Winnipeg Bus Live

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4.5
993 reviews
100K+
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Everyone
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About this app

Winnipeg Bus Live is a FREE app that finds all the bus stops near your current location. Selecting a bus stop returns real-time bus schedules for that stop. See whether your bus is on time or late. Data is provided by Winnipeg Transit.


Features in a nutshell:
- Find bus stops near your current location
- View real-time bus arrival times at each stop (not from time-tables)
- See stops nearby on Google Maps
- Save your favourite stops
- Search for any stop
- Real-time data provided by Winnipeg Transit


Please let me know which features you would like to see in future updates! Send me an email below.

Thanks for rating it 5 STARS!

Permission explanations:
android.permission.INTERNET: Used to grab real-time data from Winnipeg Transit and anonymous analytics.
android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION: Used to find bus stops near your location.
android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE: Used for caching Google Maps tiles and route data.

Press:
The Manitoban: http://www.themanitoban.com/2012/01/216/
The Projector: http://theprojector.ca/stories/view/new-app-for-transit-rideres
ChrisD.ca: http://www.chrisd.ca/blog/45659/winnipeg-bus-live-mobile-android-app-transit-schedules-real-time/

Feature Graphic adapted from StephenZacharias' image of a Winnipeg Transit bus on Main St. and Broadway:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/szacharias/6015342661/
Updated on
Sep 13, 2023

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
Learn more about how developers declare sharing
This app may collect these data types
App activity and App info and performance
Data is encrypted in transit
Data can’t be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.5
957 reviews
A Google user
March 24, 2020
When it's working properly, it's great but it's not always reliable. Sometimes the arrival time shown in the app is synced with the bus, other times it's not. I've missed buses because the app says it's still 5 minutes away but then I see the bus drive by the stop. The app doesn't always refresh. When showing the schedule of a stop, sometimes it updates the time on it's own but sometimes I have to press the refresh button. Inconsistent. I would rate higher if this got fixed.
14 people found this review helpful
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Frosted Apps
March 24, 2020
Hi Sean, thanks for the feedback. The schedules refresh every 20 seconds and you can do a manual refresh at anytime. Sometimes traffic, weather and congestion can causes buses to be earlier or later than predicted. I'd like to follow up with you about this. Please send me an email to get in touch. You can do so directly from within the app. Thanks!
Quincy MB
March 10, 2021
Love this app, it's a smart app that visually and functionally mimics the bus schedule marquees we have in downtown, except that it gives you that for the whole city. It's a bit confusing at first, but just keep in mind you still gotta know if you need the bus going east or west, or north or south. This app is not designed to plan routes, but to see buses available in the area and monitor arrival times. A great companion for even a very experienced Winnipeg rider, especially when it's outside.
6 people found this review helpful
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Frosted Apps
March 10, 2021
Thank you for the kind review! Would love to get further feedback from you (re: improving confusing things + on new trip planner I have in the works). Shoot me an email to follow-up. You can choose "Send Feedback" directly from the app.
A Google user
September 19, 2018
This app has been really good to me. I use it almost every day and it actually gives me accurate time. This is especially good during winter when I can leave exactly 15 minutes before rather than do what the Winnipeg transit says online. My only issue is that I wish that I can organize the bus stops in anyway that is comfortable for me. Especially when I accidentally unfavour a bus stop and it's one I constantly use but now have to drag myself to the bottom and let me tell you, I don't want to do that during winter, in the -30s and having to take off my gloves to do so. If we can have an option to organize the bus stops that would be great :)
9 people found this review helpful
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Frosted Apps
September 19, 2018
Hey Meital, thanks for the kinds words and it's awesome to hear that you use the app almost every day. I'm planning to add the ability to organize saved stops. Send me an email to follow-up.

What's new

Bug fixes and improvements.