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Head-to-head

School bus driving 2025 vs Bus Simulator

School bus driving 2025 4.4★ · Free + IAP 55
Winner Bus Simulator
Bus Simulator 4.5★ · Free + IAP · ⚠ stale 60

Bus Simulator offers a slightly more polished experience with more content, despite both apps suffering from excessive ads and similar gameplay issues.

Full reviews: School bus driving 2025 · Bus Simulator

Both School bus driving 2025 and Bus Simulator are free-to-play bus driving games plagued by frequent ads and similar core gameplay. Bus Simulator has a larger user base and offers more content like an open world mode, though it's often locked behind in-app purchases or ad views. School bus driving 2025 struggles with basic driving mechanics and graphical issues.

Head to head

Features and Content edge: Bus SimulatorR1R5R9R11
School bus driving 2025 Users of School bus driving 2025 frequently request more realistic features, such as working stop signs, flashing lights, and proper road rules R1R5R9R11. Some find the game too linear and wish for more diverse scenarios beyond basic pick-up and drop-off R24R47.
Bus Simulator Bus Simulator users also desire more content and updates, including additional buses and an open world mode . However, the open world is often locked behind a significant coin cost or numerous ads, leading to frustration R70R80. Some users recall a previous version with more extensive driving routes that is now missing .
Ease of Use and Driving Mechanics tieR4R9R10R11
School bus driving 2025 Many players find School bus driving 2025 difficult to control, citing issues with steering and general driving mechanics R4R46. There are also complaints about incorrect road rules, such as driving on the left side of the road in a US context, and glitches that prevent driving or progressing through levels R9R10R11R16.
Bus Simulator Bus Simulator also receives criticism for its driving mechanics, with some users finding it slow and hard to turn . The game's levels are often described as too easy or short in the beginning, becoming boring quickly .
Graphics and Realism tieR1R5R6R10
School bus driving 2025 School bus driving 2025 is criticized for low graphics quality, with buildings looking old and cartoony R6R10. Users also point out a lack of realism in bus features, such as non-working lights and missing crossing arms R1R5.
Bus Simulator Bus Simulator also faces complaints about bad graphics and animation quality . Some users note inconsistencies, such as UK buses and locations being driven in a USA setting . A lack of bus engine sounds is also mentioned .
Ads and Monetization tieR1R3R7R12
School bus driving 2025 A major complaint for School bus driving 2025 is the overwhelming number of ads. Users report ads appearing after every route, after every button press, and even immediately upon opening the game, making it nearly unplayable R1R3R7R12.
Bus Simulator Bus Simulator also has significant issues with excessive ads, with users reporting ads appearing upon opening the game, starting a level, and even obscuring the screen . The open-world mode is locked behind watching 45 ads or spending 50,000 coins, which is seen as a scam R70.
Reliability and Performance tieR10R11R16R26
School bus driving 2025 Users of School bus driving 2025 report glitches where the bus stops moving randomly, issues with steering, and problems with level progression R10R11R16R26. Some mention the game being laggy .
Bus Simulator Bus Simulator users experience game crashes, preventing them from playing at all . Other issues include slow performance and the game not letting users out of ads .
Pick School bus driving 2025 if

you are looking for a simple bus driving game and are willing to tolerate frequent ads and basic graphics .

Pick Bus Simulator if

you want a bus driving simulator with a larger variety of buses and the potential for an open-world experience, provided you can navigate the ad-heavy monetization .

Evidence note: Both apps are free with in-app purchases, and the reviews heavily reflect the frustration of free-tier users with intrusive ads. The core gameplay experience for both is often overshadowed by these monetization strategies. Bus Simulator has a significantly higher number of ratings, suggesting a broader user base.

Frequently asked

Are these bus simulator games free to play?
Yes, both School bus driving 2025 and Bus Simulator are free to download and play, but they include in-app purchases and are heavily monetized with frequent and unskippable ads R3R7R13R60.
Do these games have an open-world mode?
Bus Simulator offers an open-world mode, but it is locked behind a significant in-game currency cost (50,000 coins) or a large number of ad views (45 ads), which many users find frustrating R70R80. School bus driving 2025 reviews do not explicitly mention an open-world mode, with users instead requesting more diverse routes and scenarios R24R47.
Are the driving controls realistic in these games?
Neither game is praised for realistic driving controls; users of School bus driving 2025 report difficulty with steering and general driving, along with incorrect road rules R4R9R11R46, while Bus Simulator is described as slow and hard to turn .

What reviewers actually said

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  1. [R1] School bus driving 2025 1/5 · US FIX!: The ambers and reds don’t work, and the stop lights are attached to the reds, just like the blinkers are attached to the ambers. There are too many adds!
  2. [R5] School bus driving 2025 5/5 · US MY NEW RQUEST 2025-2026 8:13 PM TUESDAY DEC 2: HEY THERE OWNER I GOT A REQUEST FOR YA CAN YOU MAKE THE BUSES, OHIO LIKE PUT QR CODES ON THE BUMPER AND THE BACK ALSO CAN YOU ADD STOP ON THE BACK OF THE BUS THE BACK DOOR. ALSO CAN YOU ADD WORKING STOP SIGNS WITH FLASHING LIGHTS ON THEM ALSO ADD YELLOW AND RED AMBERS ON THE TOP ROOF FOR THE BUS AND CAN YOU ADD FOG LIGHTS NEW BUSES AND ADD INTERIOR FO
  3. [R9] School bus driving 2025 3/5 · US Okay…: I mean I got this game and it’s okay but you are supposed to drive on the left side of the road but in real life it’s right!The stop lights facing your direction are on the right side of the road but the traffic flows forwards on the left!Also when kids get on your bus there’s only ever 6 kids and the bus is never full.Also nobody sits with each other on the bus!Also the stop are on the rig
  4. [R11] School bus driving 2025 4/5 · US Fix this: The driving should be on the right lane not the left lane please and pleas also fix the bugs because almost every time I get in, when I start driving, it won’t let me drive so please fix this!!! And also when you change the camera to different angles, in my opinion my favorite is inside the bus but there is no turning signals at all so add the honk an d turning signals inside the bus ple
  5. [R4] School bus driving 2025 2/5 · US Fix this: I like the game but when I was playing the game was just not work that good and is really difficult to drive
  6. [R10] School bus driving 2025 1/5 · US Graphics and glitches: It is very glitchy when you steer the bus and all the buildings look like they were off of a very very old satellite taking pictures on top of the street and especially the building buildings so I think you should fix the glitches and the buildings.
  7. [R6] School bus driving 2025 3/5 · US Is Okay But Need Mote Graphics: I like this game but is a little low graphics I hate it sooooo much please fix it to better graphics like PC version thank you
  8. [R3] School bus driving 2025 3/5 · US Great if you’re patient with ads: As a very impatient person, I did not like the 30 seconds to two minute ads I absolutely could not stand it when after every single tiny little route I immediately got an ad the longest one I got was for two minutes, so that’s why I’m guessing that that’s the time rate of the ads and also just to make it a little bit more realistic maybe you guys should add a high
  9. [R7] School bus driving 2025 1/5 · US Constant ads I would rather miss a train and wait 30 minutes: Terrible low quality ads you can’t skip and more….. And you have to watch the whole ad to make it 100X worse. And even when you are not getting reward the ad you have to watch entire thing and I hate this game more than skibidi toilet
  10. [R12] School bus driving 2025 3/5 · US Fun game but..: This is a fun game, but way to many ads, after opening up the game there was a ad.
  11. [R16] School bus driving 2025 1/5 · US IT randomly stopped my from moving: Not good
  12. [R26] School bus driving 2025 5/5 · US Glitching: Make it stop glitching
  13. [R13] School bus driving 2025 2/5 · US Adds: To many adds I didn’t even go in to the game for a second and already got an add then I play for 5 minutes and get like 50 adds
  14. [R60] School bus driving 2025 1/5 · US Where do I start: Why is it when I touch ONE button i have a add I touch the back button boom there’s a add. I didn’t get the chance to even play it because there were SO MUCH adds and I couldn’t take it. And when I touched the X on a app there’s another add. If you wanna wait and hour to get all the adds of go ahead but I’m not.
  15. [R24] School bus driving 2025 3/5 · US Not the best: First it’s the fact that you can not get out of the bus in real life bus drivers get out of the bus if they need to tell someone something but this game is not Based on real life witch is fine for some people not for me though sorry to tell you that the second thing is when you are in free mode when you drive in the water it immediately tell you you failed the level and that makes m
  16. [R47] School bus driving 2025 5/5 · US Need more stops.: Good need more stops
  17. [R70] Bus Simulator 1/5 · US Open world: Why do you have to unlock open world for 50000 coins and 45 ads?! You have to make the open world less expensive!
  18. [R80] Bus Simulator 4/5 · US 😝😜🤨🧐😝😒: I don’t think you should have to pay for the open world,but I like the rest.
  19. [R46] School bus driving 2025 1/5 · US The bad game: It’s not fun it’s hare to drive you can’t steer it’s a lot of work !!

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