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School Bus Simulator Drive 3D

60
User verdict / 100 High confidence Divided

School Bus Simulator Drive 3D is a free driving game that many users find entertaining and relaxing, but it is heavily criticized for an excessive number of ads, difficult controls, and a lack of engaging content over time.

4.5★ lifetime (132,004) Free + in-app purchases since 2016 by Games2win India updated 0.9 mo ago recent negative 15% 120 reviews across 4 regions
Ads Controls & Difficulty Content & Engagement Bugs & Glitches
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recent reviews across 4 regions, vs the 4.5★ lifetime average

School Bus Simulator Drive 3D offers a variety of driving experiences, including school bus routes and police chases, with many finding it fun and engaging. However, a significant portion of recent reviews highlight issues with frequent ads, challenging vehicle controls, and a perceived lack of depth that leads to boredom.

What users like

  • Entertaining and fun gameplayR1R5R6R11
  • Offers a variety of vehicles and modes, including police chasesR11R15R25R26
  • Can be relaxing and good for practicing driving skillsR22R33R35

What users complain about

  • Excessive and frequent ads, often after every level or mistakeR4R9R19R20
  • Vehicles are difficult to control and handle, leading to frequent crashesR7R9R24R36
  • Game becomes boring or repetitive over time due to lack of content or updatesR13R91R259R403
  • Glitches, bugs, and performance issues are commonR139R140R297R302
  • Some users report losing in-game progress or purchased vehicles after updatesR113R156R262R456
  • Graphics and AI characters are considered poor or creepy by someR127R144R245R520
  • Difficulty in accessing all features or cars without paying or watching adsR11R198R205R244

Latest update · v8.1

What the developer says changed (the verdict above weighs this against what reviewers report):

Patrol the streets, chase suspects, and bust them to keep the city safe. Upgraded car visuals for a more immersive drive. Smoother performance with bug fixes and optimisations.

Recurring themes

Ads negative
A pervasive complaint is the overwhelming number of ads, appearing after every level, crash, or even within short gameplay sessions. Many users find this severely disrupts the experience, contradicting some positive reviews that claim 'no ads'.R4R9R19R20
Controls & Difficulty negative
Many users report that the vehicles are hard to control, especially on smaller screens like iPhones, leading to frequent crashes and frustration. The game is also described as being too sensitive to minor bumps, causing players to lose quickly.R7R9R24R36
Content & Engagement mixed
While some find the game entertaining and enjoy the variety of vehicles and modes, including the new police feature, others quickly find it boring due to a lack of challenging or diverse content. There are requests for more maps, multiplayer, and interactive elements.R1R5R6R11
Bugs & Glitches negative
Users report various technical issues, including glitches, freezing, and cars not loading or disappearing after updates. Some also mention issues with the game kicking them off or not appearing on their home screen. The developer's notes mention 'bug fixes and optimisations,' but recent reviews indicate these issues persist for many.R70R139R140R268

Who it's for

This game is for casual players looking for a free, simple driving simulator, especially those who enjoy school bus or police car themes and don't mind frequent ads R26. It could also appeal to younger players . However, it is not for players who get easily frustrated by difficult controls, excessive ads, or a lack of long-term engaging content R9R48R91.

Evidence note: The recent review sample skews negative, with a significant portion of reviews focusing on ads and control issues. While there are positive reviews praising the fun and variety, the recurring negative themes are strong and consistent across multiple users and regions. The lifetime rating of 4.5 suggests a more positive overall experience historically, indicating a potential decline in user satisfaction or an increase in ad frequency in recent updates.

Frequently asked

Are there many ads in School Bus Simulator Drive 3D?
Yes, many recent reviews indicate there are a significant number of ads, often appearing after every level, crash, or within short gameplay sessions, which users find disruptive R4R9R48R49.
Is the game easy to control?
No, many users find the vehicles, especially the buses, difficult to control, reporting issues with handling, braking, and sensitivity to minor collisions R7R9R24R36.
Does School Bus Simulator Drive 3D offer variety in gameplay?
Yes, the game offers various modes, including driving school buses, police cars for chasing suspects, and different environments like a city and savanna, with options to do stunts or pick up kids R11R15R25R26.

What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.

  1. [R1] 3/5 · US Not the best: Not the best game I ever played but it is the most entertaining game I’ve ever played in my life so buy the game
  2. [R5] 5/5 · US So fun: Not frustrating like other games and when they give an ad it gives a reward never had a game like this Highly recommend Have fun
  3. [R6] 5/5 · US Best game ever: It’s a cute little driving game with NO ADDS and I love it so should try this game
  4. [R11] 5/5 · US This is the best game I’ve ever played: I thought this is gonna be one of those driving games that you have to pay $80 million a month for no it’s a really fun bus simulator game with a bunch of modes and it is completely free all those ads I don’t care about this ad if you guys do care about ads then there is a lot of ad but only five dollars for play anywhere get unlimited bonus points and no ad
  5. [R15] 4/5 · US idk my name lowk tho: I HATE THE FRICKING COP BURST THING BC I CAN NEVER CACTH THEM EVEN WHEN IM IN FRONT OF THEM BUT OVER ALL 4 STARS
  6. [R25] 5/5 · US Fun and interesting: You get to learn traffic signs and drive a school bus and get many different vehicles
  7. [R26] 5/5 · US 😃😃😃😃😃😃😀😀😀😀😀🚘🚖🚍🚌🚕🚗🚙🚎🚐🚒🚑🚓🏎️🛻🚚🚛🚜: This app is exactly what it says, that’s why I love it. You collect and drive buses and even cars and even limos. They have a city and even a savanna with animals and branches and trees in the road if you want a challenge. You can ride around where ever you want with nothing to do, do flips and stunts on fun levels, and drive around kids and get them to their stops.
  8. [R22] 4/5 · US So much fun but a little bad: So it is a lot of fun when you have Internet, but when you don’t have Internet, you can’t get on it and and. The fun thing about it is it doesn’t have ads every single second it has it like every like like every time like you crash or die in the game like your you’re going to get ads but like to fix the car but it’s a really fun game other than the ads and the Interne
  9. [R33] 5/5 · US The Best Game😍: It is a great relaxing game and good for practicing driving 😗😝
  10. [R35] 4/5 · US Good quelety: you’re quality. Want to play. Gives you a hint of what driving is in real life. Love it and always enjoy but the thing is is it has commercials/ads. Which doesn’t make it as fun as it should be because you have to wait until the ad is over but sometimes people like so they can advertise but the people that are playing the game don’t. That’s why I gave you guys a four star review and
  11. [R4] 3/5 · US Mid: This game is fun but a lot of ads
  12. [R9] 2/5 · US Too hard: The vehicles are too hard to control in the game and it is not fair that every time you lose, you have to watch an add
  13. [R19] 4/5 · US The GOAT: This is the best game you’ll ever see guaranteed except when you finish every level you have to watch an ad its annoying
  14. [R20] 4/5 · US The rating: A lot of adds. Only a certain amount of lives per drive
  15. [R7] 3/5 · US School bus drive 3D: 3 stars because sometimes it’s just annoying when you hit something really small it makes you lose 😡😡😡😡😒😒😭😭😢😢🫦
  16. [R24] 4/5 · US It's very hard to drive the bus on a tabelt: Fun game! It's entertaining and you can do rps withbit
  17. [R36] 3/5 · US Read before buying: Is too hard to drive the bus and you have like one minute to get to your destination
  18. [R13] 4/5 · US Not really fun: Add more things to it this is not fun
  19. [R91] 3/5 · US Eh: The one reason I don’t like it is because after you play it for a while it gets boring. It also has so many ads. They need to update it more.
  20. [R259] 1/5 · GB Don’t Get this game!: The game starts off as a fun game but after a while it just gets boring. So please add some more interesting content. Thanks!
  21. [R403] 3/5 · CA Kind of boring: It’s kind of boring all you do is drive around and there’s not much to do.
  22. [R139] 1/5 · US I’m sorry but: As you can tell by the title, I don’t like this game at all this game it’s OK but there’s just a lot of glitches a car was in the way so I had to go around it and I gotta watch a ad just to go onto the next level or you have to pay to like repair your bus that’s probably gonna break again and then you also have to watch like an ad just to like get another repair that’s like really r
  23. [R140] 3/5 · US Cool: Nice but a lot of ads. There were way too much ads and bugs and glitches are happening
  24. [R297] 2/5 · GB Well……: Its a great game although it is quite glitchy when I play and apart from that this game is so addictive I love it!x
  25. [R302] 1/5 · GB Alison: Game is too glitchy spoils the enjoyment keeps freezing constantly Other wise would be a good game
  26. [R113] 3/5 · US Games was great until: This games was one of my favorite games. It had so many car options and it was realistic. But then for like 2 months I didn’t play because I could and I just opened the app after a while and got 50000 and lost half of my cars. I have not lost interest in this game. Please add the classic car back and make me own them again because this game is no longer the same.
  27. [R156] 2/5 · US Eve24: My question is why they took other cars I drove one usv that looks like a Nissan but can you add a car that looks Toyota Prius please
  28. [R262] 1/5 · GB its gone: some of the cars are gone. idiots taking cars out of this game. 1 star.
  29. [R456] 3/5 · CA [FRENCH] Mise à jour: Depuis la plus récente mise à jour les voitures, bus etc... ne se télécharge pas. Ce qui donne un nombre restreint de voitures. J’attend pendant 5 minutes et cela ne fonctionne pas. Aura-t’il un agrandissement de la carte. Aura t’il de nouvelle ville?
  30. [R127] 2/5 · US A fun game: It a cool game but the I don’t that they use ai as the people just make it realistic bro
  31. [R144] 2/5 · US 𝒰𝓂: At first glance, I don’t know what I was thinking because this graphics look horrible and it was horrible. I’m glad they’re being true to themselves. But now they need to fix the graphics and their AI humans because real or not, they are creeping me out so please remove them. And sometimes when they were checking my driving skills they’re off, like sometimes they think I did something wrong wh
  32. [R245] 3/5 · US Pretty slay guys.but like what the sigma?: I like this game and is super entertaining and all it’s just some things, (ps I’ve already written a rating on how good it was so this is the negatives) so like this is me when I’m playing this, mmm, what the sigma? And wow. There are inappropriate human-bot thingies that do inappropriate dances in black suites on the side of the road when ur driving. Sec
  33. [R520] 3/5 · AU Needs heaps of work but ok: This game was fun for 2 minutes and then it got boring there was no headlights, cruise control and the map was nowhere to be seen, the graphics were terrible. Thanks and hopefully this ga,e gets an update because lots of people will start playing! You can do this developers!!!
  34. [R198] 2/5 · US What’s the point?????(I just put 5-star to show 🆙: OK so I love this game and all but what’s really the point I mean really think about if you get this game which I really do not recommend the cars are cool and all but what’s funny why do you have to pay for the cars?????????? and what I’m really confused about is why can’t you get out of your vehicle to go get gas or like go in a store end it was
  35. [R205] 2/5 · US Fix this: Can you guy make it so when your playing open world your not just getting blasted by stupid pop up saying “premium rides" "school trips" it ruins the experience wth are yall doinh
  36. [R244] 2/5 · US Do I have to pay for no ads?: Because I don’t wanna activate because I can’t pay on my device and I want to be no as in the game is there any other way that you can change that any other games
  37. [R70] 1/5 · US DONOT get this game: It started to download and will not show up on my home page and it will not let me delete it
  38. [R268] 1/5 · GB Here is my review welcome: I dont know honestly but after the adds my screen would turn black not how i expected it to be but take a star
  39. [R48] 2/5 · US Good not great: I hate it. I thought that you could just drive around and have fun but now I realized that you have to watch an add when you crash and there are wayyyyy too many adds.
  40. [R49] 1/5 · US Lots of ads: Too many ads.

Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store