Comparison

Transit vs Museum Pass

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

Head to head
About

Transit

Plan your public transport journeys offline with this app. Get detailed route suggestions, including transfers and departure times, for numerous cities in the US, Canada, and Europe. View routes on a map and receive schedule update notifications.

Highlights
  • Offline trip planning
  • Route suggestions with transfers
  • Departure and arrival times
  • View routes on map
  • Schedule update notifications
  • Search routes by map
  • Advanced search parameters
Features
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CG Transit offers offline trip planning in public transport systems of more than 20 U.S. and Canadian cities and European trains. Just pick your departure and destination point and get a list of suggested routes including all the transfers and scheduled departure/arrival times sorted by the time of departure. You can then view detailed information of the routes, display them on the map etc. Key features: • Fast offline searching • Search routes by map • Advanced search parameters - changing the date and time, adding "via" stations, choosing transport modes, etc. • Favorite routes • Push notifications of schedule updates and their immediate download Available timetables: • Selected transit authorities in the United States: New York (subway, buses, trains), Chicago, Los Angeles, Houston, Washington, San Francisco, Dallas, Denver, Minneapolis, Portland, Honolulu, Boston, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh • Selected transit authorities in Canada: Toronto, Ottawa, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver, Quebec, Winnipeg • Train timetables in Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Poland, Benelux, Austria, the Czech and Slovak Republic, Portugal, Switzerland, Hungary, Nordic and Balkan countries • Selected public transport, bus and train timetables in the Czech and Slovak Republic U.S. and Canadian cities – free basic features (offline searching, search routes by map), paid premium features (more details, routes and stops searching, no advertisement) European schedules - an annual license fee (one month to try out all the timetables for free) Feedback, requests? Please email us at ios@cgtransit.com

About

Museum Pass

Discover free admission days at museums, zoos, and gardens in major US cities. Filter by your eligibility and receive reminders for upcoming free events. Get directions and access booking information directly.

Highlights
  • Free admission listings
  • City-specific filters
  • Eligibility-based filtering
  • Customizable reminders
  • Detailed venue information
  • Direct booking/directions links
Features
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Museum Pass shows you which museums, zoos and gardens are free to visit — today, this week, or later this month. Pick your city and the home screen tells you what is free, grouped by when you can actually go: Today, This week, Later, and Always free. FIVE CITIES, 97 VENUES • Chicago — 39 venues • Washington, DC — 23 venues • Los Angeles — 16 venues • New York — 10 venues • San Francisco Bay Area — 9 venues ONLY THE DAYS THAT APPLY TO YOU Most free days come with conditions. Say who is going — state or county residents, students, teachers, veterans, serving military, under-18s, EBT and Museums for All cardholders, Bank of America cardholders — and the list shows only the days you actually qualify for. NEVER MISS ONE Switch on a reminder for any free day and you will hear the morning before and the morning of. EVERY DATE, NOT JUST THE NEXT ONE Each venue lists every upcoming free date it has published, months ahead, along with the hours, the conditions, and whether you need to reserve a timed-entry pass. One tap for directions, the ticket page or the phone. CHECKED AGAINST EACH VENUE'S OWN SITE Free-admission policies change constantly and third-party listings go stale. Every entry here is read from the museum's own website. Where a venue's own site does not confirm a free day, it is not listed — even when other sites say otherwise. Light and dark, following your device or set by hand. Free. No account, no sign-in, no ads.

Screenshots

Transit4 screens
Museum Pass4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Museum Pass at 5.0 against Transit's 4.4. Museum Pass also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 11) and update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 months). Transit's advantage is ratings volume (44 vs 3) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.6). On price, ads and device support 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. Transit sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Museum Pass asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Museum Pass holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Transit has 44 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Transit ships an update every 3 months, Museum Pass every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Transit versus Museum Pass: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTransitMuseum Pass
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (44 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews63.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings44 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DevelopercirclegateRajesh Vijayakumar

Customer experience

Transit

All ratings44 ratings
Positive86.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative13.6%
Written reviews236 reviews
Positive63.1%
Neutral6.4%
Negative30.5%

Museum Pass

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Transit

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashes on startup
  • No routes found error
  • Incorrect transfer information
  • Outdated schedule data

Requested features

5 requests
  • Integration with address book
  • Real-time service alerts
  • Ability to browse schedules
  • Custom labels for saved locations
  • Improved map integration

Museum Pass

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Transit

One-time11
  • City timetable$1.99
  • NYC - NYCT Subway Premium for 1 year$1.99
  • Czech data package$3.99
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  • Denver - RTD Premium for 1 year$3.99
  • Chicago - CTA Premium for 1 year$3.99
  • Czech, Slovak and Europian trains package$5.99
  • NYC - NYCT Subway$7.99
  • Chicago - CTA$9.99
  • Philadelphia - SEPTA$9.99
  • Denver - RTD$9.99
  • NYC Discount Package Premium Lifetime$9.99
None

Museum Pass

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Transit free?
Transit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Museum Pass free?
Museum Pass is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Transit or Museum Pass?
Museum Pass is rated higher. Transit averages 4.4 out of 5 from 44 ratings, while Museum Pass averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Transit or Museum Pass have ads?
Neither Transit nor Museum Pass shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Transit or Museum Pass?
Transit ships an update every 3 months, and Museum Pass every 8 days. Most recently, Transit was updated on November 1, 2026 and Museum Pass on October 30, 2026.

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