OneBusAway App Reviews

Its ok but need to download faster

Not sure how the program calculates buses real time but there must be a better way. Even if buses do not have gps for riders it seems like user could opt in like waze does to crowd source locations. David

Not accurate at all. Most of the time ill be waiting around the bus for twenty min when the app says five then ten.. Then fifteen.. Etc.

The one thing I needed to know is where my bus is currently. Except that crucial information it shows everything else. Waste of time.

I recently started to take the bus again to get to school in Seattle and have downloaded a bunch of transit applications. This is one of my favorites in terms of UI and usefulness - much better than the new TripPlanner App from the city that is very cumbersome and annoying to use. It would be great to have a view that more easily allows you to see and explore bus routes (have been using Transit SEA for that) but is still very nice for looking at bus stops and arrival times. Please fix the issues that people are having with arrival time accuracy! I havent had so much of an issue because the buses Im using come frequently, but it will be a real shame if this isnt fixed.

Doesnt know my location or where closest stop. Interface is just bad.

Its a fair app. Its reliable and updates when there are bus changes (i.e when the 48 was changed to going only south) helped me out a lot as a UW student that buses from school to work in downtown

Shows wrong time. ALWAYS

Updated Review: I love the app still but I wish it did a better job of indicating when a route continues as another route. For example there is no way to tell that the 2 and 13 are continuations of each other. I use this app several times a week. I live off of a Rapid Ride route but sometimes the time marquee goes offline with the dreaded "Refer to Schedule". The app is intuitive and generally very well designed. It has always been accurate unlike Google Maps when viewing transit schedules. Whenever I meet someone new to the city I always point them towards this app. Keep up the great work!

This app has made commuting so much easier and less stressful. I love that it shows if your bus is running late.

I live in San Diego and dont know how I rode the bus without it. Extremely reliable and easy to use. A must have if you use SDMTS

Great concept, but drops the ball all the time. If its not consistent, pretty worthless.

I commute to UW via the bus and I use it every day I go to school and back. Its pretty accurate, once in a while a few minutes off of a difference. I like being able to bookmark because I can save bus stops that I go to most and open up their schedules quickly. One thing I would suggest is to have the app available for the Apple Watch because I feel it would be convenient to check on my wrist.

This app has helped me immensely!! I CAN NOT understand bus books and Im terrible with directions! Then someone suggested this app to me, and it saved my life! Its so easy! I love it!

The newest update has listed the scheduled arrival times of each and every stop that the selected bus will go to. Whats wrong with that? Its annoying to scroll through; especially if you scrolled to the bottom, only to scroll through every single stop on the way back up. The list is also quite distracting from the arrival time, as they are both similar text sizes and little contrast between dont. Please fix this!

Ive been using this app ever since I moved to the Seattle area nearly five years ago. This is probably the most useful app Ive ever downloaded and I use this app on a daily basis. I rely on OBA anytime there are delays due to games or general traffic disruptions. There are times where the app isnt accurate but I attribute that to KCM since thats where the data is pulled from. This is just a fantastic app and I think a lot of people would be lost without it.

I use this a lot in the North End of Tacoma and it works flawlessly. If I had one suggestion, I wish that it would tell me the first arrival in the morning at a bus stop, when I check it the previous evening. (It doesnt seem to be able to check the next day, but maybe thats a limitation of the data provider?)

My go-to app for the Seattle area. The locations and arrival times are almost always accurate (although there are some glitches during rush hour, for obvious reasons), and the app is fast and never crashes. It gets me where I need to be, when I need to be there.

Must-have for using Seattles regularly late buses. Remarkably accurate.

Thank you for this great app. Jere in Seattle it invaluable- especially when youre wondering which bus stop to go to or whether to grab a car2go to get to a meeting. Awesome!