money!$9.99
  • Get 1000 coins!$12.99
17 purchases

Car Driving Simulator Games

Subscriptions2
  • VIP Club Membership Weekly3 Days trial$1.997 Days
  • VIP Club Membership Monthly$3.991 Month
One-time15
  • Unlock F-150$0.99
  • Unlock CHALLENGER 2022$1.99
  • 50000 In-Game Cash$1.99
Show 12 more
  • Remove Advertisements$1.99
  • 150000 In-Game Cash$2.99
  • Starter Cash Pack$2.99
  • Unlimited Fuel & No Ads$2.99
  • 2022 Economy Mix Pack$3.99
  • Bronze Cash Pack$4.99
  • Unlock CENTENARIO 7$4.99
  • Unlock Super Car Pack$6.99
  • SUV Pack #01$8.99
  • Silver Cash Pack$9.99
  • Elite Sports Bundle$9.99
  • Unlock All Cars$19.99

Questions

Is Bus Simulator free?
Bus Simulator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Car Driving Simulator Games free?
Car Driving Simulator Games is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Bus Simulator or Car Driving Simulator Games?
Bus Simulator and Car Driving Simulator Games are both rated 4.6 out of 5 on the App Store, from 23K and 101K ratings respectively.
Do Bus Simulator or Car Driving Simulator Games have ads?
Both Bus Simulator and Car Driving Simulator Games show ads.
Which is updated more often, Bus Simulator or Car Driving Simulator Games?
Bus Simulator ships an update monthly, and Car Driving Simulator Games monthly. Most recently, Bus Simulator was updated on September 24, 2026 and Car Driving Simulator Games on September 24, 2026.
Which is more popular, Bus Simulator or Car Driving Simulator Games?
Bus Simulator currently peaks at #103 in the App Store charts, and Car Driving Simulator Games at #20. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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