Here Comes the Bus

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1. [R17] 5/5 · US This app is amazing: I never have to wonder when my son is getting to the bus stop or the buses it is the perfect situation for parents to monitor children to take a bus. Thanks, Here Comes the Bus.
2. [R48] 5/5 · US Life saver: This is truly a life saver. No more guessing! I love this so much.
3. [R51] 5/5 · US Thank God we have this !: With two kids and unpredictable traffic , this app helps me a lot. The kids are ready and on the app first thing after they get ready to make sure they don’t miss the bus. I keep a track of the bus for my little one so that I can be there for disembarking at the stop. Continue to keep it updated guys… thank you!
4. [R63] 5/5 · US Cheers for Here Comes the Bus: I really love this app. I use every school day for my granddaughter and it really brings a sense of security and a great feeling of satisfaction . 5+ stars!!!
5. [R68] 5/5 · US Great app.: Each morning at the breakfast table we open the app and do other things until the bus is just a minute or two away. Don’t have to stand out on the rain or cold! Just wish our county would do better job of tracking busses, they seem to get it wrong 2 times a month.
6. [R80] 5/5 · US Bus arrival: This is the best and most user friendly app to have your child or student ready and waiting with little to no interruption in the drivers schedule. The child does NOT have to stand in cold or bad weather because it alerts you just as it is about 2 minutes away and you can walk out of your house and be there as soon as it stops! Absolutely genius!
7. [R81] 5/5 · US Very helpful: I’ve been using this app for a few months, and so far it’s been wonderful. I love being able to see when the bus is on its way to pick up my kids, either from the stop or school. I also get a notification when it’s in the area, either to pick up or drop off. The only issue I’ve had, is that if my son takes a bus home for his after school program, the app will use that bus number for
8. [R106] 5/5 · US Love this app: I just love this app, so reassuring to know the arrival time your child will be at the stop!!
9. [R40] 5/5 · US Does the job and very accurate!: I can honestly say that I have received a notification twice daily for my son’s first year riding the school bus. I’m always updated when there’s a new driver and I’m overall impressed with the GPS accuracy! Thank you!
10. [R53] 5/5 · US Best app: It lets me track my bus and it also sends notifications like bus arrived
11. [R98] 5/5 · US The Bus is coming!!!: Here comes the bus is very accurate and very helpful. It’s excellent to know when to start heading out to the bus stop. It certainly isn’t Life360, but for those who need to know when the bus is coming, which is all of us, I have to say it’s an excellent product.
12. [R13] 4/5 · US Suggestion: Don’t get me wrong, I love this app. It’s accurate and does not lag most of the time. But I have a suggestion. What if the bus could move? Like, I get that it teleports, but I’m talking about move in real time. So if you open the app and then open it again dm they are in your neighborhood, you can see the exact spot instead of it updating and going out too early or too late. You could
13. [R114] 5/5 · US amazing: This app is amazing! I use it every day to track my daughter’s school bus, and it always arrives exactly on time as shown on the map. Thank you for the great effort and service!
14. [R2] 1/5 · US Worst Bus app: You don’t upgrade your software properly. Everytime you try to do any changes in the app it get even worst. None of the notifications are shared on time.
15. [R3] 1/5 · US Location stuck: Since the last update the location tracking has gotten worse, not better.
16. [R5] 1/5 · US Getting worse: It was already pretty bad, it’s getting worse very update.
17. [R8] 2/5 · US Broken Updates: App was working great for 3 years I’ve been using it… then this update that changed the icon broke it. Alerts would not sound until long after the bus is gone. Now this update is even worse. If you zoom to see where the bus is then zoom out and rotate the map, the bus is all over the map.
18. [R10] 1/5 · US New update TERRIBLE!!!: This app use to be a really good app. It would be spot on about where the bus was located and notifying when it was near. Since the update it has extremely downgraded and is no longer dependable. It lags at least 15-20 mins sometimes before it will update the bus’s location. Please fix the bugs or Downgrade back to the old system.
19. [R26] 1/5 · US Latest update made it worse: The update the developers just pushed out wrecked this app. Most of the time, you can’t see where the bus is, even when it’s in the notification diameter. The bus icon doesn’t even appear on the screen, yet we receive notifications it’s in that zone. Hard closing the app multiple times to reset it does nothing. When the bus icon does bother to appear in the zone, t
20. [R6] 1/5 · US Update ruined it: Stuck where it’s asking me to name my device after the update. Cannot leave from that screen or type anything.
21. [R58] 4/5 · US Excellent but with some frustrations: This is a great app for knowing where the bus is in both the morning and afternoon. The biggest challenge (out of the hands of the developers) is bus driver compliance. We went through a time early on where the bus driver sometimes would just not sign in or activate the app. That’s on the school district to enforce. The two frustrations we have with the app a
22. [R167] 3/5 · US Device name: The app keeps asking me to enter device name every time I open it
23. [R215] 3/5 · US Great idea, but has some downfalls: Most of the time the app works as it should. However, there have been periods of the app not working and showing the bus as “not in service.” I often have to type the device name when entering the app.
24. [R9] 1/5 · US Student log in: I’m trying to login to the student thing, but it says the district code and I’ll put it in and it says it doesn’t do for a ridership
25. [R18] 1/5 · US this app is trash: it logged me out of my account for no reason and it caused so much problems for missing school
26. [R44] 1/5 · US So ANNOYING: This app is garbage, every time I add my students id and last name it says “ student not found in our records” and I’m tired of it
27. [R59] 1/5 · US Can't even sign up: I tried using three different emails, two names and got the district code correct. Kept saying "account number not found"
28. [R41] 3/5 · US Needs ETA for Better Tracking: The app works well for tracking the bus location, but it’s missing one key feature that would make it much more useful, ETA. Right now, I can see when the bus enters the radius, but I still don’t know exactly how long it will take to arrive. Adding an estimated time of arrival (ETA) when the bus enters the radius would make planning much easier and reduce uncertainty
29. [R90] 4/5 · US Good but needs improvements: The app is great for tracking the bus - not so great for tracking the student as the location tracker stops when the bus stops at your stop. If the child gets on, you never actually know, and you can't see the route continued to school "for safety reasons" which seems backwards. My biggest hang up with this app is that there are no estimated times of arrival at the bus
30. [R29] 2/5 · US Unreliable: Works at times but more often it does not. I have kids that go to two different schools. I use the app for both schools and the app works seamlessly for one school but not the other.
31. [R46] 3/5 · US Not in service: I haven’t been able to track the bus 4955 for weeks now
32. [R57] 2/5 · US Never works , poor app: Had this app for years it’s never really reliable , sadly . Could be a great app if it actually worked. I don’t know 80 % of the time it doesn’t work right and it works poorly maybe 20 % of the time . It needs more work and it’s hardly ever actuate. Like this morning no warning no message of technical difficulties, just not working at all . 3 kids and it all says no service
33. [R74] 3/5 · US Good when it works: The idea is good, but the execution is not. When it works, it’s great. But many times, it simply doesn’t show the bus. And when you have been set up to expect something, and then it’s not there, that’s worst.
34. [R14] 2/5 · US Rogue bus icon: Since the update the bus icon goes rogue when you zoom in. You have to pay attention to what street it says it’s on instead. Update is pretty I’ll give you that but it’d be nice if you could zoom in like before
35. [R85] 4/5 · US Love it but it was showing me the wrong thing once: It was showing me that the bus was very very far away from me, and then it suddenly teleported to the bus stop near mine. But works fine, love it!
36. [R182] 3/5 · US Cool but flawed: cool app, but extremely glitchy. You'll see the bus you're tracking jump like a half a mile in one second. Not reliable.
37. [R11] 4/5 · US It’s fine: I don’t like the new update. I know it’s silly but I miss the little bus on the map instead of this boring arrow.
38. [R15] 5/5 · US Smiling bus: Please bring back the smiling face on the bus. Son really loved seeing it.
39. [R35] 4/5 · US no update: PLEASE GIVE US THE OLD BUS APP BACK I DONT LIKE THIS UPDATE PLEASEEEEE ITS COOL AND ALL BUT THE ORIGINAL WAY IS BETTERR
40. [R4] 2/5 · US Bus app works okay when transportation updates it: The app only works when transportation updates the app. Instead it can be very draining and not useful because you will have to call them and let them know the app isn't being updated. The drivers can be very rude and not update the app as well. Communication is key when other people people children are on the line.
41. [R55] 1/5 · US Inconsistent, difficult for the school to use: Apparently this app is almost impossible for the school to use properly because they are unable to make updates for substitutions or delays. We cannot trust this app and the school blames the app and the app blames the school.
42. [R20] 3/5 · US Put some more time into this app: Used to love this app because it would tell me where my school bus was. Now I feel like it’s so inconsistent. If my bus is substituted, it just never shows on the map. Almost like a bus isn’t coming. But it is. And when it is coming, it’s pretty janky. Ik it just got updated but they updated to me just felt cleaner and weren’t based off of what we actually need: a
43. [R23] 5/5 · US Fun new design.: I really like the new design. The icons look more fun. Also I like that you can switch between kids faster than before.
44. [R64] 5/5 · US Love the App! Would like to see notifications on Routine Schedule Changes: I love the app. My family has been using it for 10 years. I would like to see a push and email notification when the routine stop schedule is changed. Not the calendar changes where school is delayed or buses are cancelled due to holidays but the actual adjustments that families should be aware of when the pick up /drop off
45. [R1] 5/5 · US Add to apple wallet: Good app
46. [R12] 1/5 · US Slow bus refreshes: The bus location refreshes so slowly now since the GUI update. The location refreshes almost stop completely once the bus enter my child’s circle zone. I can never trust the location of the bus. Please fix!
47. [R31] 2/5 · US Timing & notifications: My child’s bus runs early, the app tells us same previous scheduled time instead of actual time, the bus enters zone, 75% of the time we are not notified the bus is near. His bus has not been running at a normal scheduled time lately and my child has missed the bus many times over the past few months.
48. [R223] 3/5 · US 3.6.4 Buggy: Ever since updating about a month ago, when opening the app if I don’t click the map button fast enough it asks me to name my device. I’ve named it 30 different times and it keeps asking. Fix this issue please.
49. [R69] 1/5 · US County could not be found: My schools county was not in the list even though I 100% put the correct zip code.