Brighton & Hove Buses Live for Android
Many many bugs. 1 reopening the app fails 9/10 times. The app must be closed before it will open correctly again. 2 when the app does open, the first click (anywhere on the page) always opens the latest news tab.
Why is it when I click Bookmarked Stops it first goes to Latest News? It's very annoying and waists my time because you have to go back and click Bookmarked Stops again to get to Bookmarked Stops. Really need to get this app sorted or I'll be uninstalling. It was fine a few months back so why would you change it???
This app has no reliability and is incredibly unstable. Constant crashing plaguing me. The old version may not have had a functioning "stop near me" function, but at least it was stable. Not only are b&h buses now a lot more expensive than last year for less reliability and less service on some lines - but the app doesn't function well either now. Adding to the above (8 months later) - this app really needs to be trashed and replaced. A lot of the time times aren't updated properly, certain pages of the app haven't been loading for about a week now, and just in general useless app - or useless developer rather.
Doesn't work with marshmallow. Or rather it does if you a) open it, b) close it, c) close all other running apps, d) re-open it, e) click ok for location, f) cancel unasked-for latest news, g) select bookmarked stop - and it's been like this for a looooong time! It would be great if it was sorted out soon.
New colour scheme has no consideration for people with sight impairment. Always shows news page on first click. Crashes regularly when I try to view maps or timetables. Really poor redesign.
Results are inaccurate. The location part has to be opened 2 times to start working wish this app could just do the job of telling me bus times correctly and with some success. I'm not asking much but it to do it's purpose
My grandad is better at implementing technology than Govia are, and he's been dead for 15 years. This app requires a force stop to use it every time, and the "bookmarked stops" button takes you to "latest news" every time too. Poor.
It's great when it works, but it has a lot of bugs. For example, when trying to access timetables, it regularly malfunctions and doesn't show anything. I then have to look at the desktop website. The live arrival times usually work well.
Finally got an update... So much better than before. You can scroll across the map without it constantly pausing and refreshing. Best of all you can find stops by location so you don't need to scroll across the entire city just to find one stop. Long overdue for an update, glad it came.
The new app removes favourite stop for quick and not ability to add fav stops. Rubbish app. Also not easy access especially for sight impaired. Did morons designed it? Bring back old app please.
I love this app and it helps so much in everyday life. However since the update it takes me to the 'latest news' even when i click something else. It's really annoying can you please change.
Unable to save stops. News opens when you press any button to view what you want. If I wanted the news I would press that button
This new app is crap for sight impaired people. The new colour scheme on the main page is impossible to see. Once into the app the yellow on black is perfect but trying to navigate to the page I want is really hard. As yet I have not found a way to change the colour scheme. Until I can I will not be able to use this app.
Stop pushing it to show latest news when you first open the app. If I wanted to see latest news I'd click on it.
Not great, I can't bookmark 2 stops with the same name which is really unhelpful. For example I want to bookmark Brunswick sq stop going into town and also I use the Brunswick sq stop going towards hove, (which is the other side of the road, in the other direction), but I am not able to. The old app did allow this. Please fix. Also when I press to look at my bookmarked stops it always open stage latest news section. Each time! I am carefully pressing the right part. The next time I try it opens the correct section.
Well my first review stated this was a great update, after trying to plan I've changed my mind. The individual stop info is fine however the timetables have the same information in both directions. IE: 12 - Brighton to Eastbourne - no info on Eastbourne to Brighton, it's the same timetable. Please amend.... I also agree with the comments regarding the colour on the default page, I can read it, many cannot. Travel is difficult enough with any disability, please amend this for these guys as soon as possible. The maps pages are excellent,just a glitch with your timetables.
Rubbish! Reported problems to bus company and they don't cate and blame you! 0 star would be appropriate
If I could I would give 0 Stars.. The whole Bus System here is terrible and the app sometimes doesn't tell you the next bus properly and shows 50 min and then 10 minutes later shows 3. its really irritating. Moreover I would like to put in my stop (or even better my current position) and then the stop I want to go to and get the best route told by the app for any time I desire. I mean google can even do that. Why cant you? also: why cant you make an app for both the tickets and the bus times?
Wow! What a terrible app. How can such a simple requirement, i.e. displaying a bus route and timetable for b&h, have been executed so incompetently? It just crashes every time I open it. My advice is don't bother with this app.
It does work. You need to go back into the app store and update. Then the red screen goes. Or at least it did for me. Now you can scan for a bus stop without it stopping every 50 meters. Very good.
Doesn't add all favourite stops to list and doesn't let me select bus service any more. On the plus side map now works with GPS. Bring back old app until sorted.
Finally, the ap works on android like it did on iOS 5 years ago. Now when I search for a stop nearby it actually locates me in the right place, not Whitehawk. Go Brighton and Hove buses!
Too many bugs. Have to force this to stop and relaunch a couple of times a day. Shame as when it works it is invaluable but way too shiny. PLEASE UPDATE AND FIX THE BUGS PLEASE!
Seems like an improvement but there is a bug in the timetables. Should have both directions listed but each heading has the same direction's timetable on it. No good if you want to go there and back!
UPDATE: It's still rubbish! It hasn't been updated since Feb 17 so clearly not a priority. Route maps do not open and just return you to the home page. It needs fixing!
Several times this week has shown buses as 8/9 minutes away, when rechecked 2 minutes later shows them as due. That or shows absolutely nothing so cannot be sure haven't already missed my specific bus that only comes every 30 minutes - really not helpful.
Hardly ever works. Server always 'suspiciously' down...that way bus Company do not have to commit to anything like a decent timetable and can continue to provide such a costly sham bus service. Not worth the space on your device. DO NOT BOTHER DOWNLOADING.
Wrong schedule times for 26 route. Google maps has got it right, but you haven't got it right in your own app.
The idea is sound. The data is there already on the bus-stops. Why, oh why is it so hard to maintain that same information in an app? random back-end crashes giving developer level messages are not required by the end user. And please stop "latest news" popping up when I click "bookmarked sites" every time I open the app... 2 stars from 1 star for a sound idea - give it a proper back end with error handling and some grunt and you're onto a winner
Why does the new update not go to what I tap on? It always goes to the news section first. I'm not interested in that. I'd tap that section if I was!
When checking your saved bus stops it takes you to another page. You then need to go back and select it for the 2nd time to view it.
YES! At last you have left 2013 behind and have offered up something that immediately looks 2017. I'll use it for a while with the hope that I can go to five ✨
Stop near my home is cromlie way. Sometimes I get us on my side of road towards Brighton other times other times I want bus from stop on other side of road towards Southwick. If I add one of those stops to favourites it deletes the other one as both stops stupidly have exact same name and name can't be edited. Please allow both stops to be saved as favourites and ideally allow user to rename e.g. home to Brighton, home to Southwick, Churchill Sq to home, etc
The latest update ruined the app. Now the app constantly hangs and crashes, making it almost completely unusable. Please roll it back!
This app was good and easy to use. Until they changed it. Now it's rubbish. Please change it back to the old version
Rather gutted that I can't filter for a certain bus number at a stop anymore. Plus not being able to scroll down the time line.So many stops have 5+ buses I can't see my bus until it's 2 minutes away. Pointless. Why make it worse? Gutted. + HALF your profits come from council subsidies yet u take away important feature like u take away buses to make our council pay to keep them. Gutted.
Useless piece of trash. Needs to be hard reset every single usage, sometimes the timetables don't load and a generic SQL error appears, opens a worthless news page when you open the bookmarks
After the upgrade to the new version timetables don't work properly, they only show times for one direction of travel.
Completely unreliable, never works when you need it to, missed so many buses because of app not opening or failing to connect to the server.
by W####:
Thisapp is pretty terrible. I canmot be relied upon. Currently it wont give me a list of bus stops to select because i dont have internet. Tje exact same internet that I am usig right now to leave this review. The app used to be better but now I cant even select which service I am interested in, so im stood here at old steine stop H, the app gives a full list of bises, but none of them are 5b so its useless.