Early access · live tracking is in testing

Your University of Barishal bus, on the map.

Bus schedules for students, teachers and staff, every stop, and an offline map of Barishal, in one free app. Live bus tracking is being tested now.

বরিশাল বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের বাসের সময়সূচি, স্টপেজ আর অফলাইন ম্যাপ, এক অ্যাপে।

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  • Free, no ads
  • No account needed
  • Works offline
  • Android 7.0+
BU Bus Tracker map screen showing student bus routes around the University of Barishal
Student route 01From University · 8:30 AMBoikali, BRTC-06
Works offlineMap, schedule & stops
Live trackingIn testing
11bus timetables
101departures listed
3groups: students, teachers, staff
2 MBoffline map of the routes

Features

Everything about your bus, in your pocket

Built for the people who ride University of Barishal buses every day, and tested on real phones.

Offline map of Barishal

Streets, buildings, the river and landmarks along the bus routes are stored on your phone. Checked with the phone in airplane mode.

Available

The official bus schedule

Every departure for students, teachers and staff, with the buses named for each trip, from the university's own Bus Schedule.

Available

Routes and stops on the map

See where each route runs, tap a stop to see which routes call there, and jump straight to it on the map.

Available

Bangla and English

Stop and bus names appear as the university publishes them in Bangla, with English beside them.

Available

Light, dark and 3D

A clean map in the style you know from navigation apps. Tilt it with two fingers to see the buildings rise.

Available

No account needed

Open it and go. Only bus drivers and transport office staff sign in, with their Google account.

Available

Live bus tracking

Watch the buses move on the map in real time, shared from the driver's phone during each trip.

In testing

Arrival time at your stop

How many minutes until the bus reaches your stop, worked out along the real route, not as the crow flies.

In testing

Announcements

Route changes, delays and notices from the transport office, right on the map. Push notifications come later.

In testing

How it works

From the driver's phone to yours, in seconds

Live tracking is built and now being tested with real buses. The schedule, stops and map already work today, even offline.

  1. 1

    The driver starts the trip

    The driver's phone shares the bus's position every few seconds while the trip runs, and stops when it ends.

  2. 2

    The cloud checks it

    Positions are accepted only from the driver of that bus's active trip, then sent on to everyone straight away.

  3. 3

    Your phone shows the bus

    The bus glides along its route on your map, with its next stop and an estimate of when it gets there.

Screens

See the app

Real screenshots of the current version, not mock-ups.

Light map with the student bus routes around the University of Barishal
MapRoutes around campus, in light mode
Bus schedule for student route 01, with departures from the University in Bangla and English
ScheduleEvery departure, in Bangla and English
Dark map with the bus routes near the university
Dark modeEasy on the eyes at night
List of bus stops with the routes that call at each one
StopsEvery stop and the routes that call there
Settings screen with theme choice and the offline map details
SettingsTheme and offline map

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Roadmap

Where the app is going

What is ready today and what comes next. Plans can change as the work goes on.

  1. Ready

    The foundation

    • Offline map of the bus routes, checked in airplane mode
    • The official schedule: 11 timetables, 101 departures
    • Routes and stops on the map
    • Tools for the transport office to manage stops, the schedule, buses and staff

  2. In testing

    Live tracking

    • Driver mode: sharing the bus's position during a trip
    • Buses moving on the map in real time
    • Arrival time at your stop on routes 01 to 03
    • Announcements from the transport office in the app

  3. Later

    More phones

    • iPhone version
    • Google Play listing

Download

Get BU Bus Tracker

Free for everyone. New versions are published here and on GitHub.

iPhone

iOS 15.5 or newer

Planned

The app is built with Flutter, which also runs on iPhone. The iPhone version still has to be built and tested on a Mac, so it will follow the Android release.

Follow progress on GitHub

Installing the APK

  1. Download the APK on your Android phone, from this page or from GitHub only.
  2. Open the downloaded file. If Android asks, allow Install unknown apps for your browser or file manager.
  3. Tap Install, then open BU Bus Tracker. The offline map sets itself up on first launch.

Google Play Protect may show a warning because the app is not from the Play Store yet. Updating works the same way: install the new APK over the old one.

Open source

Built in the open

The source code will be published on GitHub, where you can follow the work, report problems and suggest ideas.

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  • Flutter
  • MapLibre
  • OpenStreetMap
  • Firebase
—Stars
—Downloads
—Forks
—Latest version

Numbers appear here once the project is on GitHub.

FAQ

Questions, answered

01Is BU Bus Tracker free?

Yes. The app is free, has no ads and needs no payment of any kind.

02Do I need an account?

No. Students, teachers and staff can use everything without signing in. Only bus drivers and transport office staff sign in, with their Google account.

03Does it work without internet?

Yes. The map, the bus schedule and the stops are stored on your phone, so they work with no connection. Live bus positions, once available, need a connection.

04When will live bus tracking be available?

It is built and being tested now, and will be switched on for everyone once it has been tried on real buses. New versions are published on this page and on GitHub.

05Which routes are included?

Student routes 01 to 03, teacher routes 04 to 07 and staff routes 04, 05, 06 and 08, taken from the university's official bus schedule.

06Does the app track my location?

No. If you allow it, your location is only used to show where you are on your own map, and it is not uploaded. Bus positions come from the driver's phone during a trip.

07Why is it not on Google Play? Is the APK safe?

Early versions are released as an APK on GitHub, which is quicker while the app changes often. A Play Store listing is planned. Download only from this page or the project's GitHub page, and compare the SHA-256 checksum shown here if you want to be sure the file is untouched.

08Is there an iPhone version?

It is planned. The app is built with Flutter, which runs on iPhone too, but the iPhone version still has to be built and tested on a Mac.

09অ্যাপটি কি বিনামূল্যে?

হ্যাঁ। অ্যাপটি সম্পূর্ণ বিনামূল্যে, কোনো বিজ্ঞাপন নেই, আর যাত্রীদের কোনো অ্যাকাউন্ট খুলতে হয় না।

10ইন্টারনেট ছাড়া কি অ্যাপটি চলে?

হ্যাঁ। ম্যাপ, বাসের সময়সূচি আর স্টপেজগুলো ফোনেই রাখা থাকে, তাই ইন্টারনেট ছাড়াও দেখা যায়।

Never guess where your bus is

Download BU Bus Tracker and keep the schedule and the map in your pocket.

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