NYC Bus Checker Negative Reviews

NYC Bus Checker App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024

NYC Bus Checker app received 19 complaints, negative comments and reviews by users. Have you ever had a bad experience using NYC Bus Checker? Can you share your negative thoughts about nyc bus checker?

NYC Bus Checker for Negative User Reviews

✓ Nothing on the Lock ScreenStill can’t see anything on the Lock Screen. And there’s no widget..Barry2016Version: 10.38.1

✓ LousyI used to love this app, since u decided to change to 24 hours time it’s the worst. I wold suggest the people who decided to up grade it shld also use it in the Bronx where it’s 24 hour time. Nowhere else is this 24 hours but the Bronx. I come out it says the hour time and guess what NO bus and I’m waiting first 10 minutes then another 10 minutes I would still be there I decided to use the bus across then the trains. So where is the bus ???.Item whn readyVersion: 6.3.18

✓ The update is awfulI’ve used this for years and it used to be such a good app. It is now terrible after the recent update. It’s difficult to use and filled with annoying ads. If it doesn’t improve very shortly, I’m deleting it..MVC525Version: 10.30.3

✓ Not accurate.Sometimes this app works but most of y time it’s WAY off. For example, I left my apartment 10 minutes ago when the app said the bus was 8 minutes away. After 10 minutes of waiting the app still says it’s 8 minutes away. This happens every other time I use this app. Buses also disappear from the app. The app will say a bus is five minutes away and a minute later that bus has been removed from the cue and the next one is 10 to 20 minutes away..Dlcdlc17Version: 6.3.18

✓ The worse new app I’ve ever seenThis app is totally unusable, whereas before you could tap your stop and it would give you all the times of buses stoping there , this app give you none , impossible to navigate , can’t understand what they were thinking …. Really sad as it was one of the most useful apps even though it was not perfect this iterating is ridiculous.Roman XIIIVersion: 10.30.3

✓ No longer a good appThis used to be one of the best NYC bus apps available. No longer. If commuting before about 5:30 am, it no longer shows times for approaching buses, it just pulls data showing scheduled times - which is useless in NYC. It’s a shame, this used to be such a useful app, with a good interface..Sharper500Version: 6.3.18

✓ No More Countdown TimeThis app was great but the recent versions have done away with the countdown in minutes and switched to scheduled military time. Needless to say this is useless and not in real time. I don’t know what idiot came up with this idea but they should be fired immediately. If this app doesn’t update and go back to the countdown in minutes in 2 weeks I’m deleting it. Why would you screw up such a great working app?.#•mlk•#Version: 6.3.18

✓ UnreliableInconsistent and often inaccurate, especially in my almost daily experience in Queens. Times are incorrect and buses frequently “disappear” from the tracker. It will say the next bus is 10 minutes away, then five minutes later it says 30 minutes..PMR77Version: 6.3.18

✓ Often wrongBoth misses buses that come and predicts ones that don’t. Both are majorly problematic, especially in terrible weather. I guess I don’t understand how these apps work if they are so inaccurate..Qzgrigmrm245Version: 6.3.18

✓ Lately it hasn’t been workingWhen this app works- it’s amazing! A must-have! The bus countdowns are accurate and super helpful for my daily commute. However lately (the last 3ish months), the app hasn’t been work properly. It shows the bus scheduled times - not the countdown of how many minutes away the bus is (real time)- and it’s not accurate. My commute has become a small nightmare just with this minor hiccup on that’ll app. Please fix it!.PersephoneXOVersion: 6.3.18

✓ Bad update.This used to be my go to app. I loved the real time bus checker. But then the update to remove real time and go to army time in when the bus SHOULD arrive killed this for me. Hopefully there’s another update to fix this..SoulDude2852Version: 6.3.18

✓ Not as good as it used to beAccuracy has gone down. It will say the bus is 7 minutes away and then a minute later say it’s due. Or the bus will disappear from the list entirely..ManishabkVersion: 6.3.18

✓ Privacy concernThe developer recently made a change to need “always” enabled in location settings to see bus times, versus just “while using”. Great app, but do not see why that is needed (other than revenue from location data), as the live arrival times worked fine without that earlier..DjrobotronVersion: 6.3.18

✓ Time is always wrongToday it said the bus was 6 minutes away for about 10 minutes.Bend.musicVersion: 10.44.1

✓ The new version is terribleIt used to be simple, easy to use and reliable app. Now it’s difficult to find bus stops, saving favorite stops means nothing as I can’t find the list of saved stops, and the adds are relentless… The app no longer shows scheduled buses that are not yet on the move….MarcinCVersion: 10.30.3

✓ Not Accurate at allNot accurate at all. If it tells you three mins it’s 11 mins. That’s not even close to correct. I understand that traffic makes it difficult to predict an arrival time but that’s why the app should track EXACTLY where your bus is. I should be able to see in real time what stop that bus is currently at and this app doesn’t provide that information. If it does, it’s not user friendly enough to be obvious. The ONLY reason I use this app is for lack of an alternative..David SerranoVersion: 6.3.13

✓ Fix it!Please please please fix the app. It use to be my #1 go to app when taking the bus. Now it just makes me mad every time I open it and see it still isn’t working right..Nerual888Version: 6.3.18

✓ Not helpfulThis used to be somewhat accurate and helpful but the past couple of months it’s been totally inaccurate. Buses show up when no bus is due and a bus that is supposed to be 2 min away takes 25 min, but says two min the whole time. I get things might get a bit off sometimes, but have come to realize this app is as useless as the timetables. As totally unreliable as the MTA..AngeltravVersion: 6.3.17

✓ Why fix something that doesn’t need fixing?The time switched from countdown time to military time and that’s not helpful at all. Military time for busses to arrive is at the bus stop, bring back real time and location of the busses. Until then, this app is garbage. Will delete it..Ty_boss33Version: 6.3.18

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