Interactive Seat Map
Choose your bus type — Type A (30 seats), Type B (42 seats), Type C (72 seats), or Type D (84 seats) — and the chart adjusts automatically. 3 seats on each side of a real center aisle.
Student Details
Assign each student a name, grade (K–12), and gender. Color-coded seats make it easy to spot patterns across the bus at a glance.
Multiple Routes
Switch between routes with a tap. Free accounts support up to 5 routes; Pro gives you unlimited routes.
Student Manifest
A live roster of every assigned student sorted by seat position. Export as a CSV or save a PDF seat chart — great for substitute drivers or office records.
Cloud Sync
Sign in with your email and your routes sync automatically across devices. Pick up your iPad in the morning where you left off on the desktop the night before.
Seat Label Printer
Export your seating chart and print physical labels to hang above each seat — student name, seat position, and grade. Try the Label Printer →
CSV Import
Already have a student list? Import it directly. Format a CSV with Seat, Name, Gender, and Grade columns and the app populates the chart instantly.
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No training, no manuals. The Bus Buddy is designed to be immediately obvious to anyone who's ever used a smartphone.
Create a free account
Sign up with your email and a password — no credit card, no app store download. Your account keeps your charts safe and synced across any device you sign in to.
Name your route & pick your bus type
Give your route a name, destination, school name, and route number. Then select your bus type — Type A (30 seats), Type B (42), Type C (72), or Type D (84) — and the seat chart resizes automatically to match. You can change the bus type any time from Edit Route Info.
Tap seats to assign students
On the Map tab, tap any available seat to select it (you can select multiple), then switch to the Student tab to enter the student's name, grade, and gender. Hit Add Student and they're locked in.
View the manifest & export
The List tab shows every assigned student sorted by seat. Pro users can export a CSV for the office or generate a PDF seat chart for substitute drivers — with the full seat map and roster on one page.
Free to start,
Pro when you're ready
Start for free with no time limit. Upgrade to Pro when you need unlimited routes and ad-free experience.
- 4 bus types (30–84 seats)
- Up to 5 routes
- Student manifest & auto-fill
- Export CSV & PDF
- Print seat labels
- Ad supported
- Everything in Free
- No ads in the app
- Unlimited routes
- CSV import
- Cloud sync