BusBuddy Ottawa

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About this app

Get around Ottawa with OCTranspo with ease. See all bus routes, all bus stops, and bus arrival times. Real-time bus arrivals made possible by OCTranspo real-time data feed based on GPS location of the buses.

Save favourite stops and routes for quick access to information you need to get on your way.

Trip planner included using OCTranspo's trip planning capability.

Tips

1. Use 'long press' on routes and stops to save them as a favourite which will then appear on the main menu.
2. Use 'long press' on the main menu to edit/delete favourites.
3. Tap a single route on the main menu (in Stop Section) to get more details on that stop/bus route. Tap the right side of the stop cell to get stop times for all routes at that stop. Long press the right to edit that favourite stop.




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Ratings and reviews

I used this app everyday before COVID. I like the interface - it's very convenient to see multiple bus arrival times at the same time, and the ads are unobtrusive.

Since the big update the GPS rarely works. How a bus can go from being 1 minute away to just vanishing is beyond me. And that's if the GPS actually shows. Every morning for the last 2 weeks, no GPS. When it's cloudy out, I can understand. When it's nothing but blue skies as clear as can, what's the excuse for that? All this app is used for now is to see the scheduled times. No clue if the bus is on time, early, late or just not there. EDIT: Doesn't work at all now for one of my routes.

This had been my go-to app for literally YEARS until the newest updates. I only needed the travel planner, and now there's no option to select a time or date you're planning on travelling, which defeats the purpose entirely since I can just text to see when the next bus is coming. Also, when I enter my start and end destinations in the trip planner, it redirects to google maps and enters a bunch of random GPS coordinates as the locations and says that it can't find a route. Completely useless.

What’s new

The trip planner has been fixed to correctly find locations entered. In addition, electric buses will be denoted in green.