BusBuddy Ottawa v4.0
APK · 9.8 MB · version code 8000 · Android 7.0+ · uploaded Mar 20, 2025
- Same certificate as v4.2, which matches Google Play Details
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Compared with the latest version
The latest version is v4.2, uploaded Aug 30, 2026 — about 1 year after this one.
- Size: this file is 9.8 MB; the latest is 13.6 MB (3.8 MB larger).
- The latest version asks for 1 more permission: Read basic phone state.
- The latest version no longer asks for: Access adservices topics.
File information
- Version
- v4.0 (8000)
- Uploaded
- Mar 20, 2025
- Size
- 9.8 MB
- Requires
- Android 7.0+ (API 24)
- CPU support
- Any (no native code)
- Graphics
- OpenGL ES 2.0+
- Screen
- Small screens and larger
- MD5
- ffee4bc793a45b69f4d98474c6ce088f
- Signing certificate (SHA-1)
- 7D:0F:65:C4:33:73:5B:7C:5B:72:54:7C:DF:F7:AD:65:81:17:A2:CC
- Signed by
- CN=Larry Dunkelman, O=MyAppatory, L=Ottawa, ST=Ontario, C=01
- File name
- com-myappatory-busbuddy-8000-70218320-ffee4bc793a45b69f4d98474c6ce088f.apk
- Package
- com.myappatory.busbuddy
- Downloads (all versions)
- 100K+
- Age rating
- PEGI 3 · Everyone
What's new in v4.0
OCTranso has changed their data systems which has necessitated a change in the app. Due to this change, existing favourites could no longer be used and need to be recreated once the new app in installed. The new version includes provides better information related to bus trips that have been cancelled and added. Thanks for continuing to use BusBuddy Ottawa.
Permissions (16)
This version requests 16 permissions, 2 of them sensitive.
- Approximate location Sensitive android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION
- Precise location Sensitive android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION
- Access adservices ad id android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID
- Access adservices attribution android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION
- Access adservices topics android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_TOPICS
- Advertising ID com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID
- Busbuddy maps receive (custom) com.myappatory.busbuddy.permission.MAPS_RECEIVE
- Full network access android.permission.INTERNET
- Google Play install referrer com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE
- Internal broadcast protection (app-defined) com.myappatory.busbuddy.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION
- Prevent the device from sleeping android.permission.WAKE_LOCK
- Read Google service settings com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES
- Receive push notifications com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE
- Run foreground services android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE
- Show notifications android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS
- View network connections android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
Security & authenticity
Security rating: Trusted
Signing certificate
- Certificate issued to “MyAppatory” This is the certificate of the Google Play version.
- Same certificate as v4.2, which matches Google Play v4.2 · v4.1
Store checks
- Developer signature verified Mar 20, 2025
- Uploaded by “appupdater” Gold tier · 117,810 followers · uploading since 2020
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How to install BusBuddy Ottawa on Android 7.0+
You'll need about 19.6 MB of free space.
- Download the APK — tap Download APK above (9.8 MB). Chrome shows “File might be harmful” for every APK file; choose Download anyway only if you trust this file.
- Open the file — tap the download notification, or open Files › Downloads and tap com-myappatory-busbuddy-8000-70218320-ffee4bc793a45b69f4d98474c6ce088f.apk.
- Allow the install (first time only) — Android 8 and later asks for permission the first time an app opens an APK: tap Settings in the prompt, turn on Allow from this source, then go back. Manual path: Settings › Apps › Special app access › Install unknown apps (on Samsung: Settings › Apps › ⋮ › Special access). On Android 7 and older: Settings › Security › Unknown sources.
- Check the file (optional) — the MD5 of the downloaded file should be ffee4bc793a45b69f4d98474c6ce088f. If it differs, the file is damaged or was changed: delete it and download again.
- Tap Install — Android asks “Do you want to install this app?”. If Google Play Protect shows a warning, read it before you continue: the source store rated this file Trusted, but only install apps from sources you trust. If an earlier version is installed, this one only installs as an update when it is signed with the same certificate (SHA-1 shown above).
- Open BusBuddy Ottawa — tap Open on the install screen, or find it in your app drawer.
Common install problems
- “App not installed” — a version signed with a different certificate, or a newer version, is already installed (Android doesn't allow downgrades). Uninstall it first; back up your data, because uninstalling deletes it.
- “There was a problem parsing the package” — the file is incomplete, or your Android is too old (this version needs Android 7.0+). Download it again, or pick an older version.
- Blocked by Play Protect — Play Protect checks apps from outside the Play Store. Only continue if you trust the source.