FRTA vs Mass511
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FRTA
This app offers a flexible and convenient way to manage your rides within Franklin County and the North Quabbin region. View upcoming and past trips, receive accurate ETAs, and easily access your account 24/7.
- Manage trips with flexibility
- View upcoming and completed trips
- Easily cancel trips
- Passenger notifications with ETAs
- 24/7 account access
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FRTA is a new ride-share service that will help residents travel more easily within Franklin County and the North Quabbin region by offering: -Flexibility to manage trips *View upcoming and completed trips *Easily cancel trips -Convenient Trip Details View *Passenger notifications with accurate vehicle ETAs -Simple Mobile Interface *24/7 access to account profiles, settings, and reservations
Mass511
Get real-time traffic updates, incident alerts, and camera views for Massachusetts highways. This app offers hands-free audio notifications and personalized route management to keep you informed while driving.
- Hands-free audio notifications
- Zoom-enabled map with camera views
- Real-time incident and weather updates
- Personalized account management
- Traffic speed monitoring
- Access to traveler resources
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The Mass511 app is the Massachusetts Department of Transportation's official traffic and traveler information app. The Mass511 app, new and improved in 2022, provides up-to-date traffic information for interstates, U.S. routes and state highways across Massachusetts. FEATURES: • Hands-free, eyes-free audio notifications of traffic events while you drive • A zoom-enabled map with tappable traffic event icons and surrounding camera views • Near real-time updates on traffic incidents, construction, weather and road closures • Manage My Mass511 personalized accounts including saved routes, areas, and camera views and email and text alerts • View current traffic speeds • View traffic cameras throughout the state. Sign up for a My Mass511 account to save cameras for easy access. • Access to additional traveler information resources NOTE: Continued use of GPS running in the background can decrease device battery life. The primary responsibility of every driver is the safe operation of their vehicle. While traveling, mobile communication devices should be used only when the motor vehicle is at a complete stop, off the traveled portion of the roadway. Do not text and drive (it's against the law) or use this app while driving. App developed by Castle Rock Associates https://www.castlerockits.com. For help with Mass511, please visit https://mass511.com/help/index.html.
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Verdict
FRTA and Mass511 both sit at 3.5 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of FRTA's written reviews are positive against 20% of Mass511's. FRTA also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). Mass511's advantage is ratings volume (54 vs 6). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.5 for FRTA against 3.5 for Mass511. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mass511 has 54 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of FRTA's written reviews are positive against 20% of Mass511's.
FRTA ships an update every 2 months, Mass511 every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FRTA | Mass511 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (6 ratings) — better | 3.5 (54 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 20.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 54 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Franklin Regional Transit Authority | Castle Rock Associates, Inc. |
Customer experience
FRTA
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In-app purchases
FRTA
No in-app purchases
Mass511
No in-app purchases









