Busly (Legacy)

Name: Busly (Legacy)
Rating: 3.9 (53 reviews)
Author: Alex Perez

Live Map & Bus Times

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad

53 Ratings
Ages

4+
Years
Category

Navigation
Developer

Alex Perez
Language

EN
English
Size

12.3
MB

View up-to-date locations and time predictions for the buses of over 60 NextBus® agencies. LIVE MAP Get up-to-date bus positions showing exactly where each bus is along its route. PUSH NOTIFICATIONS Get real-time updates regarding delays, closures, and other important messages. FAVORITE STOPS Add stops you use often to your Favorites for quick, easy access. NEARBY STOPS See stops nearest to your current location, as well as how far they are. SET REMINDERS Easily set reminder notifications so you don't forget to catch your bus when it arrives. NOTIFICATION CENTER WIDGETS 2 Notification Center widgets for easy access to time predictions for nearby stops as well as your favorites. APPLE WATCH + IPAD Optimized for iOS 17, iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. AGENCIES - Toronto Transit Commission - Jacksonville Transportation Authority - Chapel Hill Transit - Massachusetts Institute of Technology - University of California Berkeley - Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority ...And many more! If you run into any issues or have any feedback, use the in-app Support button or email support@iminichrispy.com. You can also tweet me @iMinichrispy. NextBus is a registered trademark of Cubic Transportation Systems, Inc. This app is not affiliated with NextBus and is not the official NextBus app.

Ratings & Reviews

3.9

out of 5

53 Ratings

Can’t find agency list!
11/06/2017

DudeWheresMyCloud?
Had high hopes for a clean and simple NextBus app...but this app simply hangs (for me) when it first comes up saying “Error loading agency list...” There is nowhere else to go at that point so for me the app is useless. Suspect something in the NextBus api changed. Here’s hoping the Developer fixes this soon. Will be happy to rate again when it works!UPDATE: Agency list now loads, thanks. I think the core ideas of this app are what I am looking for, but there are a few issues or me. At first it was not clear why I only saw a limited number of routes in the tab bar across the top and could only browse a subset of the routes.. (figured that out by going into the setting). Then with my routes preselected I was still having issues selecting a route/tab (but granted, I have been seeing other apps have somewhat similar issues on iPad after iOS 11.) But probably most disconcerting (and something that could be easily fixed) is the stop-favorites prediction times do not show which bus is coming at what time... just the prediction times (some of my stops have multiple routes I ride).

Developer Response
Hi DudeWheresMyCloud,Really sorry to hear you're having issues loading the agency list. I looked into it and you're right, NextBus made a change in their API that broke my server but I just pushed a fix that should resolve the issue. Please let me know if you run into any other problems and I hope Bus.ly will exceed your expectations as a clean as simple NextBus app :)- Alex
Can’t find agency list!
11/06/2017

DudeWheresMyCloud?

Had high hopes for a clean and simple NextBus app...but this app simply hangs (for me) when it first comes up saying “Error loading agency list...” There is nowhere else to go at that point so for me the app is useless. Suspect something in the NextBus api changed. Here’s hoping the Developer fixes this soon. Will be happy to rate again when it works!UPDATE: Agency list now loads, thanks. I think the core ideas of this app are what I am looking for, but there are a few issues or me. At first it was not clear why I only saw a limited number of routes in the tab bar across the top and could only browse a subset of the routes.. (figured that out by going into the setting). Then with my routes preselected I was still having issues selecting a route/tab (but granted, I have been seeing other apps have somewhat similar issues on iPad after iOS 11.) But probably most disconcerting (and something that could be easily fixed) is the stop-favorites prediction times do not show which bus is coming at what time... just the prediction times (some of my stops have multiple routes I ride).
Developer Response 11/06/2017
Hi DudeWheresMyCloud,Really sorry to hear you're having issues loading the agency list. I looked into it and you're right, NextBus made a change in their API that broke my server but I just pushed a fix that should resolve the issue. Please let me know if you run into any other problems and I hope Bus.ly will exceed your expectations as a clean as simple NextBus app :)- Alex
Disappointed
02/23/2019

***rider
This app will remove my selected routes and replace with undesired routes at various times.

Developer Response
Hi ***rider, sorry to hear you're having trouble with the app. This issue usually shows up when an agency changes their routes and new ones get loaded. It should only happen rarely but if you're experiencing this often, would you mind using the in-app Support button on the Settings page and let me know what agency you're using so I can investigate this further? -Alex
Disappointed
02/23/2019

***rider

This app will remove my selected routes and replace with undesired routes at various times.
Developer Response 02/23/2019
Hi ***rider, sorry to hear you're having trouble with the app. This issue usually shows up when an agency changes their routes and new ones get loaded. It should only happen rarely but if you're experiencing this often, would you mind using the in-app Support button on the Settings page and let me know what agency you're using so I can investigate this further? -Alex
What’s “Invalid Agency”? It’s MUNI’s failure!
10/07/2023

Annoyedbycoinbase
The app shows the error now as SF MUNI, the most incompetent public transportation organization in the world, is doing one of their “upgrades” and cut off a number of apps from their feed. SF MUNI is a total disgrace and everyone working there should be fired. This department ought to be rebuild from the scratch after finding people who run the same business in Japan, Germany, Switzerland or any other place where they served a couple of million inhabitants. Anyway, I received a really fast response to my initial post with an explanation why the app does not work anymore in SF - thank you Alex very much for that. I’m happy to update my review as this is a problem created by MUNI. Original app is great because you can see a number of buses at the same time instead of only one line. I was happy to learn that Alex Perez created another app that work in SF

Developer Response
Hi Annoyedbycoinbase,Unfortunately, SF Muni was removed from the NextBus data feed so consequently it is no longer supported by the Busly app. However, if you download my other app, “SF Muni Buses”, it’s using a different data source and has the exact same look & feel you should be used to from the Busly app. Please don’t hesitate to reach out via the in-app Support button if you run into any other issues. Cheers,Alex
What’s “Invalid Agency”? It’s MUNI’s failure!
10/07/2023

Annoyedbycoinbase

The app shows the error now as SF MUNI, the most incompetent public transportation organization in the world, is doing one of their “upgrades” and cut off a number of apps from their feed. SF MUNI is a total disgrace and everyone working there should be fired. This department ought to be rebuild from the scratch after finding people who run the same business in Japan, Germany, Switzerland or any other place where they served a couple of million inhabitants. Anyway, I received a really fast response to my initial post with an explanation why the app does not work anymore in SF - thank you Alex very much for that. I’m happy to update my review as this is a problem created by MUNI. Original app is great because you can see a number of buses at the same time instead of only one line. I was happy to learn that Alex Perez created another app that work in SF
Developer Response 11/16/2022
Hi Annoyedbycoinbase,Unfortunately, SF Muni was removed from the NextBus data feed so consequently it is no longer supported by the Busly app. However, if you download my other app, “SF Muni Buses”, it’s using a different data source and has the exact same look & feel you should be used to from the Busly app. Please don’t hesitate to reach out via the in-app Support button if you run into any other issues. Cheers,Alex
Why septa not covered?
07/27/2021

truthisallto
Why septa not covered?

Developer Response
Hi truthisallto, unfortunately the service that powers the bus data shown in the app (NextBus) does not have support for SEPTA at this time so as a result we are not able to show routes & bus times for this agency. Hopefully this will change in the future but unfortunately it's out of our hands for the time being.
Why septa not covered?
07/27/2021

truthisallto

Why septa not covered?
Developer Response 07/29/2021
Hi truthisallto, unfortunately the service that powers the bus data shown in the app (NextBus) does not have support for SEPTA at this time so as a result we are not able to show routes & bus times for this agency. Hopefully this will change in the future but unfortunately it's out of our hands for the time being.

- Added support for iOS 18 & watchOS 11 - App icon now adapts to dark/tinted home screen themes

Version 4.0.20

09/11/2024

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