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XRadar - Ride & Discover: Comprehensive Campus Transit Tracking Solution

by X Radar

4.8
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XRadar provides real-time bus tracking for Rutgers, Georgia Tech, UGA, and Alabama campuses. The app displays routes, stops, alerts, and ETAs with an intuitive interface designed specifically for university transportation systems.

Detailed Review

XRadar - Ride & Discover serves as a specialized transit application targeting university communities, offering real-time tracking for campus bus systems at Rutgers University, Georgia Tech, University of Georgia, and University of Alabama. The application positions itself as a streamlined alternative to existing campus transportation apps, focusing specifically on delivering accurate arrival predictions and route visualization for student commuters. The application's core functionality revolves around two primary tabs: Routes and Stops. The Routes tab displays all active bus lines with real-time counts of vehicles operating on each route, while selecting a specific route reveals its complete stop sequence with live bus locations and estimated arrival times. The Stops tab allows users to browse or search for specific locations, showing all routes serving that stop with incoming buses displayed in chronological order. Additional features include favoriting routes for quick access and comprehensive alert systems for service disruptions. User experience demonstrates particular attention to interface clarity and navigation efficiency. The design prioritizes quick access to essential information, with clean visual representations of bus movements along routes. Real-world usage patterns show students primarily using the app for daily commute planning, between-class transportation, and learning campus transit systems during their initial university orientation periods. The application's reliability in providing accurate ETAs appears to be a critical factor in user adoption and satisfaction. User feedback consistently highlights superiority over alternatives like Passio GO and Transloc, with multiple reviews specifically praising the interface design and accuracy. User pinktammie (March 21, 2024) noted the clear interface and favorite routes feature, while akila v (March 5, 2024) emphasized the streamlined experience compared to alternatives. Multiple reviews from September 2024 indicate strong adoption among new students, with nonmae2 specifically mentioning the app's effectiveness for learning campus transportation systems as recommended by residence advisors. The application demonstrates significant strengths in interface design and reliability compared to established alternatives, though its limitation to four specific university systems restricts broader applicability. The absence of multi-modal transportation integration and off-campus transit options may limit usefulness for students requiring connections to municipal systems. Ideal use cases include daily campus commuters, new students learning transportation networks, and visitors navigating university transit systems during campus events.

Key Features

  • Real-time bus tracking showing vehicle locations along routes with continuously updated position data
  • Stop-based ETA predictions displaying arrival times for all approaching buses at selected locations
  • Route favoriting system allowing quick access to frequently used transportation lines
  • Comprehensive alert system notifying users of service disruptions or schedule changes
  • Searchable stop database enabling quick location finding across large campuses
  • Multi-university support covering transportation systems at four major institutions

Why Users Love It

Superior interface design
More accurate ETAs

Perfect for: University students and staff requiring campus transportation

Screenshots

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User Reviews

pinktammie
Mar 21, 2024

This app is a lot nicer than Passio go for tracking the buses. The interface is clear and easy to navigate, it shows the ETA for the buses and you can even favorite routes so it’s easier to see them first! Great app! This app is a lot nicer than Passio go for tracking the buses. The interface is clear and easy to navigate, it shows the ETA for the buses and you can even favorite routes so it’s easier to see them first!

akila v
Mar 5, 2024

As someone that hates the UI for the alternatives, I think this app is streamlined and easy to use. It’s more accurate than the previous app I used. Definitely a great download! Best Rutgers Bus App As someone that hates the UI for the alternatives, I think this app is streamlined and easy to use. It’s more accurate than the previous app I used. Definitely a great download!

HTV04
Sep 9, 2024

Huge props to the developers behind this app, I'm now using it as my main bus app and hope to do so for the rest of my college career. Needless to say, this is much better than Passio GO. 5/5 Extremely useful Huge props to the developers behind this app, I'm now using it as my main bus app and hope to do so for the rest of my college career. Needless to say, this is much better than Passio GO. 5/5

nonmae2
Sep 1, 2024

This app was recommend by my RA as an incoming freshman, and it makes learning the buses so much easier for me!! I would 100% recommend. 10000x better than other Rutgers Navigation Apps This app was recommend by my RA as an incoming freshman, and it makes learning the buses so much easier for me!! I would 100% recommend.

HinazS
Sep 27, 2024

This app is awesome and so much easier to use and so much smoother and like it cures my anxiety for the buses. Transloc and Passio aren’t that great. Bless ur souls, thank you. Bless whoever made this app This app is awesome and so much easier to use and so much smoother and like it cures my anxiety for the buses. Transloc and Passio aren’t that great. Bless ur souls, thank you.

App Details

Developer

X Radar

Platform

ios

Rating

4.8

Last Updated

9/7/2025