BusMate

Never miss a student. Never leave a child behind.

Every morning, school bus drivers across Australia pull out a folder at every stop, scribble down the time, tuck it away, and drive on. It works - until it doesn't. A missed entry. A smudged page. A folder left behind.

BusMate replaces that folder. It's the attendance tracking app built exclusively for school bus drivers - a fast, purpose-built tool that keeps every child accounted for, from the first pick-up to the final safety check.

Designed for Australian bus drivers. Works offline. Free forever.

WHY BUS DRIVERS CHOOSE BUSMATE

Paper rolls get lost. Handwriting fades. BusMate gives you a reliable, timestamped record of every student, every session, every day - so when it matters most, you have the answers.

BUILT FOR YOUR DAILY ROUTINE

No more pulling out a folder at every stop. At each pick-up or drop-off, BusMate is ready:

• Start a Pick-Up or Drop-Off session in one tap
• Mark each student Present or Absent with large, easy-to-tap buttons - even with gloves on
• Timestamps are captured automatically - no writing required
• Auto-advance to the next student with haptic feedback
• Swipe back to correct any record on the spot
• Complete a timestamped Final Safety Check before leaving the vehicle

No complicated setup. No learning curve. Open the app, start your run.

NEVER MISS A THING WITH PASSENGER NOTES

Students with special instructions? Add a time-bounded Passenger Note - "collect from side gate this week" or "early finish Friday." Notes surface automatically during your session while active, then disappear when no longer needed. No sticky notes. No trying to remember.

PROFESSIONAL REPORTS IN SECONDS

At the end of the week, that folder becomes a one-tap Excel report. Every report includes:

• AM and PM attendance records
• Journey start times
• Final safety check timestamps
• Student emergency contact details
• Active passenger notes

Send it directly to your school administrator via email, AirDrop, or any app on your phone. No formatting. No rewriting. No extra work.

COMPLETE STUDENT PROFILES

Everything you need for every student, in one place:

• Name and year/grade
• Home address
• Primary and secondary emergency contacts with relationship tags (Mother / Father / Other)

When something happens on the road, you have the right contact details right there - no scrambling through a folder, no delays.

YOUR DATA STAYS ON YOUR DEVICE. ALWAYS.

BusMate is offline-first and privacy-first.

• No internet required - ever
• No cloud accounts or logins
• No data sent to external servers
• Driver credentials secured by iOS Keychain
• Attendance records encrypted via iOS Core Data
• No analytics, no tracking, no ads

Your students' data belongs to you. It never leaves your iPhone or iPad.

DESIGNED FOR REAL-WORLD CONDITIONS

Built for the cab of a school bus, not a desk:

• Large, high-contrast buttons - readable in direct sunlight
• Accessible green and orange colour coding
• Big, clear fonts for fast scanning at a glance
• Haptic feedback so you know each tap registered
• Fast enough to use at every stop without holding up the run

PERFECT FOR

• School bus drivers managing daily routes
• Transport coordinators overseeing multiple runs
• Operators needing compliance records for transport authorities
• Any driver responsible for student welfare on the road

FREE. NO CATCH.

BusMate is completely free to download and use. No subscription. No in-app purchases. No premium tier. Just a tool that does its job, every single day.

Put down the folder. Download BusMate and put every student's safety on record - starting today.