# Bus Times London Countdown App — user reviews > 219 indexed App Store user reviews of Bus Times London Countdown App by Mapway Inc., rated 4.50/5 from 1,614 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bus-times-london-countdown-app/id480643687/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bus-times-london-countdown-app/id480643687.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,238 · 4★ 186 · 3★ 73 · 2★ 37 · 1★ 80 ## Newest reviews (19 of 219) ### 2/5 — Ads *2026-09-06, version 3.2.0* This was an OK app especially for free and even with ads. But as others have said the ads now make it unusable. Essentially they pop and just sit there without the option to close them and allowing no access to the actual app and sit there for what feels like forever. Have deleted it and will try another. ### 2/5 — Please Reduce the Opening Ads *2026-08-06, version 3.2.0* I like this app, but I don’t know what’s going on lately. Every time I open it, an ad appears. I understand it’s only a few seconds, but when I’m in a hurry and need to check the bus times quickly, it’s really frustrating and annoying. Please consider reducing the frequency of ads or allowing users to access the app before showing them. ### 2/5 — Unusable *2026-07-29, version 3.2.0* Ads become so aggressive you can’t even do the thing the app is designed to do.. check the bus! Ridiculous. ### 1/5 — Ads.again! *2026-07-28, version 3.2.0* The app has now gotten even worse with ads. When you open up the app it’s a ad straight away, you can’t even close the app and try again, you must watch it…. App is now ruined. Shame it was doing so well. Just missed my bus because of it…. Do not download ### 1/5 — Rubbish *2026-07-19, version 3.2.0* About 70 percent of the time this is wrong. Can’t rely on this. Please sort this out. ### 1/5 — Too many ads *2026-07-18, version 3.2.0* I just want to check the bus times, I open the app and nearly every single time I have to watch an ad. It is ridiculous . Don’t download this app it’s horrible with the amount of ads . ### 1/5 — Ads.again! *2026-07-09, version 3.2.0* The app has now gotten even worse with ads. When you open up the app it’s a ad straight away, you can’t even close the app and try again, you must watch it…. App is now ruined. Shame it was doing so well. ### 1/5 — Use to be good but the ads make this unable now *2026-07-05, version 3.2.0* This use to be a good app but the ads now are so many and so persistent you can’t get any useful information with a reasonable time. Sadly I have now uninstalled this app. There is so much better available. You did have a good app in the past. ### 1/5 — Mr *2026-06-21, version 3.2.0* Too many adverts ### 1/5 — App . *2026-06-04, version 3.1.6* The app is the most useless app, it’s full of adverts and does not keep to time table . ### 1/5 — Getting impossible to use! *2026-06-01, version 3.1.6* This used to be great but now you go straight into an ad and it takes forever to lose it. They really need to sort it out to limit fornsay 2-3 seconds as it now seems to be an advertising platform rather than a travel app ### 1/5 — Ads make app unusable *2026-05-09, version 3.1.6* I have had this app for probably around a decade but they now have such an insane number of adverts, that it’s virtually impossible to actually check your bus time. If you’re in a rush, there’s no chance you would ever use this app because you are forced to watch such long adverts basically every time you click any button on the app and there is no way to close the adverts - so sometimes if they don’t time out themselves, you just get stuck on them indefinitely / until you restart the app. ### 1/5 — Rotten *2026-03-14, version 3.1.6* Probably the worst app I’ve ever discovered! If there was a competition to find the worst one this would be the clear winner. ### 2/5 — Its good, is basic and i can find the things i need, *2026-03-11, version 3.1.6* But imagine this, you deperately need the bus timetable because you need to know when the next bus is coming, however a 20 second ad pops up, now we have to wait an extra 5 seconds to exit the ad, now we’ve wasted time and i still need to work out when my bus is coming, i know its only a few seconds but EXTREMELY INCONVENIENT, they already have ad banners at the bottom and still block our screen ### 1/5 — It's very baaaaaaad application *2026-03-05, version 3.1.6* Make me wrong a lot of time be careful ### 1/5 — Adds London *2026-02-25, version 3.1.6* Less a bus app than an advert stream ### 1/5 — Bad Advertisement popup *2026-02-11, version 3.1.6* Hate the Ad poping up at beginning and not having a clear exit icon ### 1/5 — Worst app ever *2026-02-11, version 3.1.6* Don’t download this app! Full of adverts! Some of them stay in your screen so long that is better for you to wait for the bus than the ad dissapearing your app. Really annoying! ### 4/5 — Bus due *2026-02-08, version 3.1.6* You need a refresh button instead of coming out the app and going back in to the app to find out what time the bus is due?!? ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Ads are a scam *2026-09-06, version 3.2.0* My dad did use this app till today. The app wouldn’t let him do anything but press a button that says ‘erase all viruses’ with a notice that he’s been hacked. The app created a fake iPhone background to make it look like the app shut down. Thankfully he came to me. ### 1/5 — Now pointless *2026-09-01, version 3.2.0* Used to be very handy but now you have to sit through advertisements that last forever and you can’t close them until the timer runs out and it takes forever. Even when the ad finally ends,you get another screen splash with yet another timer. Takes about 3 minutes to get to the actual app ### 1/5 — Reklam uzunluğu *2026-08-30, version 3.2.0* Uygulama o kadar fazla ve uzun reklam gösteriyor ki otobüsün ne zaman geleceğini öğrenmek mümkün değil çok kötü bir uygulama ### 1/5 — Totally unusable! *2026-08-29, version 3.2.0* The ads ffs, I just want to know where my bus is, I don’t have the time for the 2 min ads ### 1/5 — Oh good. Adverts. *2026-08-20, version 3.2.0* The last thing I want to see when rushing for a bus at the last minute is an unskippable advert. App doesn’t work with anything less than five bars of 5G. ### 1/5 — Why so many Ads in quick succession? *2026-08-18, version 3.2.0* To many ads in a short space of time I recently had four ads in a row before being able to view the bus Time Table 😕 This was never the case before but now the ads segment is out of control. ### 1/5 — Totally unusable now *2026-08-07, version 3.2.0* A 30 second ad before you can see when the bus is due. Can't skip the ad! Will uninstall ### 1/5 — Ads *2026-08-07, version 3.2.0* The ads make the app unusable ### 1/5 — Too many ads *2026-08-06, version 3.2.0* I’ve been using this app for the past 10 years. But in the last 6 months the long ads that you can’t skip mean I can’t actually see when my bus is coming. They are making the app unusable and I’ve just downloaded a new app in the hope I don’t waste as much time waiting. ### 1/5 — Intentional Ad Placement *2026-08-05, version 3.2.0* I used to use this app, and have done happily for the past year, where I’d have at least 10 seconds to check what time my bus comes, before an ad pops up to incapacitate my screen. In the last month or so, it’s been configured such that now 1-2 minutes is spent waiting for an ad to load up first. In London, when checking both bus and train times, every minute can be crucial. Right now, there’s almost no point in a free version of the app any longer. Thanks for the help, when you did - I’ll miss you sorely. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Must have *2026-04-09* Ein Muss für jeden London Tourist ### 5/5 — Professor. *2025-12-27, version 3.1.6* Magnificently handy application!!! ### 5/5 — Hehe *2025-06-01, version 3.1.5* I enjoy your app ### 5/5 — Best tracker *2024-12-09, version 3.1.1* Because I like London buses and tracking, it’s my favourite ### 5/5 — Smart App *2024-10-05, version 3.0.8* My go to app when in London. ### 5/5 — Fantastic App for Tourists *2024-09-18, version 3.0.8* We’ve used this app for local buses from Heathrow airport and to Windsor in the past 24 hrs since our arrival, and found it very user friendly, with accurate timetables. ### 5/5 — Rating *2024-03-24, version 3.0.6* Always on time,available and reliable. ### 5/5 — Best Bus App *2024-02-20, version 3.0.2* I have used a couple of bus apps. This is the best so far! It is informative and it’s times listings are near accurate. ### 5/5 — Vital *2024-02-06, version 3.0.2* A really useful tool as not all bus stops show times and this helps plan my journeys, been using it quite a few years and it’s well thought out and easy to use. ### 5/5 — Quite handy and new feature added *2023-07-21* Have used it more often recently. Quite handy generally if you commute a lot. Also saw they have a new shopping feature. Coupons popping up, will use it if I’m gonna buy anything **Developer response:** Hi. Thank for the positive review and five stars. Best regards, Team Mapway --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-13.*