Comparison

Here Comes the Bus vs Campus Mobile Payments

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

Head to head
About

Here Comes the Bus

Track your child's school bus in real-time and receive notifications about its location and their boarding/deboarding. This app ensures your child arrives at the bus stop on time and provides peace of mind regarding their safety and transportation.

Highlights
  • Real-time bus location tracking
  • Customizable map view
  • Push notification alerts
  • Student ridership tracking
  • Arrival and departure information
  • Multi-child tracking
  • Multilingual support
Features
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**NOTICE: In order to use the app, your school district must have a contract with Synovia Solutions and make Here Comes the Bus® and/or Student Ridership available to parents. Please contact your school district or visit www.herecomesthebus.com for more information.** Here Comes the Bus is an easy-to-use app that gives you the real-time location of your child’s bus, and alerts you when the bus is near. With Here Comes the Bus, your children will get to the bus stop not a minute too early – or a minute too late. And with Student Ridership, you’ll not only know your child got on the right bus at the right time, but that they got off the bus at the right stop. All of this equals safety for your children, and peace of mind for you. KEY FEATURES: Find your bus quickly and easily See the exact location of your child’s school bus using your own customizable map. Receive alerts via push notification -Be notified when the bus is within 2 miles of your stop, has a schedule change, and more -Receive notifications when your child gets on/off the bus, including the bus number, location and time Access arrival & departure info Confirm your child’s bus has arrived at the bus stop and at school, both before and after school. Track all of your children Have children that ride different buses? See each child's bus information within one account. App and notifications in three languages The app and notifications are available in English, Spanish and French. Know your privacy is protected Parents must obtain a private ID number, which grants access to their child’s bus only.

About

Campus Mobile Payments

This app extends the functionality of Campus Payments for school districts and schools, enabling mobile point-of-sale experiences. It supports unlimited events and locations, allowing for grouped sales of tickets, concessions, and merchandise. Secure QR codes and unique PINs ensure authorized access for cashiers.

Highlights
  • Mobile point-of-sale (POS) experience
  • Bluetooth mobile card reader support
  • Unlimited event and location support
  • Grouped event sales management
  • Secure QR code event creation
  • Student ID purchase tracking
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- Infinite Campus customers currently using Campus Payments can now extend their functionality with Campus Mobile Payments. - The Campus Mobile Payments app gives districts and/or schools the ability to provide a mobile point-of-sale (POS) experience using Bluetooth mobile card readers. - Support an unlimited number of events and locations as you deem appropriate per year. - Grouping event capabilities: collect ticket sales, concessions, spirit wear, and fundraiser dollars and administer it as one group…while allowing multiple mobile POS locations, and cashiers at each location. - Creating events: events are connected to the cashiers’ device (school owned or otherwise) via a secure one-time QR code, registering the device to your instance of Infinite Campus. Each user can have a unique PIN to access the events they’re authorized to cashier for. - Reporting: choose which purchases to track in Infinite Campus by collecting a student ID for any items you’re selling. - Cost: the only costs are the Bluetooth mobile card readers and the card processing fees as described in the Campus Payments agreement. If you would like to purchase a Bluetooth card reader, please contact the Infinite Campus Sales Team at sales@infinitecampus.com.

Screenshots

Here Comes the Bus4 screens
Campus Mobile Payments2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Here Comes the Bus at 4.5 against Campus Mobile Payments's 2.4. Here Comes the Bus also leads on review sentiment (31% vs 0%) and ratings volume (74K vs 7). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Here Comes the Bus holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Here Comes the Bus has 74K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 31% of Here Comes the Bus's written reviews are positive against 0% of Campus Mobile Payments's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Here Comes the Bus versus Campus Mobile Payments: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHere Comes the BusCampus Mobile Payments
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (74K ratings) — better2.4 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews31.2% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings74K — better7
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115 — better
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB89 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSynovia Solutions LLCInfinite Campus, Inc.

Customer experience

Here Comes the Bus

All ratings73,957 ratings
Positive90.2%
Neutral5.4%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews340 reviews
Positive31.2%
Neutral13.8%
Negative55.0%

Campus Mobile Payments

All ratings7 ratings
Positive28.6%
Neutral14.3%
Negative57.1%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

Here Comes the Bus

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Bus location stuck or showing incorrect position
  • App crashing or not loading bus data
  • Student bus assignments not properly reflected

Requested features

3 requests
  • Improve notification accuracy and timeliness
  • Allow customization of notification settings per child
  • Integrate with school transportation systems for better data sync

Campus Mobile Payments

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Here Comes the Bus

No in-app purchases

None

Campus Mobile Payments

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Here Comes the Bus free?
Here Comes the Bus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Campus Mobile Payments free?
Campus Mobile Payments is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Here Comes the Bus or Campus Mobile Payments?
Here Comes the Bus is rated higher. Here Comes the Bus averages 4.5 out of 5 from 74K ratings, while Campus Mobile Payments averages 2.4 from 7 ratings.
Do Here Comes the Bus or Campus Mobile Payments have ads?
Neither Here Comes the Bus nor Campus Mobile Payments shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Here Comes the Bus or Campus Mobile Payments?
Here Comes the Bus ships an update every 2 months, and Campus Mobile Payments every 2 months. Most recently, Here Comes the Bus was updated on November 1, 2026 and Campus Mobile Payments on October 24, 2026.

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