# Riverside Transit BusWatch

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Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1252094030](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1252094030)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1252094030`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Riverside Transit Agency
- **Category:** Navigation
- **Rating:** 2.40 / 5 (62 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.3.1
- **Last updated:** 2025-08-22
- **First published:** 2017-06-25
- **Size:** 542 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-22
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/riverside-transit-buswatch/id1252094030)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.rtabus.com/terms-use](https://www.rtabus.com/terms-use)

## Description

Riverside Transit BusWatch is a browser extension that brings real-time RTA bus information to your computer or mobile device. It provides arrival predictions, live bus locations, and route itineraries for all Riverside Transit Agency routes, making it easier to plan trips and avoid missed buses. The data is delivered through RTA's transit-tracking systems over your device's Wi-Fi or cellular connection.

Key features include viewing all routes at your stop, seeing actual bus locations, planning A-to-B trips, and viewing rider alerts and detours. You can subscribe to text message or email alerts, view schedules and fares, and even order bus passes—all for free on smartphones, tablets, or computers.

## Rankings

- #206,559 — Overall

## Review summary

User reviews consistently praise real-time bus tracking but report widespread reliability problems. Key issues include GPS/location errors causing missed buses, frequent crashes or sign-out problems, slow/unresponsive performance, and inaccurate or missing arrival times. Some users also note find-stop errors and a lack of full route times, with Transit app often recommended as an alternative. Overall, Riverside BusWatch shows potential but stability and data accuracy issues undermine its usefulness.

### Pros

- Real-time bus location tracking.
- Shows arrival times/predictions when functioning.
- Provides access to the official bus schedule via a link in the app.

### Cons

- Frequent GPS/location errors or geotag issues leading to missed buses and incorrect predictions.
- App instability: crashes, can’t open, signs you out, and data resets.
- Arrival times/predictions are often inaccurate or unavailable.
- Slow, sluggish, and unresponsive performance with occasional freezing.
- Limited route visibility: inability to view full routetimes and frequent find-stop errors.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1252094030)