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title: "OneBusAway - Reviews, Revenue and Downloads in United States | Apple App Store"
description: "When's my bus? OneBusAway answers that question in real time, at every stop, across your whole region.  Now with Live Activities: start tracking a ride and watch it approach from your Lock Screen, wit"
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# OneBusAway — United States
> Real-time transit information

![OneBusAway App Icon](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple221/v4/53/2a/6e/532a6e8d-8589-8c9a-c9de-9cca8b396ba8/AppIcon-0-0-1x_U007epad-0-1-85-220.png/434x0w.png)

**Developer:** [Open Transit Software Foundation](https://apptail.io/developer/open-transit-software-foundation-sHab)
**Category:** Navigation
**Rating:** 4.8/5 (654 ratings)
**Price:** Free
**Bundle ID:** org.onebusaway.iphone
**Store:** Apple App Store
**Country:** United States
**Version:** 26.3.0 (released 2026-07-28)
**Original Release:** 2011-07-09
**Languages:** English, Arabic, Finnish, French, Italian, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Spanish, Vietnamese

**App Store Link:** [Download on Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/app/id329380089)
**AppTail Page:** [https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/united-states](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/united-states)

## OneBusAway Description
When's my bus? OneBusAway answers that question in real time, at every stop, across your whole region.

Now with Live Activities: start tracking a ride and watch it approach from your Lock Screen, without opening the app.

Free, open source, and built by a nonprofit in partnership with your transit agency.

WHAT'S NEW

- Live Activities — follow your bus, train, or ferry from the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island.
- A redesigned stop view that opens right from the map, putting real-time arrivals one tap away.

FEATURES

- Real-time arrivals wherever your agency provides them.
- Departure alarms that nudge you before your ride pulls away.
- Trip planning with door-to-door directions across every agency in your region.
- See where your vehicle actually is on the map — buses, trains, ferries, streetcars, even funiculars.
- Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets for the routes you check most.
- Bookmarks and recent stops, so your daily commute is always a tap away.
- Nearby stops found automatically, or search by route, address, or stop number.
- Service alerts from your agency, right where you need them.

WHERE ONEBUSAWAY WORKS

- Davis, CA
- New York, NY
- San Diego, CA
- Seattle / Tacoma / Puget Sound, WA
- Tampa, FL
- Washington, D.C.
- Adelaide, Australia

ABOUT

OneBusAway is free and open source, maintained by transit riders and researchers since 2008. There are no ads and no account to create.

The app is published by the Open Transit Software Foundation, an IRS-registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit that has earned Silver Transparency status on Candid.

Questions, feedback, or support: 

OTSF on Candid: 

## OneBusAway Screenshots
- [Screenshot 1](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/e6/21/1b/e6211b9c-7db0-df98-7c68-31c70a189e3c/c006ad91-e2e3-4a3d-8d42-1d90fb0b75d5_ipad-01.jpg/2048x2732.png)
- [Screenshot 2](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/48/e0/6c/48e06cca-dc48-dbdb-c575-2c177d98d8a7/ef57f8cd-197a-4e94-9977-6e49e664c7f1_ipad-02.jpg/2048x2732.png)
- [Screenshot 3](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/1a/1d/fb/1a1dfb83-0ebd-0a93-1ff6-aefadd79411c/0f733fd7-f9d6-463c-a6d1-a90b56f32432_ipad-03.jpg/2048x2732.png)
- [Screenshot 4](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/c0/7d/d6/c07dd6c7-856b-0442-3c0c-9193173dbe27/8e2e0f89-b208-4b12-96dc-f507fa9dc5ba_ipad-04.jpg/2048x2732.png)

## OneBusAway Rating Breakdown in United States
- 5 stars: 582 (89%)
- 4 stars: 51 (8%)
- 3 stars: 7 (1%)
- 2 stars: 1 (0%)
- 1 stars: 13 (2%)

## OneBusAway Reviews in United States

### ***** "Only app worth having in DC"
This is the only app that actually knows when buses are coming in DC, about down to the minute. I love this app!
-- Carrie.Schmaus, 2025-06-24

### ***** "Loveeee it"
i loveee this app, always helping me get to my bus ontime which is convenient for school
-- mlaiiii, 2025-06-15

### ***** "Better than Transit"
I've had this app for a long time, and I can say that it is so much better than the Transit app. OneBusAway gives me a lot of features to track my bus and when it's expected to arrive at my stop for free. It's really helpful for me to know the road number of a certain bus, especially that I'm a transit enthusiast and can identify most buses around the San Diego area. And I like that this app is even recommended by Metropolitan Transit System themselves.
-- Ethan Wood 2, 2025-05-30

### *---- "No more notifications?"
OneBusAway has been a crucial part of my Seattle commutes for almost a decade now. It’s always been useful, but the most important part has been getting notifications and reminders for when my busses are due to arrive. But now that functionality no longer exists?

Now when I select a bus from a stop, there just flat out isn’t any “Add Reminder” option. Part of the convenience of this app was being able to set those alarms and go about my day without having to check the bus stop schedules.

I’ve been trying to find documentation but I haven’t been able to find anything that indicates a change to notifications. And I can’t find anything that bug report page on OBA’s website.

So either this is a change that massively kills the functionality of the app. Or this is an innocent bug but with no transparent way to flag the issue for the developers. Either way, it’s frustrating.
-- Shootthemoon126, 2025-05-01

### *---- "always having some sort of error"
Hard to use, outdated
-- .ł, 2025-04-29

### ***** "Must-have for Seattle-area transit"
I’ve been using this app for over a decade now, and I love it! Sure, it’s not the flashiest app and definitely isn’t the fanciest interface but it’s extremely functional, and once you learn the difference between scheduled/not real time buses versus the ones with live tracking data, it makes all the difference. Knowing a bus is going to be several minutes late has saved me from unnecessary sprinting on many occasions. This app is totally volunteer-run and I highly encourage those who are able to donate. It’s a really valuable public service that is not currently being provided by the local transit agencies. Kudos to everyone behind maintaining and updating this app, I can’t imagine getting around without it anymore!
-- KeyesRM, 2025-04-18

### *---- "Doesn’t work on the iPad"
It works fine on my iPhone, but doesn’t work at all on my iPad. The app opens, but shows no stops, in app navigation buttons may or may not show.  Apple Maps is a better choice for the iPad.
-- Deep River, 2025-03-19

### ***-- "Alarm function?"
Where the F did the alarm functionality go?! That was the best part of this app. Also recently it’s said buses hadn’t come yet that had already left the stops. What’s going on?
-- Freddi, 2025-03-02

### ****- "Apple Watch support?"
Love the app,  but Apple Watch support would be so helpful!
-- EnochAndrews, 2025-01-20

### **--- "Unusable after Update"
Used to be a good app. Relied on it multiple times a week, several times a day. After the recent update, the estimate times are COMPLETELY off. The app is pointless if the times are wrong and you’re 30 min early or 10 min late. It’s true for all stops in 2 different transit counties. I’m about to trash it if they can’t get the estimates back to even a little bit close.
-- UrbanDoe, 2024-12-29

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## OneBusAway Store Rankings
| Chart | Country | Category | Rank |
|-------|---------|----------|------|
| Top Free | Mexico | Navigation | #79 |
| Top Free | United States | Navigation | #173 |

## OneBusAway Discovered Keywords
- seattle bus
- orca card
- seattle metro
- sound transit
- pierce transit
- bus route
- bus seattle
- transit bus
- bus times
- transit seattle

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## OneBusAway Available In
- [United States](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/united-states)
- [Mexico](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/mexico)
- [China](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/china)
- [India](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/india)
- [Japan](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/japan)
- [Russia](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/russia)
- [Poland](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/poland)
- [Kazakhstan](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/kazakhstan)
- [Australia](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/australia)
- [Vietnam](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/vietnam)
- [Türkiye](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/turkey)
- [Brazil](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/brazil)
- [Germany](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/germany)
- [Kenya](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/kenya)
- [Belgium](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/belgium)
- [Denmark](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/denmark)
- [Dominican Republic](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/dominican-republic)
- [Algeria](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/algeria)
- [Ecuador](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/ecuador)
- [Estonia](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/estonia)
- [Egypt](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/egypt)
- [Spain](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/spain)
- [Finland](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/finland)
- [France](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/france)
- [United Kingdom](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/united-kingdom)
- [Greece](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/greece)
- [Hong Kong SAR China](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/hong-kong)
- [Honduras](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/honduras)
- [Croatia](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/croatia)
- [Hungary](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/hungary)
- [Indonesia](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/indonesia)
- [Ireland](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/ireland)
- [Israel](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/israel)
- [Iceland](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/iceland)
- [Italy](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/italy)
- [South Korea](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/south-korea)
- [Kuwait](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/kuwait)
- [Lebanon](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/lebanon)
- [Sri Lanka](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/sri-lanka)
- [Lithuania](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/lithuania)
- [Luxembourg](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/luxembourg)
- [Latvia](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/latvia)
- [Madagascar](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/madagascar)
- [North Macedonia](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/north-macedonia)
- [Malta](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/malta)
- [Malaysia](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/malaysia)
- [Nigeria](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/nigeria)
- [Netherlands](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/netherlands)
- [Norway](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/norway)
- [Nepal](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/nepal)
- [New Zealand](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/new-zealand)
- [Peru](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/peru)
- [Philippines](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/philippines)
- [Pakistan](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/pakistan)
- [Portugal](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/portugal)
- [Paraguay](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/paraguay)
- [Qatar](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/qatar)
- [Romania](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/romania)
- [Saudi Arabia](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/saudi-arabia)
- [Sweden](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/sweden)
- [Singapore](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/singapore)
- [Slovenia](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/slovenia)
- [Slovakia](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/slovakia)
- [Thailand](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/thailand)
- [Taiwan](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/taiwan)
- [Ukraine](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/ukraine)
- [Uganda](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/uganda)
- [Uzbekistan](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/uzbekistan)
- [United Arab Emirates](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/united-arab-emirates)
- [South Africa](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/south-africa)
- [Armenia](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/armenia)
- [Angola](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/angola)
- [Argentina](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/argentina)
- [Austria](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/austria)
- [Azerbaijan](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/azerbaijan)
- [Bulgaria](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/bulgaria)
- [Bahrain](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/bahrain)
- [Brunei](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/brunei)
- [Belarus](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/belarus)
- [Canada](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/canada)
- [Switzerland](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/switzerland)
- [Chile](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/chile)
- [Colombia](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/colombia)
- [Czechia](https://apptail.io/app/onebusaway-jyzc/czechia)

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