Comparison

Bus Simulator vs Driving School 2020

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

Driving School 2020

This app simulates driver's license tests, offering practice for both practical driving and written exams. It includes multiple vehicle types and hundreds of multiple-choice questions covering road signs and rules.

Highlights
  • Driver's license test simulation
  • Car, bus, scooter, and motorcycle driving practice
  • Hundreds of multiple-choice questions
  • Road sign identification and meanings
  • Realistic trial track scenarios
  • Mechanical steering and manual gear shift
Features
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Driving School 2020 is the first driver’s license test simulator. For a start, the game includes four different categories – Car Driving, Bus Driving, Scooter Riding and Motorcycle Riding. There are dozens of different levels to get yourself comfortable with the mandatory driving license exam. Apart from trial exam, Driving School 2020 game helps you prepare for written test. Hundreds of multiple choice questions are available in the game. The game also lists all road signs with their meanings to help you prepare for written test. Driving School 2020 might be one of the best games to improve your understanding of driving trial track specially if you are preparing for driving license test soon. Playing this game regularly will help you become comfortable with the driving trial track and master your driving skills. Salient Features: - Full featured driving school - All road signs that are used in Nepal - Hundreds of multiple choice questions - Real trial track of Nepal for license test - You can learn to drive a car and ride a motorcycle or scooter - Approximately 10 challenging levels for each type of vehicle - Car with mechanical steering and manual gear shift - Indicator switch for car, motorcycle and scooter - Basic traffic lights and rules Thank you for trying our Driving School game. Please feel free to submit any feedback. We're constantly adding new levels and features to the game. Your feedback will make the game even better for everyone. All the best!

Screenshots

Bus Simulator4 screens
Driving School 20204 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Bus Simulator at 4.6 against Driving School 2020's 3.3. Bus Simulator also leads on ratings volume (24K vs 99) and review sentiment (68% vs 49%). Driving School 2020's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 17) and ads (none vs shown). On price and device support 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. Driving School 2020 asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bus Simulator holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bus Simulator has 24K ratings behind it against 99, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of Bus Simulator's written reviews are positive against 49% of Driving School 2020's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bus Simulator ships an update every 5 weeks, Driving School 2020 every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
Bus Simulator versus Driving School 2020: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBus SimulatorDriving School 2020
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (24K ratings) — better3.3 (99 ratings)
Positive reviews68.1% of reviews — better48.6% of reviews
Number of ratings24K — better99
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#103 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2.5 GB165 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperAlexandru MarusacYarsa Labs

Customer experience

Bus Simulator

All ratings24,221 ratings
Positive90.7%
Neutral3.8%
Negative5.5%
Written reviews2,563 reviews
Positive68.1%
Neutral11.5%
Negative20.4%

Driving School 2020

All ratings99 ratings
Positive57.6%
Neutral4.0%
Negative38.4%
Written reviews105 reviews
Positive48.6%
Neutral16.2%
Negative35.2%

User reviews

Bus Simulator

From 24K 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

Driving School 2020

From 99 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Good for learning driving
  • 👍 Realistic driving physics
  • 👍 Helpful for driving tests
  • 👍 Good graphics
  • 👍 Teaches road signs

Room to improve

  • 👎 Annoying ads
  • 👎 Difficult levels
  • 👎 Frustrating scoring
  • 👎 Controls can be difficult
  • 👎 Repetitive gameplay

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

Driving School 2020

Reported bugs

20 issues
  • Controls sometimes out of control
  • Game crashes
  • Ad issues after watching
  • Stuck on reverse parking
  • Incorrectly flags indicator usage
Show 15 more
  • Doesn't teach from mistakes
  • Doesn't let me skip reversing
  • Teleports out of track
  • Black screen on startup
  • Scoring system needs work
  • Indicating wrong turn issue
  • Game glitches
  • Manual gear inaccuracies
  • No clutch functionality
  • Screen rotation issues
  • Constant whistle sound
  • Cannot stop at red light
  • Instructions unclear for some levels
  • Game is too short
  • Steering is weird

Requested features

18 requests
  • Add free drive mode
  • Add clutch in manual drive
  • Add free roam
  • Add multiplayer mode
  • Add more levels
Show 13 more
  • Add more car options
  • Add steering wheel support
  • Add right lane traffic option
  • Add Russian cars
  • Add detailed interior view
  • Add weather conditions
  • Add Spanish version
  • Add more hints/guidance
  • Improve scoring system
  • Improve controls
  • Make it easier
  • Add more cities/maps
  • Add highways and rural areas

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
None

Driving School 2020

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bus Simulator free?
Bus Simulator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Driving School 2020 free?
Driving School 2020 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bus Simulator or Driving School 2020?
Bus Simulator is rated higher. Bus Simulator averages 4.6 out of 5 from 24K ratings, while Driving School 2020 averages 3.3 from 99 ratings.
Do Bus Simulator or Driving School 2020 have ads?
Bus Simulator shows ads; Driving School 2020 does not.
Which is updated more often, Bus Simulator or Driving School 2020?
Bus Simulator ships an update every 5 weeks, and Driving School 2020 every 10 days. Most recently, Bus Simulator was updated on October 30, 2026 and Driving School 2020 on October 26, 2026.

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