WheresTheBus

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Last verified 30 Aug 2026

4.7 16397 ratings · App Store

1. 1/5Reinstalling constantly

   So last week I went to open the where is the bus app and I received an error that said alert please try again in a little while so I hit OK and this happens every single time I attempted to open the app for the next three days. I then uninstall the app and reinstalled it. It worked for about two days after that I have been deleting the app and reinstalling it every morning just to get it to work to track my son’s bus. It has a lot of bugs to begin with but this one is really bad. I have tried reaching out to email support without any reply. Can this please be fixed because this is a major inconvenience I do not nor if I was not on Wi-Fi or 5G would I be able to reinstall this app every morning which I should not have to do to begin with thank you. Also, the notifications are extremely delayed. I did not get a notification until about three hours after an incident with the and my child was already home.

   Joe’sMama · 30 Aug 2026

2. 2/5Very buggy app with great potential

   I’ve had this app since my youngest started first grade. It’s worked perfectly and very well for maybe one third of that time. For a long time, it had our bus stop wrong. It showed the first stop on the bus’s route, but not ours, which is the last stop on the route. It gave the eta to that stop, and then showed “Passed stop”. I could follow the bus icon and see that it was approaching, but had to estimate eta. Now, it’s not showing the stop at all. All that’s on the map is my house and the bus icon. The fact that it has problems isn’t so much the issue. My problem is the response to support requests. When you put in a problem report, you get no response. I guess they’re under staffed or over worked. It takes weeks to get an issue fixed, and there is no contact from anyone saying your complaint is being addressed or has even been received.

   Weebs49 · 30 Aug 2026

3. 1/5Extremely inaccurate

   The eta and the actual whereabouts of the bus are both extremely inaccurate! The other day it showed my daughter’s bus being in a different neighborhood and still 20 minutes before drop off WHEN THEY CAME WALKING IN THE DOOR. My daughter is in kindergarten! She was walked home by her niece who is only a 2nd grader! I rely heavily on this app being accurate, and it just is not. So instead I spend 30-50 minutes at the stop just waiting and wasting time never knowing when the kids will show up! Stupid to even offer the app and not be at least mostly accurate! At least get the LOCATION correct! My daughter’s bus has been “sitting in a neighborhood 3.5 miles away” since Thursday last week. It has never caught up to their real location once since then. So in closing-the concept is great and it COULD be a time saver (especially in a district with many problems on tardiness due to shortage of drivers), but do NOT put your faith in this app. It has about 0% chance of being right.

   MomOfLotOf5 · 30 Aug 2026

4. 4/5Could be Better

   This app is very glitchy. Considering that so many parents rely upon it to ensure their kids are getting to school on time and (even more importantly) getting home safely, I wish there was more put into this app. It has done some really strange things in the past that had me in a bit of a panic, not really knowing where my disabled child was. That said, all in all, I do rely on this app a lot because I live in an area where buses are often late, and with my kiddo, waiting outside for an hour would be nearly impossible. When the app is working, it is very accurate with location. The ETA feature doesn’t work for us. I’m not sure why. I would love if they could get that feature to work everywhere. If there was a way to build in an alert when the bus was X minutes away or when the bus was at a specific location on the map, that would be ideal. All in all, it’s an ok app. It gets the job done most of the time. I just feel like with technology that’s available in 2025, it could be so much better.

   CarmenP43 · 30 Aug 2026

5. 5/5Oh, I love this thing

   As a parent, there is so much to say. You can have your kid bring their phone, stick an Apple air tag in their backpack, etc.—but to have an “uber like” experience where you know not only THAT your child is on their bus but WHERE the bus is and WHEN the bus is going to arrive or has? That is some next level reassurance. It is incredible how much tech has advanced since we were kids and that little extra “hey, heads up” is exactly how tech should be utilized. Get away with in a few years: being the kids we were 😆. I know how long it takes to walk—even at a very turtle slow pace—from their stop to our home. It helps me continue to build my trust in them, and catch they butts if they don’t. 💅🏻

   Scriptcomt23 · 30 Aug 2026

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