Bus Jam Reviews

Great game addictive mechanic

UPDATE: what’s going on with ALL the colors?? I’m in the 500s levels and nothing will make them get on the buses no matter how many are in the grid spots. I keep using up my money to add spots and they won’t go onto the bus. Do ALL colors need to be 5 people now? I’ll have to stop playing because that would start using up all my points. Please advise! Thank you.

I love this game. It fun and not too complicated. I’m in the 300s levels and have recently noticed what seems like a bug or glitch. The neon green color has to have 5 people before it can get on the bus. Now that I’ve noticed it, I usually have to add a row before I run out of space and then have to watch an ad to continue. Is this intentional or a problem that needs to be fixed?

Enjoy Bus Jam a lot, hopefully more updates to come!

One minor bug I noticed. There are times in a puzzle where there are multiple buses for the green characters. What I noticed was that the green characters do not always go on the green bus. They will sit in the holding squares after I tap them. And no, this is not because I selected the one with the “R” on his hat. I have a screenshot showing the issue but can’t find the address to send an email to the developer. It only happens with the green characters which is odd.

Other than that issue, really enjoy the game.

And then it became literally impossible to pass level 62. You were required to board three orange passengers on the bus and only two would sit. There was absolutely no way whatsoever to contact customer support at all. There would be no mention of the game on their website and no way for players to contact the company. Their website was was literally useless for player support so at that point our only options were to delete the game for every or hopelessly wait that one day they would update it so that we could pass that level.

Overall the game has been fun but a bug I’ve noticed is a lot of levels I’ll only have 2 only the people and not 3 so I have to use the coins to fill in a seat because I don’t have the 3rd person there. It’s been fun aside from that very challenging

I paid$3.99 to not have ads (4.23 with tax) and STILL had ads…when I asked for a refund it said I have no purchases eligible for a refund. Yet my account says I paid $4.23! Will dispute it with my CC. But BEWARE

It takes 10 seconds to play a game then watch a 30 second ad! I’m watching more ads than playing the game! I like the game though!

Why is it when a white us comes and you select white men they go stand and dont get on the bus? This is very confusing.

I love this game, but there is a bug that the correct color does not get on the bus. It only happens with the bright green color.

I enjoy the game but paid for an ad free experience and get ads after every round? How do I remedy? Tried deleting BusJam and reinstating with no luck.

I would give more stars but I watch more ads then play the game. Makes it a 👎🏻

Lime green men will stand on platform even if bus is like green and not get on the bus even when not wearing a special hat making me lose the level.

I love it but sometimes there are only two of a color and the bus wants three??????

Lovely game 👍🏼😉👌🏼

I really enjoy the game but it will not let me purchase the part to stop the ads and I can’t stand an advertisement after every game

Game is repetitive and with ads twice a level, it just isn’t fun. I don’t understand how you can make money when you chase away the people who play the game and then you can’t make money on ads because people don’t want to watch them and the game isn’t fun so they won’t pay to get rid of the ads.

This is the only game I play, I love it.

Really? You made things so we get less coins? 50 instead of 100 on the tip guy? Much less then 200 on bosses? Less coins after each level?

Game is fun, but way too easy. Gets boring real fast. The ads are ridiculous, almost after every level.

Why do some of the people have hats with the letter “r”? If you’re referencing what I THINK you are, this is very inappropriate and should be changed immediately!

The games is fun. Every game I won had to watch an AD after it and the ads are long. I had to delete BusJam . Ugh

There are too many ads!!! Even after you pay for removal of “one type” of ads you are bombarded after each round with other ads! I don’t recommend!!!!

This game had so much potential. It was fun, the levels got more challenging but I had to follow my own rule with ads..if an ad interrupts a level …Delete! The first 10 levels were great then the ads kicked on. I choose the extra points the first time then I chose less points/ no ad and got an ad anyway. Tried it again, same thing. If you choose less points maybe you get a shorter ad, I couldn’t tell. The same ad kept coming up with a freezing baby. What a horrible ad. That said….I’m done, too bad it could have been fun.

I rarely write reviews but had to for this one. It’s a fun, easy game to kill some time. 3 ads on one level was way too much. The ads have become so intrusive that they cause the game to drop frames. It has sadly made it almost unplayable. I would have purchased the ad free but seeing reviews that say you still get bombarded with ads has made me reconsider.

I’m on level 100s almost to 200 since I am sick with the flu I love playing this game to kill time.. on side of that, I would play and (not sure if there’s a glitch?) but I would almost get to the end and I get to the color I need but I wouldn’t have any more slots to get my last colored person and then I have to start all over it didn’t happen just one time it happened more than multiple times I just want to give up on the game.. help?

Look I was in the Party Bus Business here in Sarasota, Florida for 38yrs starting back in 1984! First company in the US to come up with the concept of Night Club On Wheels!!!

Yes, I know it sounds weird, but this never happens until I play this game. The back of my phone literally gets hot and the game starts to skip. As soon as o stop playing and go to something else, it cools down. Doesn’t happen while doing anything else on my phone. I do like the game though.

This an exciting us , stimulating , mind training game

You have the option to get more coins when you beat a level if you watch an ad, and I opted not to not realizing you would need to in order to keep playing. By level 33 there were not enough colors to finish a bus, so you have to use a booster in order to beat it. By not watching ads, I had 700 coins by this point. The cheapest booster pack to help was 1500 coins. So I would have to by more coins. If I would have known, I would have just watched the ads . lol. Too late now, byyyeeeeeee

I love this game and I would play it all the time. I’m on level 321 and now all of a sudden there are hearts and it costs a heart to redo a level. This deters me to play because I don’t want to waste my hearts. I don’t like this and the game was a lot more fun without the addition of hearts. 🙁👎

Actually enjoyed the game nice relaxing way to end the day….but i cannot tell the difference of some of the dudes colors you need alternate color options

Hello. Does anyone knows how to get back to the game where I was on a higher level? I had to delete the game and redownload it. The game started me over from level one. I am using an iPhone. I enjoy the game very much. Would love to get back to where I was. I was over level 130 for sure and had thousands in coins. Hope someone can help.

It’s a fun game but I downloaded it because the ad for it said it was a no wifi game. And yet I can’t play it without wifi or phone service. There are ads between every level, which is better than some games but it does get to be a lot when some levels don’t even take a full minute to pass. I would love to keep playing this game because it is fun and can be challenging but when I spend more time watching ads then I do actually playing the game it’s time to find a different game to play.

It was fun in the beginning, but after a while it gets impossible to complete levels without boosters. Problem is you don’t get enough coins for boosters when you complete a level, and the only other way to get coins is to pay for them. There’s no daily rewards system either. There needs to be a way to get boosters without having to pay for coins. I’m frustrated by that and it ruined the fun for me. Unless the developer adds ways to attain coins more easily without paying, I’m done with this game.

This is THE ONE! This is the iPhone game I sit and play for hours. I resent having to eat, having to pee, having to take pills, receive calls from grandkids and having to go to sleep at night.
The game’s images are a bunch of tiny faceless, impish passengers waiting to board a bus OF THE SAME COLOR as the loading passenger. You must strategically work your passenger toward the bus to get on; even if he is WAY behind other passengers, you must bring him forward.
After 5 fails; you begin again.
The tiny, heart warming passengers remind me of Teletubies. They are Adorable!
I so love this game I purchased the offer to
eliminate ads during my game. Now THAT is OBSESSIVE!!

The game is fun, but simple. It’s a nice enough newer take on typical sorting games. But the ads!!! Oh my gosh!! So many ads and it’s after every single round, and some of the hem last for a minute and a half. I spend more annoying time waiting for the ad to end than I do playing the game. And the average clicks to get OUT of an an is 6+.
Im deleting the game. You guys cut down on the number of ads or let people play 2-3 rounds before a 30-second ad and I will get it again.

I have had BusJam all of 2 minutes. I have been shown 3 of 4 training exercises. I loaded up 3 red & 3 blue people standing left to right. Then the same thing but matching people were in front of each other but still 6 people, 2 buses total. Then for exercise #3 I had 3 buses so…. I have played less than a minute and loaded 7 buses and you want me to rate you? An official rating? Do you really want to know how I like it? Not worth a ____ so far. Just trying to learn the rules so I can play the game for a bit and THEN give you an honest legitimate rating.
Get it together. This is unacceptable.

Great game except you have to close the game and restart it each time you lose because the ad bar is placed right on top of the “try again” button. Please move the ad bar!

This game is only free until level 90 - then you have to purchase boosters to complete.
It’s been very fun up until now.
There is no way to earn boosters or coins without completing levels & level 90 is the first time I’ve come to I’ve come to a level that the colors are not set up to allow completion without a booster with the limited number of hold spaces you are given.

I like the concept and its fun to play but it keeps bogging down, causing me to have to shut down the game and restart it. It’ll play one or two levels, them lock up, like its too much for the processor to handle. Also, it makes my ipad super hot. I don’t understand how this simple game could overheat my ipad when i play much more advanced games with awesome graphics and they don’t overheat my ipad. Weird. Anyway, had to delete.

Almost every other round, something goes wrong. The frozen people don’t thaw, the ppl who are free act like they are stuck and won’t move, there will only be 2 of the color needed and therefore you can’t fill the bus and move on. Just glitch after glitch.

Let me be your lesson and DO NOT spend $$ to just throw it away. I wish I learned my lesson after my first waste of money purchase.

Twice I have been unable to finish levels because there aren’t enough of the same color riders! I tried to attach a picture of the last time it happened. Glitch or what? Frustrating beyond belief. Please try to fix it as I have to use my lives to replay the level.

I loved this game so much. Perfect amount of challenge and mindlessness, BUT after a few days of playing I noticed my battery was draining surprisingly fast, and upon review, THIS GAME was taking 70% of my battery life!! 😩😩 that’s without allowing notifications or tracking across other apps. Super sad that it had to go.

How do I get past level 129? I’m stuck on the beginning where I’m supposed to get folks on the first bus but can’t cause of clocked folks blocking others from getting on their bus.

I've genuinely enjoyed playing Bus Jam for its challenging puzzles. It's a game that combines fun gameplay mechanics with increasingly difficult levels, making it a great pastime. The graphics are simple and decent, offering a smooth gaming experience on iOS devices. However, my enthusiasm took a hit as I reached level 397. At this point, the game introduces challenge that can only be released by purchasing additional tiles. This sudden shift towards a pay-to-win model was disappointing, especially after investing so much time without needing to spend money (except for ads removal, which I did). Like another reviewer mentioned, it seems you're forced to make in-app purchases to progress further. This aspect detracts from the game's initial appeal, where skill and strategy were the only prerequisites for advancement. While I understand the developers' need for monetization, a more balanced approach, offering alternate ways to earn or unlock essential items, would have been preferable. It's a shame because Bus Jam is really fun and engaging up to this point. I'd still recommend it for those who enjoy puzzle games, but with the caveat of the potential need to spend money to fully experience all its levels.

UPDATE: I am updating to a five star review because they fixed the problem and restored our coins. Thank you for correcting in a timely manner. ****
I lost all the coins I had earned (and paid for) when I upgraded and no one has responded to my complaints. The restore purchases button doesn’t work. **** I loved the game, played it every day, watched the ads I chose to in order to earn more coins and to get more lives and if this doesn’t get resolved, you’re going to lose all my ad income. I will remove BusJam tomorrow if this isn’t resolved.

Update: I have been on level 364 for a couple of days…it seems like the only way to get past that level is to pay for extra spots to put the people waiting for the bus. I can’t figure out any other way. So if I don’t get past it soon, I will definitely quit playing. Super frustrating that it seems rigged to make you spend money. Super fun game until now! Someone commented that they don’t appreciate that it is based on skin color to the color of the bus. Why does it have to be skin color? Maybe the people are color coded by route or destination. People taking offense to everything needs to stop. Enjoy the game for what it is, entertainment .

Just came across this game. It’s a fun n challenging game but so far not so challenging to the point of impossible to pass a level. I can’t stand a game to start out easy n a few levels in the level can’t be passed! I’ve deleted many a game that starts out easy n then gets impossible to pass fast! No gradual increase of difficulty just bam goes from easy to impossible in 5 levels! N those games r for 4 year old n up? I’d like to see a 4 yo pass those impossible to pass games! I hope this game stays challenging but not impossible to level up. Update- got to a level of no way to pass the level! 😡 hate games that do this 🤬! It’s been deleted!

First f, the game it self is cool. BUT you can’t really enjoy it it because the amount of ads is crazy. The ads are SUPER long and some of them you can’t even mute them so it interrupts your music. Then some of the ads blend the x out button with the background so it takes forever to even get out the ad even after you sat there and watch a super long ad.

For such a good game, it is ruined by ads. I rather there be a Option to pay for ad free version. If not they must cut down on the length of ads and if I mute the game so I can play while listening to music then the ads need be muted as well

I would initially have rated this game a five. It’s really quietly engaging. However, since the coin debacle/fix, I can no longer reliably tap on the correct rider. I lose most often to tapping the guy in front or behind the one I was trying to tap. So many lives lost this way! Super frustrating! I have not figured out what the exact skew is to reliably choose the intended individual. The levels with large grids are almost undoable

This is perfect to play and unplug. However, lots of bugs throughout the higher levels. Often correct colors are on the ramp, but won’t hop on. When you hit undo, the little guys get stuck running backward and game freezes. Store to purchase coins will intermittently just say n/a, so not able to purchase more coins. Will continue to play, because it’s fun. Please fix the bugs!

Initially I thought this was way too simple to be any fun. But at level 58 it became very interesting. Make one wrong move and you fail. For the most part it is too simple, but they periodically throw in a challenge that makes the mundane worth it!

I love this game and don’t understand any of the negative reviews? I paid for the ad free version and that’s it. The game is very achievable if you just try. Until 2133, the game freezes when you get down to the bottom left corner. If you play the other side you can usually get everyone off the screen except one orange guy in that bottom left area who is just permanently frozen. Extremely frustrating. I miss my favorite game and want to continue playing.

Some levels are impossible without paying 500 coins to continue. At times this is just a guessing game as to where the right color riders are. The element of chance gets you into the trouble, even after playing a level several times. Why can’t games be purchased outright like they used to be, rather than having to pay a continual stream of money which will eventually make it impossible to continue playing without paying out real cash. The game is entertaining and I wouldn’t mind paying a few bucks to outright buy it. This goes along with the “you will own nothing to mentality. Greed is a horrible thing!

The game developers give you levels without ads {I got 35) to play uninterrupted at the start. That alone is a great feature. Game play is smooth. Graphics are colorful. You do need to develop a strategy to clear some levels and that is a good thing, too. I like the game and paid to remove ads. Definitely worth trying if you like thinking games like this.

When I first started playing I’d never “accidentally” choose the wrong guy but NOW WITH THE UPDATES it chooses guys I’m not intentionally pressing. It’s extremely frustrating but that’s what updates do. It’s a way for you to get guys out of the puzzle you didn’t want out so your tiles will fill up and you HAVE TO Spend MONEY $$ or loose that level. If all of the sudden it’s like that AFTER and update it’s a planned scam. I know others who play and it’s the same for them as well. Extremely disappointed!

There seems to be a missing orange. I’ve tried 3 times and come up short an orange each try. Or am I blind???

Also, when the spot in front of the purple guy 3rd row from right, and up four is emptied, the purple guy still can’t move forward - just get an angry face. I can work around it, but seems like it needs to be opened.

So I’m at a total stand still until an orange is added! I’ll change the rating to five stars when I can start playing again! Thanks!

Game was a good puzzler but once I reached level 403 it’s impossible to do without having Coins. I don’t play games on my phone that are supported by ads to then have to pay actual money to complete a level. The only time I would even consider it is if it was challenging but this level clearly sets you up for failure so you have to pay to win and move on to the next level. Worse part is it’s almost $5 to keep playing, or $10 if you do it from the start and add tiles for the passengers.

Enjoyed for the most part til I got up to 90 levels.
I almost finish a level and it’s missing a guy. I managed to do something on the last level it happened on, BUT, I don’t know what I did! Possibly paid out coins? This time there seems to be no solution. I’m stuck.
As for ads, yeah… not great. You get hooked when you can go awhile with no ads at the beginning, then it’s like these minute long ads after every level! Ummm. NO! I’m ok with a simple short ad, but it’s ridiculous with the same LONG repeat ads. So, I’m done. Delete!

I saw this game playing some other game. The Ad was cute and interesting. I decided to download it and play. 3 weeks later I am on level 198! This is so much fun and only wish the leaderboard and/or win streaks are on. I would love to see how far along I have came. 🥹

Anyways… back to playing!!

If you like disappointment. refer to title, then reread. First thing I noticed coming into this game was the adblocker because they had one and not a single ad popped up in the first 5 minutes. Got past a few levels now I’m stuck on one that… the new power-up they give you… doesn’t help you pass the wall you found that they put here because that’s what progression is supposed to be except now I’m stuck on what seems like an mtx pusher. Lose all my lives, cause that’s mtx pushers, then b- delete this farce of game. Gday m80s.

Help a girl out!! When a bus rider is incased in the ice, what is the method to breaking the ice the fastest? I can’t figure it out. I’ve tried the same color, the same row, closest, furthest, and there is no answer I can find. I loose so many lives because the one I need is in ice!! Has anyone found out the trick!?

Also, who’s with me on we should be able to get lives from friends, or have more than 5! It’s crazy how fast they go, especially when the game gives you absolutely no rules on how to figure things out , like said ice.

I love this game! I only have one thing that annoys me. It’s the five people on standby, when all five squares are full the game ends. I think that if all five squares are full and I don’t need to add anyone I should be able to continue playing. For example, if there is a yellow bus with two passengers, three people on standby and two in the way of the last yellow passenger. I should be able to move those two and put the yellow person on the bus. The game should only end when there are no moves available.

It’s a good game but when you complete a one level of three portion if you make a mistake on the last level it should not take you to the beginning it should let you replay the one you made a mistake it’s really a frustrating when it take you to the beginning and the no option of re do or shuffle do anything

Graphics are great, I like the challenging levels, but some levels you can’t get through without purchasing the boosters. The pkgs of coins/boosters offered are expensive. And if you buy the coins you can use to buy the boosters, but you only get 3 of the boosters; example: cost is $9.99 for about 1600 coins, to purchase some boosters you need 2100 coins…it’s just too expensive for what you get it’s too bad, I was enjoying the game, paid to remove ads, I think I even purchased one of the booster/coins pkg, but those go fast when you are trying to get through a really hard level. I’m on level 392 now, and have been trying to get thru it for 2 days now, there’s no way that I can see to get through it without extra tiles. I am going to delete this game.

I saw this game via an ad on another game I was playing and had to download it! I’ve been playing non-stop and really enjoy it!
BUT——it seems I have come to a standstill @ level 199 🥺It will not allow me to finish this level because it’s short 1 red person.
I literally cannot complete it because I get down to the end of the level where there’s only 2 red people left instead of 3 😲
I have invested too much money in this game to give up but if I can’t play beyond this level, I may have to quit 🤷🏾‍♀️
Is there a way the developer can assist me with this issue? I really do want to keep playing……

Lots of ads, which I generally don’t care about but despite having all the sounds and vibrations off in the settings, the ads are loud. It’s really irksome. There isn’t a way to turn sound off, and often if there is, you can tap the sound image and it just asks if you want to download BusJam from the ad. Otherwise the game itself is a fun, little puzzle app that isn’t too addictive and can be played when you need a distraction. Just be aware that it will be loud no matter what you do in the settings.

I was instantly entertained, but 50 levels in, just a roadmap? No tournaments, although they say coming soon? No special competitions? Yes commercials are expected, but waiting for what’s next. Great puzzles, but there’s only so much repetition I can endure. There’s a lot of game competition out there, step it up or find something else to do. Unless us gamers just need to move on. When did mobile app game design become only about how much ad revenue you can acquire? Is that really all there is to life?