Pricing
Routes, timetables and fares are free and always will be. The paid tier is for people who travel often enough to want live updates and journey history.
Plans
FreeAll 1,240 routes, offline timetables, fares with confirmation dates, walking directions and stop photographs. No account, no advertising, permanent.
Rooky Plus, monthlyLive running updates where operators provide them, journey history on the device, and route alerts. For people who take a bus most days.USD 2.00
Rooky Plus, yearlyThe same, two months cheaper. Cancel whenever; the free tier keeps working and nothing you had is taken away.USD 18.00
Student, yearlyHalf price on a school or university email address. No documentation, no verification service, no reapplying each year.USD 9.00
For operators
Before you install it
Data, coverage, accuracy and what the paid tier actually adds.
Does it work without signal?
Yes, entirely. The whole timetable is thirty-eight megabytes on the phone. Only live running updates on the paid tier need a connection, and everything else works without one.
What data do you collect?
Almost none. Location is used on the device and never transmitted. There is no analytics SDK and no advertising identifier. The only thing that ever leaves the phone is a fare correction you have deliberately sent.
Is the free tier a trial?
No, it is permanent. Routes, timetables, fares, stop photographs and walking directions are free for ever. The paid tier adds live updates and journey history.
How accurate are the fares?
Each fare shows the date it was last confirmed. Anything over sixty days old is flagged in the app as unverified rather than presented as fact.
Do I need an account?
Not for the free tier. For Rooky Plus it is an email address and nothing else — no name, no telephone number, no social login.
What people say
Read all the reviews★★★★★
It works in Portland where nothing else does. The timetable is already on the phone.
★★★★★
Reported a wrong fare on Tuesday, in the app the following Monday.
★★★★★
Nine dollars a year for students with no verification service. Thank you.
★★★★★
Thirty-eight megabytes is a lot on an old phone. Worth it.
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