DaBus - The Oahu Bus App

All I ever get now is "data not available". I've also had countless instances of waiting for a bus that's arriving only to see them pass by with "Not in service". Seriously need to work on your scheduling before trying to make an app that doesn't even function well. I get better data and arrival times with Google maps then with this useless app.

Thebus has probably the worst customer service I've ever encountered they couldn't even offer me guidance to transfer busstops in order to get to my destination. The bus driver wouldn't even give me a complete response like I was a nuisance. I simply asked which bus number do I transfer to get to Ala moana. He said everything I need is on the back of the transfer.

I'll agree with everyone else with the "data not available issue" and add that it is insanely inaccurate. I regularly (maybe 30% of the time) wait for a bus with "no gps" that never comes. I've stopped checking it because of how infuriating it is. Google maps has a better understanding of the Hawaii bus routes than DaBus. Pathetic.

I before when I first heard of this app, I would give it 3 stars at best. But after how many updates, it has gotten worse. Now this app keeps telling me half my buses are near South Africa in the middle of the ocean. It was at first quite funny , but this has been going on for 3 weeks, almost a month and it has got to be fixed.

Many, many times the bus GPS is not accurate. Supposedly 6 buses have arrived in the past hour, but I only saw one that was "not in service" & probably the one I was waiting on & saw in GPS, but disappeared after imaginary arrival. And Bus #20 which I did not need, but at least 4 other imaginary stops were made while I was sitting at the bus stop.

Looks like it still gives some people issues getting the app to connect. That's troubling, but it works fine for me. Still looking forward to being able to manage and rename my favorite stops...

The only reason I gave it two star is because sometimes it works, and for the others times it either give you an exception error msg which only make sense to the developer(I'm a programmer myself) or it totally predict the time wrong, occasionally it will totally fk you up by giving you a time for a bus that won't even come. But it's from the city and county so not much surprise.

Very rarely does the real time arrival works anymore. It keeps saying "data not available". At most it only works when I'm on wifi, but even then it'll only work half of the time. But at the very least the pre-written scheduled arrivals are listed in the app.

This app used to be EXTREMELY convenient. Now that its been "updated", it doesn't work and it hasn't been working for a while now. The real-time estimates went from being 1-3 minutes accurate to being 5 minutes early (so the bus doesn't show up on the screen as it is assumed to have passed) to not showing any real-estimate times ("no data is available"). The scheduled times do not load either.

I know it will not work well, but it's not the app's fault. I'm reading everyone's review and laughing so hard. The bus system just needs some improvements. That's all. But having the app is better than trying to guess at those paper schedules. Still get one star, though. Need numbers on empty posts and need to improve the bus system in order to have a five star app.

This app fails outside of rush hour every time. In fact, that's the only time you can even remotely depend on it. East, west, north, south, failed signal...it's like they invented an app to please the masses that doesn't really help anyone because it's the outside times that help everyday users. Google isn't meant to be efficient, it's meant to advertise. So, next time your bus doesn't show up, blame it on that pos because they don't care about you getting home.

This is absolutely the worst bus system app ever created. Doesn't work. Crashes often. Freezes. Real time data many times not available. I'd give it a zero stars if I could and that would be generous. I'd really like to know what people expect of the app to give it five stars. Your misleading The Bus. If you aren't honest they won't fix what they likely know in their heart is broken. But I guess it would have at one time had to work to be considered broken.

The real time arrivals never work. Always says data not available. Nothing about this app that makes it worth downloading. All you really get is the bus schedule and you can get that online. Save yourself data space and don't even bother with this useless app.

This app can be very reliable... But when only the errors are fix... Specially the constant "Data not available" error. I don't get why the app doesn't work but when you go use the browser and go to the bushes it works perfectly fine. Mind as well make an up that just direct you to the website

It seems like the times on the direct website are a bit more accurate than on this app. Shouldn't it be the other way around? Good thing is the bus stop bookmarks. Bad thing is that one whole day, this app failed to operate. I was unable to view any bus time arrivals. Overall, I like this concept. It could use some improvements here and there. I've been unable to view bus schedules. ***Suggestion: Personalise a bus stop name for convenience.

Update 10.19.15 - I wish all busses had GPS, and I am frustrated when it says no data fpr the accurate bus information. Data is accurate and multi purpose is better than the online site and hea. Can you please make it so that we can reorder the favorite stops. The OCD in me wants to do this without deleting and favoriting over and over again....but that might just be me. Thanks!

Too many times am I trying to get real time arrivals & it results in error or crashes completely. Poor management of its updates and it's not even really that accurate. It can be off by up to 10 minutes...so you could be waiting for more than you think. Google maps is a generic but more reliable bus timeline - save your phone memory- this app ain't worth the space

Find nearby stop feature cannot even find you accurately so no help in getting to a stop. Cannot find a nearby stop filtered by route number. The upside is that once you stumble across a stop you can see when the next busses are due to arrive. Overall not much of an improvement over the static route schedule availible on thebus website.

Okay so just today I used the app after school to see when the next bus comes. It says that a 40 will be arriving in 10 minutes. I decide to walk to the next bus stop over so I can get on the 40 early that way I can find a seat and not be standing with a bunch of other people(it can get annoying) so about 10 minutes after I get to the next bus stop, a C goes passing by. The C doesn't stop at the bus stop that I was at but the really irritating part was that that C bus wasn't even on the schedule.

Update: this app has not been working for several days now. It looks like the backing service is down. Try Google transit instead even though it doesn't have gps..... The app itself is pretty good but the service backing it is useless. Trying to get real time arrivals times out at least 20% of the time. When it does it would be better not to have an app because you sit there refreshing hoping it will work but it doesn't. Check server load, check error logs, and then please make this app useful again.

Seriously?! How do you go from the 15 arriving at 7:45 am to the 15 arriving at 8:03 am? THIS HAPPENS EVERY DAY AT BUS STOP 2288! The 15 that's supposed to come at 7:30 arrives 1-15 minutes earlier, leaving us to take the next 15 that is always completely late at 8:03. The bus drive is NEVER on time. NEVER. He leaves a bus full of kids 10 minutes late for school almost everyday. Please do something about this.

I used to depend on this app daily, and then I started getting null exception errors. Reinstalled, cleared local cache, tried on another phone. It's clear the one guy who maintains this service is either on a month vacation or has moved onto another position. Which is a shame, because otherwise this is a simple and fast way to get local bus data that is very accurate (except when the bus on their expected route is about to finish their shift abruptly, leaving you standing around for 40 minutes).

App has bugs and isn't reliable. Not because of the actual bus arrival times, which are known to be unreliable. To be meaningful the app should allow you to input your desired destination, desired arrival time, and then tell you how to get there. This app assumes a knowledge of the routes that the user who truly needs it won't have yet. Great idea that needs some really fundamental improvements to be worth the space it takes up on your phone. I can Google routes and times, after all.

In the mornings this app works great. Fairly accurate and good in a pinch. But in the afternoons and evenings it begins to send an error that reads "Data Unavailable" every time you try to access the estimated arrival times. And regardless of the time of day you can't access the scheduled arrivals screens. Please fix this app! Useless 50% of the time.