BusBuddy UK

Live UK bus tracking for the school run. Made for kids. Trusted by parents. Now works even if your child doesn't have a smartphone. ------------------------------------------ WHY BUSBUDDY UK ------------------------------------------ Standing at a bus stop shouldn't be stressful. Was the bus early? Late? Cancelled? Every operator has their own website and app. There's no single place that just shows you what's actually happening on your child's school run. BusBuddy UK is that single place — designed by a 12-year-old who caught the same bus every day and wanted to know where it was. ------------------------------------------ WHAT'S IN THE APP ------------------------------------------ LIVE UK BUS TRACKING Real-time bus positions from the Bus Open Data Service (the same feed the operators use). No scraping, no stale data. TERM-TIME AWARE Knows the difference between school terms and holidays, so today's actual buses show up — not the ones that don't run. SMART ALERTS A push a few minutes before your bus reaches the stop. Never sprint again. THE FRIENDLIEST BUS MAP IN THE UK Live positions, delay indicators, one-tap route detail. Clean, calm, no ads. PEACE OF MIND FOR PARENTS Link your account to your child's. See their bus in real time. Get a push the moment they tap "I'm on the bus". No location tracking of your child — we only track the bus. NEW IN 3.0 — BASIC PHONE ADD-ON For families who've decided to keep their kid off smartphones for now, we text the kid on their basic phone when it's time to leave for the bus. They reply Y once they're aboard. You get a push in the app. Same peace of mind, no smartphone required. - Pause for half-term with one tap - Change the number any time - See every message we've ever sent ------------------------------------------ DESIGNED FOR KIDS ------------------------------------------ UK CHILDREN'S CODE COMPLIANT Data minimisation by design. No advertising IDs. No third-party trackers. GUARDIAN APPROVAL BUILT IN Under-18 sign-ups need email approval from a nominated adult before the account activates. NO ADS. NO DATA SELLING. EVER. Subscriptions fund the service, nothing else. NO TRACKING OF YOUR CHILD We only track the bus. The app never shares your child's location with anyone. ------------------------------------------ COVERAGE ------------------------------------------ Live coverage starts in Kent and rolls out region by region across the UK. ------------------------------------------ MADE WITH LOVE IN KENT ------------------------------------------ A tiny UK team building the app our own kid asked us to make. Bug reports and feature requests go straight to a real person: [email protected]