Bus Simulator vs Bus Games
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Realistic global maps
- Variety of bus types
- Bus customization
- Career, Free-ride, and Multiplayer modes
- Detailed interiors
- Bus company management
Read full descriptionHide full description
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/
Bus Games
Experience realistic bus driving and parking challenges in a 3D simulator. Pick up and drop off passengers on time while adhering to traffic rules across various modes like city driving, classic parking, and off-road adventures. Earn coins by mastering driving and parking skills.
- Realistic 3D bus driving simulation
- Multiple game modes (City, Parking, Off-Road, Mission)
- Pick-up and drop-off passenger missions
- Realistic traffic rules and controls
- Collection of different buses
- Stunning 3D graphics and sound effects
Read full descriptionHide full description
New Bus Driving Simulator in town! Welcome to the bus simulator 3D game which will give the passengers a new ultimate facility of pick & drop to their destination in an alarming time period. In this game you will know that it’s a public concern to arrive at their destination on time. So be the skillful bus driver in this driving & parking game and enjoy the thrills of epic bus driving simulation. Meet the challenging missions of bus driving of pick & drop passenger games and lead yourself toward upcoming bus driving games to provide people a real and luxurious source of public transport in this ever-changing world of transportation games. The game is simple and contains multiple modes. Modes: · City Driving Mode · Classic Parking Mode · Off-Road Mode · Mission Mode In city bus driving mode, you have to pick & drop the passengers from one bus station to another. You have to follow all the city traffic rules and avoid the traffic to timely reach the destination. After that, you should move to street, classic parking modes. Street parking mode looks like a tourist bus parking because you pick and drop passengers while bus driving in an American bus parking environment. After that, you should move to off road mode, in US bus driving games which will enhance your experience of off road driving and blow your mind with the high hills, mountains and risky snake routes. You can get coins in both cases while showing your off-road driving and while learning parking skills. All in all, we are providing you with the ultimate package of bus driving simulator with different & unique features: Stunning 3D graphics Smooth and realistic bus controls Realistic Bus sound effects Multiple options to control the coach city bus like tilt, buttons or steering wheel A wonderful collection of buses Detailed interiors Realistic traffic rules Multiple camera views
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Bus Simulator at 68% against Bus Games's 2%. Bus Simulator also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.1) and ratings volume (24K vs 411). Bus Games's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). 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. Bus Simulator sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Bus Games sells 13 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Bus Simulator holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bus Simulator has 24K ratings behind it against 411, 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 2% of Bus Games's.
Bus Simulator ships an update every 5 weeks, Bus Games every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bus Simulator | Bus Games |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (24K ratings) — better | 4.1 (411 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 68.1% of reviews — better | 2.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 24K — better | 411 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #86 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2.5 GB | 276 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Alexandru Marusac | Abrar Ahmad |
Customer experience
Bus Simulator
Bus Games
User reviews
Bus Simulator
From 24K App Store ratingsWhat 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
Bus Games
From 411 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Decent driving mechanics (mentioned by one user)
Room to improve
- 📺 Excessive advertisements
- ⏳ Unplayable due to ads
- 📉 Low quality graphics
- 👎 False advertisement in pictures
- 🗑️ Waste of data
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
Bus Games
Reported bugs
3 issues- Spawned on the wrong side of the road
- No proper driver view
- Camera doesn't show driver's or passengers' POV
Requested features
2 requests- Make the game offline
- Remove ads
In-app purchases
Bus Simulator
- VIP Membership2 variants$4.991 Month
- 200.000 money + 350 coins$0.99
- Winter Special Offer$2.99
- 250.000 money + 450 coins$2.99
Show 9 moreShow fewer
- 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
Bus Games
- Coins pack 1$0.99
- Unlock Bus 3$1.99
- Coins Pack 3$1.99
Show 10 moreShow fewer
- Unlock Bus 2$1.99
- Unlock Bus 5$2.99
- Unlock Bus 6$2.99
- Unlock Bus 9$4.99
- Unlock Bus 8$4.99
- Remove Ads$4.99
- Coins Pack 5$5.99
- Starter Pack$6.99
- Coins Pack 6$6.99
- Unlock All Leves$24.99
Questions
Is Bus Simulator free?
Is Bus Games free?
Which has better reviews, Bus Simulator or Bus Games?
Do Bus Simulator or Bus Games have ads?
Which is updated more often, Bus Simulator or Bus Games?
Other comparisons















