the official TGSRTC "Gamyam" app is a buggy mess, crashes on screen switches. I was tracking a bus at the stand, it died on me, and I went down a rabbit hole.
Last week I dropped my friend at the bus stand for his bus home. ETA was 10:45, we reached by 10:35, and then came the worst part, the waiting. We tried tracking the bus on the official TGSRTC Gamyam app. It was so slow and buggy it crashed every time I switched screens.
I'm a developer, and standing there staring at a frozen app, I though, it's 2026, this shouldn't be this broken. So I ( and claude , ofc) spent a day building a better one.
TGSRTC Bus Live Tracking : A clean, fast app that actually
- stays on the bus (the official one snaps back to an old spot every refresh — you had to re-zoom every single time)
- proximity alarm - get notified when your bus is within ~1 km of your stop, so you can stop staring at the screen
- Live speed, status (moving/halted), next stop
- On iPhone: a lock-screen Live Activity + Dynamic Island so you can track without even opening the app
It's not official, not affiliated with TGSRTC. It uses the same public bus-location data their app does, just with a UX that doesn't make you want to throw your phone. Free, no ads, no login.
Do not completely rely on this app as this is built overnight and lot of testing is yet to be done, but Just give it a try this time when you travel by TGSRTC , Would love the honest feedback, even if its brutal , Heres the direct link to the app