Comparison

Terrier Transit vs Colby GO

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Terrier Transit

Navigate Boston University's campus and city transit with real-time arrival times, service alerts, and step-by-step directions. Plan your journeys efficiently using buses, trains, and bikes, with options for offline maps and international travel.

Highlights
  • Real-time arrival updates
  • Service disruption alerts
  • Step-by-step transit directions
  • User-reported issue notifications
  • Favorite lines and stations
  • Integrated bike route planning
  • Offline map viewing
Features
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Terrier Transit is your key to getting to, from, and around Boston University. Transportation is an integral part of life at Boston University. Whether you ride the BU Shuttle (BUS), the T, MBTA buses, or a Bluebike, to reach classes, labs, dorms, or dining halls, getting the best urban mobility information is critical – from trips to between campuses or just up and down Commonwealth Avenue. Enter BU’s Terrier Transit app, powered by Moovit! Terrier Transit guides you from point A to B in the easiest and most efficient way. Get T and bus times, maps, and real-time arrival times with ease so you can plan your trip with confidence. Find critical alerts and service disruptions for your favorite lines, including the BUS. Get step-by-step directions of optimal route bus, train, metro, bike, scooter or a combination of them. Terrier Transit is your personal assistant for trips on-campus and off! ► Real time arrivals. View real-time arrival updates, which are taken directly from GPS devices positioned on BU buses and MBTA buses and trains. Avoid wasting time guessing train times or bus times. ► Real time alerts. Know about issues ahead of time by receiving MBTA and BU service alerts such as emergency or unexpected disruptions, delays, traffic jams, new construction, and more so that you can plan ahead if your bus time or train time changed. ► Live Directions. Get step-by-step bus directions and other transit directions with live guidance from A-to-B: Know how long you need to walk to your station, view the arrival time of your line, receive get-off alerts at your destination, and more. ► Users reports. Terrier Transit’s users report issues found with stations, line service, and schedules so that we can inform all nearby riders about what’s going on in their area. ► Favorite lines, stations, and places. Always going between Central Campus and BUMC? Get easy access to lines, stations, and places you ride and visit all the time. Plus, get real-time updates if/when there are changes to your favorite lines in case your bus time or train time is impacted! ► Bike routes. Get bike routes in addition to the bus, subway, train, or metro trip plans. If you ride bikes (yours or shared) we can plan a route that includes the train or bus. Terrier Transit will help you plan a trip that meets your transit-needs. Bluebikes station data is updated in real-time. ► Maps view. Interested in seeing the whole picture? View all stations, routes, and lines on the subway or bus map. Additionally, maps are available in PDF for when you’re offline, or underground on the subway. ► International functionality. Terrier Transit isn’t just for getting around campus. It will also work for study abroad and trips home. The app can be used to navigate nearby buses and transit nationwide and across 98 other countries. If you’d like to know bus times and train times in London, Barcelona, Madrid, or Rome, or, if you need to find out when the last bus leaves a certain bus stop in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Melbourne, Seoul, Terrier Transit has you covered. You ride, we guide! *** Have an idea or a question? Feel free to contact us: http://bu.edu/thebus

About

Colby GO

Track real-time bus locations, schedules, and estimated arrival times for select transit agencies. The app also facilitates vehicle tracking and passenger counting for transit operators, tagging data with GPS coordinates and time.

Highlights
  • Real-time bus locations
  • Schedules and ETAs
  • Vehicle tracking
  • Passenger counting
  • GPS data tagging
Features
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With Passio GO you have the ability to see real time bus locations, schedules, and ETA. This is available for select agencies and different agencies choose to show or not show the schedules, but you can always see where the buses are and on which routes. As an operator of a system that moves people (transit buses, shuttles, vans, etc.), you need to count them and track them. Passio applications quickly and seemlessly track your vehicles and easily count passengers tagging them with GPS coordinates and time/day as they enter and exit, including different passenger types or groups. N.B. You can run Passio GO without any registration, use for free. Please contact us at: sales@passiotech.com to setup a Passio Account to operate your own bus system.

Screenshots

Terrier Transit4 screens
Colby GO3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Terrier Transit at 2.8 against Colby GO's 2.0. Terrier Transit also leads on ratings volume (180 vs 4) and review sentiment (17% vs 0%). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Terrier Transit holds the better App Store score, 2.8 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Terrier Transit has 180 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 17% of Terrier Transit's written reviews are positive against 0% of Colby GO's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Terrier Transit ships an update every 6 months, Colby GO every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Terrier Transit versus Colby GO: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTerrier TransitColby GO
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.8 (180 ratings) — better2.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews16.7% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings180 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 5 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size176 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBoston UniversityPassIO Technologies

Customer experience

Terrier Transit

All ratings148 ratings
Positive36.5%
Neutral3.4%
Negative60.1%
Written reviews42 reviews
Positive16.7%
Neutral2.4%
Negative81.0%

Colby GO

All ratings4 ratings
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

Terrier Transit

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • Live feature never working
  • Tracking is wrong or doesn't work
  • Does not show real time
  • Live location not always updating
  • Stops don't show up in favorites
Show 4 more
  • App glitches and can't see bus arrival
  • Update alert pop-up won't go away
  • App is non-functional
  • Live bus tracker missing

Requested features

7 requests
  • Make app like Apple Maps or Google Maps
  • Improve UI and navigation
  • Fix live location updating
  • Fix update alert pop-up
  • Simplify features
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  • Bring back old app's live tracker
  • Focus on BU shuttle tracking

Colby GO

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Terrier Transit

No in-app purchases

None

Colby GO

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Terrier Transit free?
Terrier Transit is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Colby GO free?
Colby GO is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Terrier Transit or Colby GO?
Terrier Transit is rated higher. Terrier Transit averages 2.8 out of 5 from 180 ratings, while Colby GO averages 2.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Terrier Transit or Colby GO have ads?
Neither Terrier Transit nor Colby GO shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Terrier Transit or Colby GO?
Terrier Transit ships an update every 6 months, and Colby GO every 5 months. Most recently, Terrier Transit was updated on October 22, 2026 and Colby GO on October 19, 2026.

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