BusBuddy Ottawa

4.1

My Appatory

5.00

1,073 reviews

100,000+
Downloads

Free

Navigate Ottawa's OCTranspo transit network with ease.

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About BusBuddy Ottawa

BusBuddy Ottawa is a maps & navigation app developed by My Appatory.

How many times has BusBuddy Ottawa been downloaded?

BusBuddy Ottawa has been downloaded 150 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 300 times.

What is the rating of BusBuddy Ottawa?

BusBuddy Ottawa is rated 5.00 out of 5 stars, based on 1.1 thousand ratings.

Is BusBuddy Ottawa free?

BusBuddy Ottawa is free to download. The APK download size is 9.82 MB. The latest version available is 4.1. The last update was on July 21, 2025.

What are the requirements for BusBuddy Ottawa?

BusBuddy Ottawa requires Android 4.4+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play December 2013.

Description

Get around Ottawa with OCTranspo with ease. See all bus routes, all bus stops, and bus arrival times. Real-time bus arrivals made possible by OCTranspo real-time data feed based on GPS location of the buses.

Save favourite stops and routes for quick access to information you need to get on your way.

Trip planner included using OCTranspo's trip planning capability.

Tips

1. Use 'long press' on routes and stops to save them as a favourite which will then appear on the main menu.
2. Use 'long press' on the main menu to edit/delete favourites.
3. Tap a single route on the main menu (in Stop Section) to get more details on that stop/bus route. Tap the right side of the stop cell to get stop times for all routes at that stop. Long press the right to edit that favourite stop.

Suggestions welcome - send email to help@myappatory.com

Recent changes:
The trip planner has been fixed to correctly find locations entered. In addition, electric buses will be denoted in green.

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More data about BusBuddy Ottawa

Price	Free to download
Total downloads	150 thousand
Recent downloads	300
Rating	5.00 based on 1.1 thousand ratings
Ranking	Not ranked
Version	4.1
APK size	9.82 MB
Number of libraries	26
Designed for Android	4.4+
Suitable for	Everyone
Ads	Contains ads

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Google Play Rating history and histogram

1.1K

Downloads over time

BusBuddy Ottawa has been downloaded 150 thousand times. Over the past 30 days, it has been downloaded 300 times.

Changelog of BusBuddy Ottawa

Jul 21, 2025UpdateVersion 4.1
Mar 19, 2025UpdateVersion 4.0
Nov 1, 2022UpdateVersion 3.5
May 4, 2021UpdateVersion 3.4
Feb 12, 2021UpdateVersion 3.3
Feb 8, 2020UpdateVersion 3.2
Dec 2, 2019UpdateVersion 3.1.8
Oct 19, 2019UpdateVersion 3.1.7
Aug 30, 2019UpdateVersion 3.1.5
Jul 15, 2019UpdateVersion 3.1.4
Jul 12, 2019UpdateVersion 3.1.3
Jun 11, 2019UpdateVersion 3.1.0
May 15, 2019UpdateVersion 3.0.8
Jan 22, 2019UpdateVersion 2.4.9
Dec 21, 2018UpdateVersion 2.4.8
Dec 12, 2018UpdateVersion 2.4.4
Nov 13, 2018UpdateVersion 2.4.2
Nov 6, 2018Installs100,000+ installs
Feb 26, 2018UpdateVersion 2.3.8
Jan 9, 2018UpdateVersion 2.3.7
Nov 1, 2017UpdateVersion 2.3.5
Sep 16, 2017UpdateVersion 2.3.4
Mar 4, 2017UpdateVersion 2.3.1
Dec 28, 2016UpdateVersion 2.2.9
Nov 25, 2016UpdateVersion 2.2.8
Nov 5, 2016UpdateVersion 2.2.7
Oct 22, 2016UpdateVersion 2.2.4
Oct 21, 2016UpdateVersion 2.2.3
Oct 16, 2016UpdateVersion 2.2
Jul 19, 2016UpdateVersion 1.3
Dec 25, 2015Installs50,000+ installs
Nov 5, 2015UpdateVersion 1.2.6
Sep 11, 2015UpdateVersion 1.2.4
Jun 23, 2015UpdateVersion 1.2.3
May 19, 2015UpdateVersion 1.2.2
Jan 8, 2015UpdateVersion 1.2.1
Oct 5, 2014UpdateVersion 1.2.0
Jun 23, 2014UpdateVersion 1.1.9
Jun 15, 2014UpdateVersion 1.1.8
Jun 7, 2014Installs10,000+ installs
May 2, 2014UpdateVersion 1.1.7
Apr 12, 2014UpdateVersion 1.1.6
Mar 19, 2014UpdateVersion 1.1.5
Mar 15, 2014UpdateVersion 1.1.4
Mar 3, 2014Installs5,000+ installs
Feb 27, 2014UpdateVersion 1.1.3
Feb 3, 2014UpdateVersion 1.1.1
Jan 18, 2014UpdateVersion 1.1
Jan 10, 2014UpdateVersion 1.0.12
Jan 6, 2014UpdateVersion 1.0.10

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Comments on BusBuddy Ottawa for Android

★★★★★ Laith A. · Jul 7, 2020

Great app. But be careful from GPS based bus time. The app gets it from transport agencies, so I've been missing buses and taking cabs because of them, not the app itself. I also use multiple apps to double-check schedules and arrival times.

★★★★★ Alex Snows · Jan 25, 2026

Have you ever wanted to take control of your own OC Transpo experience, without Transit/Google Maps giving you some convoluted route that only makes sense to the algorithm? WELL NOW YOU CAN!! Bus Buddy is simply the best app I have ever found for OC Transpo! Lightweight, superfast, no bloated features, and YOU ARE IN CONTROL! Hint: To add your own notes/descriptions for each stop, or shortcut to the Google street view of a stop - just long-press on your stops in favorites!

★☆☆☆☆ M. K · Sep 29, 2021

Horrible. GPS RARELY works and even if it does work, if the bus is later than the scheduled time then it just indicated you missed it and stops tracking. How is that useful in any way? Isn't the point of GPS to show us where the bus is? Even if it's late? I have always hated this app because there seem to be random times when everything works great but then weeks of no GPS with buses showing up early or late or not at all. You'd think it would be better by now?

★★☆☆☆ mir st · Dec 6, 2021

Wow this apl has gone downhill. Sometime atip will disappear from favorite or the gps will stop function saying the buss is close but not. I don't blame the development owner since oc transpo won't gove out the source data etc. but since August this app has gpne down hill. Sometimes I refresh the lain page bit if you go to the sub individually time slot the time gps is mest up or gone. I like the app because if buss is late it doesn't push it off. Edit: if time pass buss time sch gps stops tracking

★★☆☆☆ Caroline Whitby · Feb 27, 2020

Lately the app is wrong most of the time on gps arrival times, and has caused so many late days for me.

★☆☆☆☆ Charles Soifer · Apr 1, 2025

All used to be great. Now it fails to show stop times on the main favorite screen. App has become useless

Google Play Rankings for BusBuddy Ottawa

This app is not ranked

Technologies used by BusBuddy Ottawa

BusBuddy Ottawa is requesting 16 permissions and is using 28 libraries.

Permissions

Your location

approximate (network-based) location, precise (GPS) location

Network communication

view network connections, full network access, receive data from Internet

Your accounts

read Google service configuration

System tools

prevent phone from sleeping

Extra

android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID, android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION, android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_TOPICS, android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE, android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS, com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE, com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID, com.myappatory.busbuddy.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION, com.myappatory.busbuddy.permission.MAPS_RECEIVE

Ad network libraries

AdMob

Social libraries

None found

Development tools

Android Jetpack core

Android Architecture Components

Android Jetpack VersionedParcelable Firebase Android Library Icon

Firebase

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Android Jetpack AppCompat AndroidX Activity Android Library Icon

AndroidX Activity Android Activity Saved State Android Library Icon

Android Activity Saved State AndroidX Loader Android Library Icon

AndroidX Loader Google Cloud Messaging (GCM) Android Library Icon

Google Cloud Messaging (GCM)

Android Transition Support Library

Android Support Library collections

Android Support VectorDrawable

AndroidX Legacy: Support Library core utils AndroidX Cursor Adapter Android Library Icon

AndroidX Cursor Adapter

AndroidX Local Broadcast Manager

Android Support Library Print

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Google gson Android WorkManager Android Library Icon

Android WorkManager AndroidX Widget ViewPager2 Android Library Icon

AndroidX Widget ViewPager2 AndroidX Multi-Dex Library Android Library Icon

AndroidX Multi-Dex Library Google Maps SDK Android Library Icon

Google Maps SDK Joda Android Library Icon

Joda

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