MBTA mTicket User Reviews

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FIFA Train Fail

I can’t purchase tickets using this app. Getting an error code SDJ_105 Please FIX

Ne marche pas 🚫

On nous demande de télécharger cette app pour les billets de train à Boston lors de la coupe du monde. Déjà que vous quadruplez les prix (80$ au lieu de 20$ aller retour), vous n’êtes même pas capable de faire fonctionner correctement votre application !!

Easy ticket purchase

Most of these reviews are ancient and a lot complain about the train being on time. But this app does what it’s supposed to do. You can find any train line and its schedule easily and buy your tickets.

trash

mbta blows!

Okay, needs work

Okay, needs work

great but…

its a great app and pretty reliable but i wish i wasnt always dependent on it. like the only way to get home in norfolk is to use the commuter, but this app is the only way to get there inbound. sure once im in south station i can get a physical ticket (sometimes) but you cant do that in norfolk. this is not an app issue at all this is really just a letter to the mbta please make norfolk station more than a slab of concrete🙏😭

also $20 for a roundtrip is insane lower these prices inflation wild enough
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Great app

Great app helps me get a ticket when I need one

Does the job

… but there’s no way to navigate between tickets, schedules and ticket history without restarting the whole app. The UX leaves much to be desired.

Glitchy at best

App is glitchy at best frequently does not load buttons so if you are looking at the schedule you can go back to your ticket when the conductor comes by without crashing the app and reloading it.

Activated ticket does not show activated on Home Screen

Although I understand the recent app update was designed to improve screen reader capabilities, an activated ticket now no longer appears activated on the Home Screen, even though it is active when you go into your ticket wallet. The only feature that distinguishes an activated ticket is the green text “ACTIVE” which isn’t showing on the Home Screen. The new app update removed the green bar at the top of an activated ticket, which was a beneficial feature. I use Daily Flex Pass tickets for 4 different train trips each day so the active ticket should be more obvious on the Home Screen and more universally accessible to all types of users, in my opinion. TY
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Unusable

The providence line is becoming unusable. Full of delays or the train not eve running, and I still need to pay full price for a ticket? Ridiculous

Great

app always works except in deep back bay tunnel, it's legit

Need to add South Coast Rail

It is fine for ferries and in the core, but by now they should have added South Shore stations like Fall River.

UI issue

There’s no way to go back to the ticket purchasing menu if you open the schedules, making you fully close the app. A back button would be helpful

Buyer beware - this is not for the subway system

Although this is called ‘MBTA’, this is only for Boston’s commuter rail system - not the subway system. No refunds, sadly.

Bug

The “back” feature often disappears requiring you to close out of the app and reopen. Really annoying.

“Unable to Connect to Internet”

No matter what I do (delete and redownload the app, turn my phone on and off, connect to WiFi, disconnect from WiFi, update my phone, etc.) I am still unable to buy tickets. It always says “unable to connect to internet”. This has been going on for weeks. Very inconvenient.

Does it work? Yes Do I like it? No

It is functional. Hooray. Now how about making this into an easy to use app? It’s (almost) 2025. After this many years, where is the support for Apple wallet, passkeys, etc.? How about actually usable schedules? Not just a browser window to MBTA.com. Or how about just fixing the long standing bug which makes navigation arrows disappear after the app sleeps requiring you to manually kill and restart the app?
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Love it - but would suggest one change

Sometimes, after leaving your phone on the ticket wallet for a period of time, there is no back button and you have to close the app and reopen it to get back to the main screen.

Piece of shart

Half of the time it doesn’t work and freezes when the train is coming. Always have to input CC info 2-5 times for a transaction to process.