Qantas Entertainment vs NT Bus Tracker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Qantas Entertainment
Access a vast library of movies and TV shows to stream directly to your device on selected Qantas domestic flights. Download the app before your flight to enjoy entertainment from boarding to landing.
- Stream movies and TV shows
- Access over 10,000 hours of content
- Connect to onboard wireless network
- Download before flying
- Works on selected domestic flights
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Stream over 10,000 hours of movies, TV shows and more on your next domestic flight directly to your personal device. Download the Qantas Entertainment App before you fly to start watching from the moment you board, until landing at your destination. The Qantas Entertainment App allows you to connect to the onboard wireless network, on selected Qantas domestic flights, so you can watch: • Movies • TV shows The Qantas Entertainment App is best enjoyed on iPad. Please remember to charge your personal device and to bring your headphones. Visit www.qantas.com/entertainment for more information.
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 Qantas Entertainment's 4.3. Qantas Entertainment's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (77 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 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Qantas Entertainment has 77 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 20% of Qantas Entertainment's written reviews are positive against 22% of NT Bus Tracker's.
Qantas Entertainment ships an update every 5 weeks, NT Bus Tracker every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Qantas Entertainment | NT Bus Tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (77 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.4% of reviews | 22.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 77 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 68 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Qantas Airways Limited | Northern Territory of Australia |
Customer experience
Qantas Entertainment
NT Bus Tracker
Bugs and requests
Qantas Entertainment
Reported bugs
18 issues- App crashes after ads finish playing
- Won't launch or open on startup
- Connection drops frequently during playback
- Video freezes every 1-3 minutes requiring app restart
- Announcement UI blocks playback interface
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- App stuck in update loop and cannot be deleted
- DRP error on Samsung tablets
- Incompatible with VisionOS even in compatibility mode
- Fails to recognize wireless/Bluetooth headphones as valid
- Hearing aids not recognized as audio output
- Landscape rotation not functioning
- Videos play for less than 1 minute before stopping
- App unresponsive and slow UI
- Random network disconnection errors despite active connection
- Unable to reinstall after deletion
- Endless loop between app, browser, and App Store
- Content won't play on specific device types
- WiFi connectivity issues specific to Apple devices on certain aircraft
Requested features
13 requests- Remove mandatory headphone requirement for accessibility
- Add search functionality to find movies/shows
- Support for Bluetooth and wireless headphones
- In-flight announcement integration through app
- Skip forward/scrub functionality without triggering ads
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- Ad tracking to prevent rewatching same ads
- Improved buffering for video playback
- Support for older iOS versions
- Subtitle/caption support for TV shows
- Landscape mode rotation support
- Provide headphones or alternative audio solutions
- Expand content library consistency across flights
- Better WiFi infrastructure on aircraft
NT Bus Tracker
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Qantas Entertainment
No in-app purchases
NT Bus Tracker
No in-app purchases
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