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Here Comes the Bus

Here Comes the Bus

⭐️4.6 / 5
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📼5 scs
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🗣❌ unsupported
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All Versions of Here Comes the Bus

3.6.0

June 3, 2024

-Added Cancel a Ride screen, which enables users to inform bus drivers that their students won’t be riding the bus for specific routes (such as the AM or PM ride) and dates. -For school districts using a district app for parents and students, added the ability to include a link in their app that will launch the HCTB app. -For students who use Bus Pass in the HCTB app to scan on the bus, changed how the student drop-down list is displayed so that the list now appears over the bar code or QR code.
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3.5.10

April 4, 2024

For students who use Bus Pass in the HCTB app to scan on the bus, added the option to use either a bar code or QR code for the scan.
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3.5.9

November 8, 2023

Bug Fix: Special character input in the password field now supported.

3.5.8

October 27, 2023

Zip code search now allows alpha characters. Minor bug fixes.

3.5.7

August 20, 2023

Resolved issues that prevented collecting scans with the BusPass module when the ID used had a large amount of leading zeroes.
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3.5.6

May 18, 2023

Minimum zone radius now labeled in feet when using imperial units. Minor bug fixes.
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3.5.5

April 20, 2023

Added PIN functionality, which will require parents to use a district-provided PIN to create their accounts. This feature must be enabled by CalAmp.
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3.5.3

March 16, 2023

Implemented a status banner that will inform users of incidents such as outages. 
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3.5.2

October 3, 2022

Added a banner at the top of the Map screen that will include the student’s assigned bus name and, in brackets, the substitute bus name (if any).
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3.5.1

January 12, 2022

- iPhone 13 Pro Max support - Fixed intermittent issue where device was not properly registered for notifcations when adding a student - Fixed UI issue that prevented adding an activity on iPad Air 2
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Description of Here Comes the Bus

**NOTICE: In order to use the app, your school district must have a contract with Synovia Solutions and make Here Comes the Bus® and/or Student Ridership available to parents. Please contact your school district or visit www.herecomesthebus.com for more information.** Here Comes the Bus is an easy-to-use app that gives you the real-time location of your child’s bus, and alerts you when the bus is near. With Here Comes the Bus, your children will get to the bus stop not a minute too early – or a minute too late. And with Student Ridership, you’ll not only know your child got on the right bus at the right time, but that they got off the bus at the right stop. All of this equals safety for your children, and peace of mind for you. KEY FEATURES: Find your bus quickly and easily See the exact location of your child’s school bus using your own customizable map. Receive alerts via push notification -Be notified when the bus is within 2 miles of your stop, has a schedule change, and more -Receive notifications when your child gets on/off the bus, including the bus number, location and time Access arrival & departure info Confirm your child’s bus has arrived at the bus stop and at school, both before and after school. Track all of your children Have children that ride different buses? See each child's bus information within one account. App and notifications in three languages The app and notifications are available in English, Spanish and French. Know your privacy is protected Parents must obtain a private ID number, which grants access to their child’s bus only.
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Here Comes the Bus: FAQ

Is Here Comes the Bus available on iPad devices?

Yes, the Here Comes the Bus app is compatible with iPads.
Synovia Solutions LLC launched the Here Comes the Bus app.
The minimum iOS version for the Here Comes the Bus app is 9.3.
Here Comes the Bus has an exceptional rating of 4.6 out of 5, which is a testament to its quality.
Education Is The Primary Genre Of The Here Comes The Bus App.
3.6.0 is the newly released version of the Here Comes the Bus app.
Here Comes the Bus’s most recent update was on July 2, 2024.
The app first launched on February 5, 2023.
Safe for children to use, no mature themes or inappropriate content.
Here Comes the Bus currently features the following languages: American English.
No, Here Comes the Bus is not available on Apple Arcade.
No, Here Comes the Bus does not offer in-app purchases.
Unfortunately, Here Comes the Bus is not tailored for compatibility with Apple Vision Pro.

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Reviews of Here Comes the Bus

  • It’s a love hate relationship

    When it’s working, it’s a very wonderful app. However, it’s very buggy and clunky and stops working or does goofy things frequently. Lately for some reason, it has my son riding the later bus so I get notifications an hour after he’s already been at school. I don’t get it, it was correct all year. This morning, he has somehow been applied to a bus in a completely different school zone with a completely different bus number. The app crashes, the GPS gets stuck, setting the notification rules don’t fully work - like a feature that was half cocked and never finished. I’ve only ever had one bus driver use the scan student option and only about half the time, so my little marker is always red.
    Getting support from them is a total joke. Maybe they’ll respond to your inquiry when your child graduates, and the information is form and only relevant as often as their app works. I’ll very much be happy when my son graduates or starts driving and I can be done with this app for the rest of my life.
  • Not reliable

    As a person who uses this app to know where my school bus is, there have been many situations where the bus wouldn’t move on the app. During these situations I was unsure when to go out to the bus stop, because I didn’t really know where my bus was. Usually, in these situations I just go out to the bus stop and hope that the bus will come. Although one time I just assumed that the bus was very late, since my bus tends to be late sometimes and just waited until it moved on the app (which never did). I ended up missing the bus because my bus had already came to the bus stop, but I wasn’t there of course. I feel like because of the fact that this happens so much, I can’t rely on this app anymore. Especially because my bus doesn’t have a certain time that it usually comes. Sometimes it’s early, sometimes late, so I can’t ever expect for it to come a certain time. I do think that this app would be really helpful if it didn’t have problems like this. Thank you for reading!!
  • Has not worked for me since Jan. 2023

    Update on previous review. This app suddenly stopped working in Jan. 2023. It says Bus n/a not in service. I have called multiple times and put in service requests. One time I talked to someone and they said they can see the bus and let me know where it is. It was never fixed. Fast forward I called and left a message on Sept. 16th. They never returned my call. I called today and got someone. They said my daughter is not assigned a bus which is not true. They told me to call my district’s transportation department. I have previously talked to transportation and they show that the bus is in synovia ( which is here comes the bus server, I think or where the district pays the billing). Transportation does not understand why here comes the bus can’t see it. I am so tired of dealing with this. My daughter is a special needs student and I feel that they do not care about my concerns. Especially since I have been dealing with this for 10 months now. There also has never been an explanation as why it just stopped working. I have also signed out and deleted the app and then reinstalled to see if it would help and it didn’t. From what I understand it is only not working for some of the schools in the district, so they can’t say it the school district not entering in the route for the student. If I don’t get a response and resolution soon I will be looking into where I can go next to get this taken care of and working again.