Learn MyBasu

1. Open MyBasu and tap Use my location.
2. Your phone asks first. Tap Allow While Using App.
3. That's it! The stops closest to you show under Near you, with their next buses.

Good to know: your location stays on your phone and is never sent anywhere. Rather not share it? Tap Search for a stop instead.

1. Tap a stop to open it.
2. Each card is one bus. The lime tile is the bus number, and the words above the time say where it's going.
3. The big number is when the next bus comes, in minutes. Arr means it's arriving now.
4. The smaller numbers are the two buses after it.
5. The bars and the word show how full the bus is: Seats, Standing or Full.
6. How many stops away the bus is right now, counted along its route.
7. The dot means the times are live. They update by themselves every 20 seconds.
8. Tap Directions to walk to the stop with your maps app.

Tip: every other sign on a bus card is explained just below, in What the symbols mean.

1. Near you lists the closest stops first. Tap 500 m to look further away.
2. Want another distance? Touch and hold a distance button.
3. Type the distance in metres, from 50 to 5000.
4. Tap Save.
5. Your distance is added, and MyBasu remembers it next time.

Tip: the same distances are in Settings.

1. On a stop, tap the star to make it a favourite.
2. Catch one bus here most days? Tap its pin.
3. Your pinned bus moves to the top of the stop. Now go back.
4. Both wait for you under Favourites on the home screen.

Tip: tap the star or the pin again to remove it.

1. Tap Search at the bottom of the screen.
2. Type the stop's name, or its 5-digit number from the sign at the stop.
3. Tap the stop under Bus stops.
4. Here are all its buses, just like a stop near you.

Tip: short forms work both ways. Typing “interchange” also finds stops that LTA calls “Int”.

1. Tap the arrow in the corner of the card at the top to fold it.
2. Folded, it shrinks to one line that still shows your bus and when it comes. Favourites and Near you fold the same way: tap the arrow beside the title.
3. Favourites folds to a count of what's inside.
4. Near you shows how many stops it found. MyBasu remembers what you folded, and stops asking for live times for a section while it's folded.

Tip: tap the arrow again, or the title, to open it.

1. Tap Search.
2. Type where you're going: a postal code, a road or a place.
3. Tap the place you mean.
4. Under Ways there are the ways to get there, soonest to arrive first.
5. Don't mind a longer walk at the end? Tap 500 m for more choices.
6. Tap a way to see every step.
7. Walk, ride, walk: each step and how long it takes. Tap Directions for the walk.

Good to know: the total includes waiting, riding and walking. Train times are the operators' own; bus rides are MyBasu's estimates, so allow a few extra minutes.

1. Tap Home (or Work, or Gym) on the card at the top.
2. Tap Add buses.
3. Type the number of a bus you take.
4. Tap your bus.
5. Tap the stop where you catch it. The nearest stops are at the top. Pick the side going your way: the last words say where the bus is heading.
6. Done! Its next buses show here, and on the card at the top of Home.

Tip: setting up Work or a third place? Swipe the card to it, as shown in Switch between your places. You can also add buses straight from a stop, as shown in Add buses from a stop.

1. On a stop, tap ••• at the top right.
2. Choose Add buses to Home, Work or your third place.
3. Tick every bus you take from this stop.
4. Tap Done.

Tip: untick a bus, or tap the × beside it on the place's screen, to take it off again.

1. On Going home, tap Add postal code.
2. Type your 6-digit postal code.
3. Tap Find.
4. Check that it's the right place, then tap Save.
5. Under Suggested are the quickest ways there right now, by bus and train.
6. Tap a suggestion to see the steps.
7. Every step is spelled out. Tap a star to add that bus to your buses.
8. The card at the top of Home shows your buses and the best way home, at a glance.

Good to know: the card shows the place you're most likely heading to: Work before midday and Home after, unless you're already there.

1. Swipe the card left or right to turn to your next place.
2. The dots under the card show where you are. Tap a dot to jump to a place.
3. The third place starts out as Gym. Tap its card to open it.
4. Tap the pencil to give it a name of your own.
5. Type the name, like “Yoga” or “Mum's place”.
6. Tap Save.
7. Your name shows on the card, and wherever MyBasu mentions the place.

Tip: a place you haven't set up yet shows Add buses on its card. Tap it to start, as in Your buses for Home, Work and Gym.

1. On a stop, tap the bell next to your bus.
2. Choose how many minutes before it arrives you want to know. MyBasu suggests a time based on your walk to the stop.
3. Tap Set alert.
4. The first time, tap Allow so MyBasu can send you notifications.
5. The bell turns blue. Your alert is set.
6. When the bus is that close, your phone tells you.

Good to know: an alert switches off once the bus has passed. MyBasu re-checks the bus while it's open, so the timing is best if you keep it open. On Android, also allow Alarms & reminders for MyBasu.

1. On a stop, tap the bell next to your bus.
2. Tap Show on Lock Screen.
3. Lock your phone. The first time, tap Allow.
4. Your bus counts down on the Lock Screen, and you can see how close it is.

On Android: the same button puts a live countdown in your notifications and on your lock screen.

1. Touch and hold an empty spot on your Home Screen.
2. Tap Edit at the top left.
3. Tap Add Widget.
4. Search for MyBasu.
5. Tap MyBasu.
6. Swipe to choose a size.
7. Tap Add Widget.
8. Your next buses are on your Home Screen, and they keep themselves up to date.

Good to know: the widget shows the stop of your Home buses in the morning and your Work buses after noon. If you haven't set those, it shows a pinned bus or a favourite stop. On Android: touch and hold an empty spot, tap Widgets, find MyBasu and drag it onto your Home Screen.

1. On a stop, tap a bus.
2. Every stop it calls at, in order, with your stop highlighted. Scroll back to see the buses on their way.
3. A lime bus is a real bus, live, with how many stops away it is and how long it will take. Here the next one is 5 stops away.

Tip: tap the arrows at the top right to see the other direction. Tap any stop on the route to see its buses.

1. Tap Map at the bottom.
2. Each circle is a bus stop, and the blue dot is you. Labels show the next bus at the stops near you and your favourites. Train lines and station codes are drawn too.
3. Under the map are shortcuts to Home, Work, your third place and your favourite stops, and the stops near you.
4. Tap a stop on the map.
5. Its next buses show on a card. Tap the card to open the stop.

Tip: tap the magnifier at the top to jump to any stop, and the round target button to come back to where you are. Pull the sheet up for a longer list of stops.

1. On a stop, tap ••• at the top right.
2. Tap Rename stop.
3. Type a name you'll recognise.
4. Tap Save.
5. Your name shows everywhere in MyBasu, with the official name underneath.

Tip: to go back to the official name, open Rename stop again and tap Use original name.

1. Tap the gear at the top right of the home screen.
2. Under Appearance, choose Light or Dark, or System to match your phone.
3. It changes straight away. Tap back to leave Settings.
4. All set.

1. Open Settings with the gear on the home screen, then scroll down.
2. Set how far Near you looks for stops, and how far from a place you search the stop you get off at may be. Hold a distance to type your own.
3. Recommend MyBasu sends a friend a link for iPhone or Android.
4. Feedback and support opens a short form on mybasu.com, so you can report a problem or suggest an idea.
5. How to use MyBasu brings you back to these guides.

Tip: found something wrong, or have an idea? Use the feedback form. It goes straight to the developer.