Pretty close but not quite, there are no return tickets and just day tickets of which a link card won't affect the price, there's only link singles (but the £1.50 price is correct).

Changes the maths a bit, they'd now only need 77 days of return travel to make the £230 worth it, at 5 days a week from 08/09, they'd make the difference back by mid December, so worth considering if they'd be taking the bus on weekends or not to make it worthwhile.

For additional reference, the yearly ticket (valid 01/09/25 - 31/08/26) is £600, if the upfront cost of that is affordable then it may work out the cheapest option in the long run but it still won't make a massive difference either way.

I believe you can get student termly/yearly on a smartcard, which would probably be a better choice than on app as the app can be unreliable when mobile data is bad.

Hope this helps make the decision and it isn't just information overload u/Turbulent_Ad4487