BusBuddy Ottawa6.3 - App Store

Bus Buddy Ottawa, now in its 14th year of usage.

Easily navigate the OC Transpo transit network. You can view bus stops, routes, bus arrival times at a stop (both scheduled and GPS realtime).

- see bus routes on a map and see bus locations.
- see bus stops on a map along with StreetView
- see all bus schedules for the entire day and next day.
- Trip planning interface to built in travel planners.
- see OC Transpo system updates regarding route changes
- two modes - light and dark
- much much more
Credits
- App icon and design/graphics by SkyPyre Studios.

Version History Bug Fixes 6.3 Aug 26 Improved the OC Transpo Updates screen. 6.2 12/27/2025 Trip planner has been fixed and will now properly find locations you enter. In addition, the trip planner now opens Apple Maps to plan the trip. 6.01 07/19/2025 OCTranspo has introduced a new data system which changes how BusBuddy acquires the real time arrival information. In the past, the data was provided by servers owned and operated by OCTranspo. Now, BusBuddy will use its own server to provide this information. With this change, cancelled and added trips will be more accurately shown. The bus ID (4 digit number) will be shown when that information is available. The type of bus (short, double decker or long) will also return to the app. Electric buses will be noted in Green.

As a result of this change, you will need to re-create your favourite stops and routes. This was necessary the internal stop numbers and routes have changed. Sorry about this inconvenience and thanks for continuing to use BusBuddy. 6.0 03/18/2025 Important fix to handle errors from the OCTranspo API. 5.4.1 08/23/2021 Important update as OCTranspo has updated their data source for real time updates. Please update as soon as possible. 5.4 02/12/2021 Improvements and bug fixes. 5.3.3 07/24/2020 Minor bug fixes. 5.3.2 07/22/2020 Minor bug fixes. 5.3.1 03/31/2020 Bus routes shown on the map are more accurate using OCTranspo route data. 5.3 02/09/2020 Minor bug fixes. 5.2.4 05/15/2019 Minor bug fixes.

The travel planner will now bring up a mapping program to show you the possible transit routes. 5.2.3 05/13/2019 Bus numbers now appear on the buses on the map. Other minor improvements. 5.2.2 04/24/2019 Fixed a problem when a route appears as not in service when it should be. Fixed a potential issue which may cause the trip planner to crash after entering an origin or destination. 5.2.1 12/06/2018 Added a map to the detailed arrival screen. Map can be resized or removed completely. Option in "advanced settings" to show map automatically or not. 5.2 11/17/2018 Added ability to see bus locations on route from the list of stops and detailed bus route pages. Minor bug fixes. 5.1 11/14/2018 All new version with improvements across the board. Consistent design across screens, choice of light or dark mode, better trip planner and easier to read instructions, and maps. More concise view of OC Transpo updates for route changes and other general information. Route times now span two days so no gaps in the middle of the night. Clear indication when a route is not in currently in service. Much much more. 5.0 11/08/2018 Fixed a problem where the app would crash when performing a trip plan under certain conditions.
Other bug fixes. 4.5.2 12/08/2017 Minor fix. 4.5.1 09/12/2017 Fixed a crash when displaying the location of the buses on a route. 4.5 09/04/2017 Big improvements to the location search in the trip planner. You can now enter an address or a place/keywords to find your location. A list of matches will be provided from which you can choose. Address matching is improved and will even match misspelled or partial street names (if possible). If you have any "saved" trips, it is recommended to delete them and re-add them to ensure greatest possible accuracy.

Fixed a bug in the config section in the downloading of the new schedule which caused a crash before. Also, if in the rare situation when the latest schedule download fails and the routes/stops are empty, you can re-download the latest schedule (look in the config section for details).

Major new feature - Favourite Stop Grouping. Many have asked to create "groups" of favourite stops. You can now do this by "long press" on the stop on the main page. You can select groups A to D. "-" means no group. You can switch between groups easily on the main page by tapping the appropriate group letter. A stop can be in multiple groups (A-D). Selecting "-" removes it from all other groups.
As always - thanks for using BusBuddy! More improvements coming all the time. 4.4 11/01/2016 You can now delete a favourite bus stop from the route selection screen using a new "Delete" button. This is useful when you had a favourite bus stop with a route that no longer stops at that stop.

Other minor bug fixes. 4.3 07/15/2016 Bug fix. Selecting a single bus at a stop from the stop list did not always provide GPS results. Please update to this version. 4.2 05/23/2016 Bug fixes and formatting fixes. 4.1 03/30/2016 - UI changes
- New Travel planner and interface now provides a choice of routes and will be more reliable. 4.0.1 10/22/2015