WheresTheBus 4+

I used to have to wait over an hour for the bus to arrive some days it was early most days it was extremely late other days I was frantic wondering what was going on constantly having to call transportation now I have an idea of when the bus is going to arrive I just wished it was like the bus app used in Collier County Florida It let you know what time your child boarded the bus and what time the bus dropped your child off at because sometimes it’s confusing and I’m not sure if the bus has come or is running late from the previous school it just shows you the location of the bus not telling you if your child is already on the bus other than that I 100% love It

While a terrific idea and much needed tool, the interface looks like it was written for a kindergartner, almost cartoonish. The most annoying thing is the map continues to resize after zooming on the location of the bus. Is the App called "Where's my house and the Bus?" No, it is called "Where's the Bus?" So concentrate on the position of the bus and allow me to zoom in and stay zoomed in. The tag on the bus icon updates with the distance. That's all I need to know. The next annoying thing is the displayed distance appears to be from the bus to my house and it should be from the bus to the bus stop. Please fix these three issues and you will have a far better app.
Update: 01Sep21- Attempted to use the app while waiting for bus. The app opens to a splash screen and does nothing else. After 30 I closed the app and reopened with same results. On fifth time the map appeared and showed the bus progress. 1.3 miles away the progress stopped. The screen was frozen and moments later the bus arrived. Maybe ex hurricane Ida is to blame. Or maybe it's as others described and the backend servers are deficient.

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.