Comparison

MBTA mTicket vs PP Bathroom Finder

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

Head to head
About

MBTA mTicket

Purchase Commuter Rail and Ferry tickets instantly from your smartphone. This app acts as a mobile ticket office, allowing you to buy single, round-trip, and 10-ride tickets securely. Your phone becomes your ticket, and purchased tickets are stored within the app for easy access and transfer.

Highlights
  • Secure ticket purchasing
  • Smartphone as ticket
  • Ticket transferability
  • View schedules and alerts
  • Purchase 10-ride tickets
Features
Currently charting
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Buy a ticket anywhere, anytime - in seconds. The Official MBTA mTicket App is like a ticket office in your pocket. Your smartphone is your ticket! With the new MBTA mTicket App for Commuter Rail and Ferry, you can securely purchase MBTA Commuter Rail and Ferry Single Ride, Round-Trip, and 10 Ride tickets in seconds. Purchasing a ticket is easy: select your trip & ticket type, enter your payment card information and your smartphone is your ticket! Never lose your ticket again! Once you purchase your ticket, it will always stick in My Tickets. Need to replace your phone? No problem -- we can easily transfer any purchased ticket. Want to check your schedule or service updates? You can check schedules and T-Alerts right from inside the app! We are making the app better everyday! Let us know what you think at www.mbta.com/mticket Features: ● Secure ticket purchasing with your credit or debit card ● Your smartphone is your ticket ● Never worry about zones again -- just select your origin and destination to purchase ● Never lose your ticket -- tickets can be easily transferred if your phone is lost or stolen ● Check Commuter Rail schedules, maps, and service alerts ● Brand new offers from JustRide and the MBTA

About

PP Bathroom Finder

Find clean, accessible restrooms quickly with a live map and detailed ratings. Includes public facilities and allows route planning with verified bathroom stops. Earn points for contributions and manage business listings.

Highlights
  • Live map of nearby bathrooms
  • Filter by gender access, cleanliness, hours
  • Detailed user ratings (cleanliness, smell, safety)
  • Includes public restrooms from OpenStreetMap
  • Urgent button for closest options
  • Route planner with verified bathrooms
  • Home screen widget and Apple Watch support
  • Add and rate new bathrooms
Features
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PP is the fastest way to find a clean, accessible bathroom near you, whether you're exploring a new city, stuck on a road trip, or just need one right now. Find bathrooms the moment you need one Open PP and see every bathroom nearby on a live map. Filter by gender access, cleanliness rating, hours, and whether it's free or paid. Each listing shows real ratings across cleanliness, smell, privacy, toilet paper, wait time, and safety, from people who've actually been there. Public restrooms included: parks, rest stops, and more PP pulls public toilet data directly from OpenStreetMap, so parks, highway rest areas, service plazas, and roadside facilities appear right alongside user-added listings. Once someone reviews a public restroom, it earns a full rating like any other. I Need to Go NOW Tap the urgent button and PP instantly surfaces the closest options: PP listings, public restrooms, gas stations, and restaurants ranked by proximity and quality. No searching required. Plan your drive around clean bathrooms. The On the Go route planner maps PP-verified bathrooms, highway rest stops, gas stations, and restaurants along any route — now with live open/closed hours so you're never caught off guard. Verified bathrooms show star ratings and cleanliness scores right in the list. Home screen widget and Apple Watch support The PP widget shows the nearest open bathroom right on your home screen. Your Apple Watch does the same, so you always have the nearest option on your wrist. Add and rate bathrooms Spotted a restroom that isn't listed? Add it in seconds. Hours are auto-filled from Apple Maps when available. You earn PP Points for every contribution. For cafes, restaurants, and retail businesses Turn your restroom into a revenue stream. Register as a paid listing and customers pay with Apple Pay in seconds — no cash, no codes to hand out manually. Set your own price, create promo codes for regulars, and mark when you've cleaned. Attract customers with highly rated bathrooms. A "Recently Cleaned" badge appears on your listing automatically. Manage everything from the PP business dashboard. Built with privacy in mind PP works with anonymous accounts, with no sign-up required to find bathrooms or use navigation. Create an account to save favorites, earn points, or manage a listing. Sign in with Apple is supported. Your location is never stored.

Screenshots

MBTA mTicket4 screens
PP Bathroom Finder4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: PP Bathroom Finder at 5.0 against MBTA mTicket's 2.6. PP Bathroom Finder also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months). MBTA mTicket's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (656 vs 4). On price, ads, monetization model 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. PP Bathroom Finder sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. MBTA mTicket asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PP Bathroom Finder holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MBTA mTicket has 656 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MBTA mTicket ships an update every 3 months, PP Bathroom Finder fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
MBTA mTicket versus PP Bathroom Finder: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMBTA mTicketPP Bathroom Finder
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.6 (656 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews27.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings656 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank#154 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMBTABARRETT ETHAN STEINBERG

Customer experience

MBTA mTicket

All ratings644 ratings
Positive36.0%
Neutral8.4%
Negative55.6%
Written reviews124 reviews
Positive27.4%
Neutral10.5%
Negative62.1%

PP Bathroom Finder

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

MBTA mTicket

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Login issues, unable to create account
  • Tickets disappearing, money stolen
  • Brightness settings not resetting
  • Incompatible with older devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add support for Apple Wallet
  • Integrate with mobile wallets
  • Improve navigation and ticket management
  • Add real-time train schedule updates
  • Allow changing account details

PP Bathroom Finder

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

MBTA mTicket

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

PP Bathroom Finder

One-time3
  • Small tip$0.99
  • Medium tip$2.99
  • Large tip$4.99

Questions

Is MBTA mTicket free?
MBTA mTicket is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PP Bathroom Finder free?
PP Bathroom Finder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, MBTA mTicket or PP Bathroom Finder?
PP Bathroom Finder is rated higher. MBTA mTicket averages 2.6 out of 5 from 656 ratings, while PP Bathroom Finder averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do MBTA mTicket or PP Bathroom Finder have ads?
Neither MBTA mTicket nor PP Bathroom Finder shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MBTA mTicket or PP Bathroom Finder?
MBTA mTicket ships an update every 3 months, and PP Bathroom Finder fortnightly. Most recently, MBTA mTicket was updated on November 1, 2026 and PP Bathroom Finder on October 31, 2026.

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