Metrolink vs PSTA Access
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Metrolink
Purchase and manage Metrolink train tickets directly from your smartphone. Buy various ticket types, activate them before boarding, and store them in a digital wallet. Easily transfer tickets to a new device if needed.
- Mobile ticket purchasing
- Digital ticket wallet
- Ticket transfer to new device
- Secure payment processing
- Various ticket types available
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The official Metrolink App is like having a ticket machine in your pocket. Your device is your ticket! Buy a ticket anywhere, anytime - in seconds. With the Metrolink App, you can securely purchase Metrolink One-Way, Round-Trip tickets, 7-Day, Monthly and Weekend Day Passes in seconds. Purchasing a ticket is easy: select your trip & ticket type, enter your payment card information, activate your ticket prior to boarding and your device is your ticket. Never lose your ticket again! Once you purchase your ticket, it will always be in your ticket wallet. Need to replace your phone? No problem - you can easily transfer any purchased ticket to a new device. Riders who use the Corporate Quick Card and riders who transfer to Metro Rail should continue to use paper tickets from Metrolink’s Ticket Vending Machines. Metrolink will be implementing a variety of enhancements to enable these users to use mobile ticketing in the future. We are making the app better every day! Visit www.metrolinktrains.com/app for more information. Features: ● Onboarding screen updated
PSTA Access
Schedule convenient door-to-door transportation and manage payments directly within the application. This service aims to reduce wait times for your journeys.
- Schedule door-to-door trips
- In-app payments
- Avoid wait times
- Easy trip management
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The PSTA Access App will allow you to schedule your trips with door-to-door service. You can also make payments easily within the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PSTA Access at 4.1 against Metrolink's 2.5. PSTA Access also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 3 months). Metrolink's advantage is ratings volume (356 vs 72). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
PSTA Access holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 356 and 72 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 14% of Metrolink's written reviews are positive against 10% of PSTA Access's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Metrolink ships an update every 3 months, PSTA Access every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Metrolink | PSTA Access |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (356 ratings) | 4.1 (72 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 14.3% of reviews — better | 10.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 356 — better | 72 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Southern California Regional Rail Authority | Spare Labs Inc. |
Customer experience
Metrolink
PSTA Access
Bugs and requests
Metrolink
Reported bugs
4 issues- Ticket barcodes not scanning properly
- Inability to update billing address
- Tickets not syncing across devices
- Payment issues causing lost funds
Requested features
5 requests- Integrate with Apple Wallet
- Add real-time service alerts
- Allow advance ticket purchases
- Provide detailed station/route info
- Implement better password/account management
PSTA Access
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Metrolink
No in-app purchases
PSTA Access
No in-app purchases
Questions
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