myStop Mobile

Update! After years of frustration with this app, they finally got it right! What I found out though was that I didn’t see the new improvements until I deleted the app and reinstalled it. This is a bit of a flaw in itself but the benefits make the app much more useful. It no longer automatically zooms out and a recent upgrade had caused the underlying map disappear. But all that’s fixed now! And the feature that kept me using it was the live bus progress updates which I haven’t found in any other bus app. Very pleased now! Previous Karenesque post: One of the most useful features of this app is the real time updates of where my bus is. Soon after I started using this app, however, I found that it frequently zoomed out of the magnified view that I set. The developer said that it only did that when I looked at another app and left MyStop in the background or if I let my phone go to sleep and it was normal for a mapping app to do so (not true since no other mapping app does this that I’ve observed). Regardless, I found this functionality manageable if still obnoxious. A recent upgrade to the app has made it far worse, however - now it zooms out every time the map updates. This is really annoying. When I use the app. I want to be able to narrow the view down to the part that’s relevant to me - I don’t want to be forced to view the whole route. The feedback function doesn’t work, either. A simple text message never uploaded even at home with 5g WiFi. And then I found that the captcha contact form on their website didn’t work either. As a former programmer myself, this all strikes me as very sloppy development.

Without the app, imagine being at the bus stop at the posted times online in very bad weather (below freezing cold winds in pouring rain) 10 to 15 minutes ahead of the schedule to ensure you do not have to wait 1-1.5 hours for the next route schedule and be late to work. The gratitude of 4 stars is having the OPTION to-even use a rather delayed app show me where the bus is located. Even with geofencing delays, I (by experience) know when to depart to the stop to better protect health and welfare. As far as trip PLANNING, Google maps seems a best resource because our search data feeds their oligopoly (more than likely truly US oligarchy)… where as public transportation is the metro of voters wishing for us to just be productive rather than needy there by increasing local taxes. Thank you for allowing me to spend $2.5-5/day versus $20-40 or more with cabs, lyft or ubers 🏆Don’t forget to ensure app auto-updates for better service & security.

I have to go to google maps to plan my day After the buses stop for the night app is also fine for the night and I have to wait until 4 am to plan my dayBeing that I have difficulty moving in the morning and most of the time don’t need to leave until noon this getting up at 4 am stinks Also have been told as I’m heading out the door checking my phone that I am running on time I’m told no dudes running google tells me next bus is in one and a half house ok decide to go to the store two blocks down from my stop and as I am half way to the store I am posted by my bus I was planning on ridding was an hour late to my appointment also since bus routs at citrus connection changed the new roots do not show up in trip planning just old buses and old time trip planning is useless the only thing is you can see where the bus is and when the buses will be stopping in select routes just have to google to find out witch bus routes to look at since the trip planner hasn’t been updated