Bart Jumper vs Bay Transit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bart Jumper
This app helps BART riders find seats by suggesting alternative routes and providing real-time train arrival estimates. It prioritizes user anonymity and offers a built-in map for visualizing train lines. Advisories and delays are also tracked to aid travel planning.
- Real-time train arrival estimates
- Station search functionality
- Automatic data refresh
- Advisories and delay tracking
- Built-in map with line colors
- User anonymity and data privacy
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This app was designed to help Bart riders easily jump trains to find a seat. For example, taking Embarcadero to the East Bay usually means missing the train because it is packed to the brim or standing in the very crowded train during rush hour. What if I told you that you could invest a few extra minutes going the opposite way, to maximize your chances of getting a good seat. As an added bonus, the app keeps you anonymous and we do not sell any data to 3rd party. For example, when your app sends the device location information, the service receiving this information to get a list of train arrivals only gets the location. It has no clue who and what device made the request. - Each station comes with real time estimates of all trains arriving. The trains are sorted by arrival times to make it easier to determine if you can make the train switch. - You can easily search for the station you are interested in. - The real time estimates auto refreshes based on the earliest train arrival to keep you up to date! - There is an advisories tab to keep tabs on the advisories and delays, to help you plan better or maybe arrange for other forms of transportation. - There is a built in map to help understand which train line and color goes where. The trains in in the real time estimates also provide the line colors to assist. - The app is very fast and stable, and available for iPhones and iPads. - The app also supports for larger text for more comfortable reading. - Available for iOS, iPadOS and macOS. - No ads! Under the hood, the app was written in the Swift Programming Language. Terms of Use: https://decimalsoftware.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360042696514-Bart-Jumper-Terms-of-Use-EULA
Bay Transit
Plan BART trips, view real-time train departures, and receive instant service alerts. This app provides multiple trip options with fare details and displays your route on an interactive map.
- Route planning with fare details
- Real-time train departure estimates
- Interactive route map
- Service disruption alerts
- Clipper, regular, and discount fare options
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Bay Transit — BART Companion Bay Transit is the smarter way to ride BART. Plan your trip, track real-time departures, and stay ahead of service alerts — all in one beautifully designed app. * Route Planning Enter your departure and arrival stations and instantly see your options. Bay Transit shows you multiple trip choices with travel times and fares — Clipper, regular, and discount rates included. Your route comes to life on an interactive map with color-coded BART lines, clearly marking every stop, transfer, and destination along the way. * Real-Time Departures See live estimated arrival times for every train at any BART station. Know exactly which platform to head to, how many cars the train has, and whether it's running on time. Trains that are arriving now show up front so you never miss your ride. * Service Alerts Active service disruptions appear the moment you open the app. When everything is running smoothly, you'll know that too.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bay Transit at none against Bart Jumper's 1. Bay Transit also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Bart Jumper's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (11 vs 2). On price and ads 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. Bart Jumper sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Bay Transit asks for nothing beyond the download.
Bay Transit holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bart Jumper has 11 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Bart Jumper ships an update every 2 months, Bay Transit every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bart Jumper | Bay Transit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (11 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.5 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 40 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Decimal Software, LLC | Ho Won Kim |
Customer experience
Bart Jumper
Bay Transit
In-app purchases
Bart Jumper
- Pro Subscription$0.991 Month
Bay Transit
No in-app purchases






