LYNX Bus Tracker

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About this app

LYNX Bus Tracker is a real-time GPS bus tracking app for Orlando's LYNX public transit system.

We know how busy your day is. Don't waste a minute of it waiting at a bus stop.

Android app features:
- View buses in real time on the map
- View specific routes and associated stops
- View estimated arrival times for buses
- View current bus system related announcements such as delays and re-routing
- Made specifically for Android devices, so it's smoother than the bus tracker mobile website

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Ratings and reviews

This app is slow, takes a long time to load information and it doesn't cache data between loads. The route list is confusing as some of the routes are not labeled consistently or sorted in order. It frequently forgets favorited stops. The UI for picking routes is confusing. When buses are late, half the time they don't bother to show them on the map at all. Sometimes on time buses don't show up, and then you have to wonder if they are going to show up at all or are just not on the map. When it works, it can be an anxiety relief, but it's hard to rely on this. At least it only crashes occasionally, and when buses show on the map at all, it's accurate.

Location status works like 60-70% of the time. There have been more than a few times were I highlight/select a specific bus/route, but yet the location of the bus does not appear. Just the highlighted route. OR, the bus appears on the screen but doesnt change its location. You have to, repeatedly, force stop the program and re-open it to get the updated location.

This app is great for tracking any of the lynx buses and has greatly helped me. One thing to keep in mind is that the tracker lags a bit for the buses meaning that it may show that a bus has not crossed an intersection yet but it actually has and you see that update on the map a few seconds after the bus moves. To improve the app, I would suggest they add the full list of route stop times. You can find that information on the lynx website but it would be great if it was a page added to the app.

What's new

Improvements to Functionality