London bus checker app

[enigel]

London-centred question!

Which Android app (preferably free, but I'm not ruling out paying for it) would you recommend for bus checking? Next bus at a given stop, bus route, favourite stops, that kind of thing.

I'm fairly new to this "there's an app for that" business, and a bit stressed about phone security. I'm looking for an app that's easy to use, doesn't have too much information overload, ideally no ads.

The TfL website provides all this info, of course, but by the time it loads a page the bus has already come.

Many thanks for any help!

Comments

[necaris]

I've used Citymapper (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.citymapper.app.release) with some success -- it's not ideal for bus checking per se but quite good for how to get from A to B, knows the bus routes and timings, and so on.

(It also has a "how long would it take a rampaging giant green Android robot to get to where you're going" option which I find cute, but YMMV).

HTH!