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Bimba vs Buses: catalog facts
Bimba	Buses
Best for: Public transport riders who want a tracker-free timetable and journey planner	Best for: Bus passengers in Great Britain who want a simple open-source times lookup
Free Free and open source under the GPL 3.0 or later, with no ads.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 licence.
Android, Web	Android
Live departures where operators publish realtime data Cross-border route planning via Transitous All 4 strengths for Bimba Live departures where operators publish realtime data Cross-border route planning via Transitous No tracking or ads Usable in a browser as well as on Android	Tap a stop on the map to see bus times Search by street, postcode or stop code All 3 strengths for Buses Tap a stop on the map to see bus times Search by street, postcode or stop code Shows OS grid references and position accuracy
Coverage depends on networks added to Transitous Realtime data is not available for every operator	Covers Great Britain only Unresponsive while loading the stop list at startup All 3 limitations for Buses Covers Great Britain only Unresponsive while loading the stop list at startup Small project with few users
Downloadable app, Web application	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0-or-later	License: GPL-3.0
No account needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Bimba bimba.app Catalog checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Buses billthefarmer.github.io/buses github.com/billthefarmer/buses Catalog checked October 2, 2026

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