MBTA mTicket vs Reisen
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Secure ticket purchasing
- Smartphone as ticket
- Ticket transferability
- View schedules and alerts
- Purchase 10-ride tickets
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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
Reisen
Organize group trips seamlessly by planning itineraries, storing travel documents, inviting companions, and managing shared expenses in one place. It simplifies coordination for both group and solo travel.
- Organize flights, stays, and activities
- Store travel documents
- Invite and sync with companions
- Split shared expenses
- Manage trip finances
- Works for solo trips
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Travel better, together. Reisen brings every part of a group trip into one beautifully organized place. Plan the itinerary, keep travel documents close, invite companions, and settle shared expenses without juggling multiple apps. PLAN THE WHOLE JOURNEY • Organize flights, trains, stays, dining, activities, and transportation • Keep dates, locations, confirmation details, and notes together • See upcoming and past journeys at a glance TRAVEL TOGETHER • Invite companions by email • Share joined trips across devices • Keep itineraries, people, documents, and expenses in sync • Leave a shared trip whenever you choose SPLIT EXPENSES FAIRLY • Record who paid and who participated • Split costs equally or enter custom amounts • See balances and simple settle up suggestions • Choose the currency for each trip KEEP IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS NEARBY • Add travel documents directly to a trip • Organize tickets, reservations, identification, insurance, and notes Reisen also works for personal trip planning without an account. Sign in with Apple, Google, or email when you want to sync and collaborate with your travel companions.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Reisen at 5.0 against MBTA mTicket's 2.6. Reisen also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 3 months). MBTA mTicket's advantage is ratings volume (658 vs 1) and chart position (#196 vs unranked). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Reisen holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MBTA mTicket has 658 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
MBTA mTicket ships an update every 3 months, Reisen daily. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MBTA mTicket | Reisen |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (658 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 27.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 658 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #196 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 79 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority | StratusLens LLC |
Customer experience
MBTA mTicket
Reisen
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
Reisen
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
MBTA mTicket
No in-app purchases
Reisen
No in-app purchases
