# London Bus Pal — user reviews > 100 indexed App Store user reviews of London Bus Pal by Mulder Digital Ltd, rated 1.70/5 from 3 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/london-bus-pal/id1447045946/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/london-bus-pal/id1447045946.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 0 · 4★ 0 · 3★ 1 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 2 ## What do users think of London Bus Pal? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Intuitive and easy to use - 🎯 Accurate bus times - ℹ️ Detailed bus information - 🌟 Best bus app available - 🚀 Quick and efficient - ✅ Reliable information - 🗺️ Good for planning journeys - ✨ Helpful for enthusiasts - 💯 Precise timings - 👍 User-friendly interface - 💖 Highly recommended - 💡 Useful for finding specific buses - ⏱️ Shows seconds for arrival - 👍 Great for commuters - ✅ Consistent arrival times - 👍 Very helpful - 👍 Good for bus spotting - 👍 Easy to navigate - 👍 Works well - 👍 Saves time - 👍 Reliable and does what it says - 👍 Better than TFL app - 👍 Good for forward planning (drivers) - 👍 Invaluable for travel - 👍 Makes travel easier - 👍 Great for checking bus info - 👍 Very cool for enthusiasts - 👍 Keeps updated - 👍 Quick to know location - 👍 Excellent for bus registration info - 👍 Gets to destination on time - 👍 Handy for favorite routes - 👍 Great for finding next bus - 👍 Good for bus stats **Cons** - ❓ Missing bus running numbers - 🐛 Inaccurate bus times sometimes - 🐛 Photos delete after upload - 🔒 Privacy concerns with data usage - 🐛 Not seeing specific bus times (e.g., 162, 39) - 🐛 App frozen on iPhone (cookie consent) - 🐛 Location feature shows buses in only one direction - 🐛 Bus stops don't update on map when moving location - 🐛 Route updates missing (e.g., 549 withdrawn) - 🐛 New UX for bus times (clock hours vs. minutes) - 🐛 App doesn't show location - 🐛 Favourites scroll too fast - 🐛 Cannot favorite bus stops - 🐛 App crashes for months without notice - 🐛 Bus tracking sometimes inaccurate - 🐛 Diversion issues with routing - 🐛 App cuts out near bus arrival time - 🐛 Ad removal purchase not transferable - 🐛 Requires mobile data **Commonly reported bugs** - Missing bus running numbers - Inaccurate bus times - Uploaded bus photos delete - Privacy concerns regarding data sharing - Specific bus routes not showing up - App frozen on iPhone at cookie consent - Location feature only shows buses in one direction - Bus stops not updating on map when moving - Outdated route information - New UX for bus time display (clock hours vs. minutes) - App doesn't show current location - Favourites list scrolls too fast - Unable to favorite bus stops - App crashes for extended periods - Inaccurate bus tracking - Incorrect handling of diversions - App cuts out before bus arrival - Ad removal purchase not transferable - Requires mobile data to function **Most requested features** - Bring back bus running numbers - Improve accuracy of bus times - Fix issue with uploaded bus photos deleting - Provide a single opt-out for data usage - Fix issue with specific bus routes not showing - Fix iPhone freezing on cookie consent - Show buses in both directions on location feature - Update bus route information promptly - Revert or improve UX for bus time display - Allow users to track distance traveled - Add Apple Watch & Siri integration - Allow postcode entry for directions - Make ad-removal purchase transferable across devices - Improve handling of diversions - Fix app cutting out near bus arrival time - Improve scrolling speed for favorites - Allow favoriting of bus stops - Provide notice for app crashes - Improve bus tracking accuracy - Consider a personal touch for monetization (time limits/ad removal) ## Newest reviews (15 of 100) ### 5/5 — Bang on *2025-12-17, version 25.10.5* This app is completely accurate every time I use it, which is several times a week. Even with some of my local buses that start their route one before my stop and other apps aren’t caught up with the live timings. 10/10!!! ### 5/5 — Very Precise *2025-12-09, version 25.10.5* It is very precise and accurate. ### 5/5 — Smashing *2025-11-26, version 25.10.5* Smashing ### 5/5 — LBP is great *2025-11-25, version 25.10.5* I love this app - I’ve been using it for over a year now, I have loved every moment of it being in my apps list. Moderators are kind, the owner, Mulder is an amazing individual who deserves more respect than anyone else for maintaining the app for so long now! I will continue to use this app, I recommend others to use it too! ### 3/5 — Not the best app *2025-11-08, version 25.10.5* After uploading the bus photos after couple of minutes they just delete them ### 5/5 — awesome app *2025-10-30, version 25.10.5* gives out good info I recommend this app ### 5/5 — Brilliant *2025-10-21, version 25.10.3* Ideal for setting how long I need to go to appointments. Works really well. ### 5/5 — best app !! *2025-09-17, version 25.9.3* one of the best i've ever used for anything bus related , can even check what buses are out of service and how long they've been used on a route !! ### 5/5 — Best app for me *2025-08-09, version 25.7.5* For some reason app stopped working tried 2or 3 others but had to come back to this one because of its accuracy of bus timing … love it ### 5/5 — Brilliant *2025-06-12, version 25.6.3* Now it’s even easier to avoid getting an LT ### 5/5 — Vftuvutfqazwsxedcrfvtgbhynujmik,lop. *2025-05-27, version 25.5.1* Qweztrdviuybefcwkuycuo3vg /=/&64#6’avureraylufvvlrafiylqieurgiurpqeqrueiyfpiuyfr A 6 ### 5/5 — soz *2025-05-14, version 25.5.1* dont read ### 5/5 — CAB *2025-04-25, version 25.4.4* Great App easy to use, making TFL buses so easy to use. ### 5/5 — Fantastic APP *2025-04-15, version 25.4.1* Spot on! Best app for buses around London! ### 3/5 — good but supposed to be unbanned by now *2025-04-12, version 25.4.1* hi, guest 164 here. the app is lovely, but on march 29 2025, i was banned for 3 days and i’m still not unbanned. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Privacy *2025-10-25, version 25.10.5* Another app that requires you to turn off each individual type of use then each individual vendor to prevent 100’s of companies gaining your information.. a single opt out but should be provided but they want to make it as difficult as possible for you. App deleted ### 1/5 — Not seeing 162 bus times *2025-10-09, version 25.9.5* Missing buses - is this an app issue? ### 1/5 — Frozen *2025-07-08, version 25.7.1* This app doesn’t work on IPhone. Downloaded won’t get pass the cookie consent. ### 1/5 — 39 bus *2024-11-13, version 24.11.1* This route is not showing up on the app . Very disappointing ### 1/5 — No good *2024-10-18* Doesn’t let YOU KNOW WHERE YOU ARE ### 1/5 — Cuts out *2023-11-02, version 23.8.8* Works up until 10 minutes left due on bus time and then cuts out, longbury drive Orpington br5 ### 2/5 — Favourites scroll too fast *2023-07-25, version 23.7.6* See above ### 2/5 — It’s Ok *2023-07-06, version 23.3.2* It doesn’t let me favourite certain bus stops and won’t look up bus stops even if they are big ones that many busses stop as. The only nice thing is the bus app cover and the settings. ### 3/5 — Missing info *2026-03-17, version 26.3.3* What has happened to the bus running numbers?- would be 5 star if it came back ### 3/5 — LBP *2026-02-13, version 25.10.5* Good app but so inaccurate sometimes needs some fixes ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Amazing *2026-08-10, version 26.6.4* Amazingly intuitive. Easy to use. Excellent ### 5/5 — Best travel app for london *2026-08-07, version 26.6.4* This is what the TFL app should be, will never use that app again , this is now my go to for travel info in london thank you ### 5/5 — Easy and clear, best I've seen *2026-06-18, version 26.6.3* Makes London travel easy ### 5/5 — The best *2026-06-05, version 26.5.3* Beats all other London bus apps ### 5/5 — London Bus Pal *2026-05-10, version 26.5.2* I love this app it’s so great. ### 5/5 — Easy to use and accurate! *2026-04-11, version 26.4.3* It’s intuitive, got the info I needed on first use. Spot on accuracy with bus times. ### 5/5 — London bus Pa *2026-03-16, version 26.3.3* I love the app it’s amazing 🤗 ### 5/5 — Thank you LBP *2026-02-08, version 25.10.5* The detailed information about each bus model helped me recover lost property; thank you 🙏 ### 5/5 — Great *2026-01-07, version 25.10.5* Had this app for many years Tried other apps but are not as good.and is very easy to use as well. ### 5/5 — The Best *2026-01-06, version 25.10.5* This is the best bus app out there I can’t recommend it enough --- *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 2026-09-04.*