KakaoBus

Kakao Mobility Corp.

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About this app

Kakaobus provides you with real-time bus and bus stop information of 57 Korean cities.

* Real-time bus arrival information
* Bus route information with real-time bus location
* Departure Alarm
Set up the departure alarm to receive notifications five minutes, three minutes or one minute before the bus arrives at your stop.
* Arrival Alarm
Set an alarm to make sure you get off at the right stop.
* Bus Arrival Notification
You can get notifications for buses at a certain day and time without having to set them manually every time.
* Suggestions based on your current location : Nearby Stops, Night Buses Nearby, Direct Bus to Home, Kakao Taxi

Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

[Permission Information]
▸ Optional permissions
Location : To search nearby bus stops and provide arrival alarms using the current location infomation.
Notification : To receive alarms with sounds and badges.

* Customer Service Center
- Mail : [e-mail]
- TEL : [phone]

Ratings and reviews

For my bus stops, the times are mostly very accurate. I go to a major bus stop, as well as one that has only one bus. The buses never arrive before the time indicted. They may arrive a little bit later, but that is due to unpredictable traffic. The times update as well, if there are any changes. Finding a bus stop in the map is easy. Finding it in the list of the bus route, though, is a bit confusing.

It consistently defaults to the opposite bus stop, even when I'm at my stop (i.e. I'm at the northbound platform but the app places me at the southboundone), which creates problems. It's also regularly about one minute behind the buses' actual schedules, which leads to additional delays.

As inconsistent and dysfunctional as any app from a company allowed a monopoly in a market. Bus times are inaccurate, arrivals could be 5 minutes + or -, and mapping doesn't always list the best/fastest bus route to get to destinations.

What's new

[Update]
Other bug fixes and improvements have been made.