Houston TranStar User Reviews

Houston TranStar
Houston TranStar
Texas A&M Transportation Institute

Customer Experience

Positive experience23.5% of reviews
Neutral14.7% of reviews
Negative experience61.8% of reviews

~ Based on 34 written reviews from the US App Store.

Is Houston TranStar Safe?

Houston TranStar appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Houston TranStar is 96/100.

This assessment is based on 1,580 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.8/5.

Safety Analysis

96.6% of ratings point to a safe experience
1.8% of ratings suggest some concerns
1.6% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 1,580 App Store ratings for Houston TranStar.

Is Houston TranStar Legit?

Houston TranStar appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Houston TranStar is 90/100.

Based on 90 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Short Travelled

Helps me get around Houston

Vital

On my way to work with a coffee and senior citizen. I can’t afford to get stick in traffic.

New Look

I like the new design. Need to get the web based map upgraded!

Not Reliable

100% reliability

Great

Definitely a must have if you travel regularly in Houston. From traffic accidents to floods and freezes, it keeps you informed of what’s going on out on the roads.

The previous was much better.

This app doesn’t have the rain map, I don’t like this at all.

Latest update is unusable

Latest update has made app unusable. It immediately requests two permissions but the graphics are so jacked up I can only click on one. I have also noticed the previous version no longer had information for most of the roads I use.

Road closed

7/22/2024 Beltway 8 southbound "ROAD CLOSED"! The news reported correctly, but not TranStar! They show green with NO report of "all southbound lanes closed". Closed for months. TranStar is a joke!

Bad service

TranStar is a joke!

It is not real time!

Fact TranStar reports I-69 closed at Townsen closed!
But is OPEN!! For hours.
Do your job right! Or get lost!!!!

Boop the snoot

If you’re looking for traffic cameras this is your stop

No connection

This app says it can’t establish a connection anthem tells me to check my (fully wi-do and also cell data) connection. Closing and reopening the app did not fix the problem. Truly useless.

Bring the old version back!

I’ve deleted and re-installed the new version and it is not anywhere near as good as the older version

The gray color for background

When you try to look it the stall vehicles reports you can’t see what hwy it’s on

Date and time not updated

It’s not in real time because it’s still showing me information for January

Embedded Weather

Embedded weather forecast hasn’t updated from mid-Jan, though I’ve used apps many times since. Update icon doesn’t bring up any more recent info.

Never tells you anything

The only notification you’ll get, is high water. So you’re basically screwed when an accident, stall, or roadwork happens

Dark mode issues

You can't read incident details if your phone is set to dark mode. They appear as white text on a mostly white background.

Portrait to Landscape

This app is as detailed as you want to make it w/one exception. It doesn’t change from portrait to landscape when you change the angle of your phone. That is a problem. Please correct this feature

Useless

Harder to read and less accurate than Google Maps.

Doesn’t work

When you need it the most. Roads flooding and app can’t connect.