Easy BART vs Schedules
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Easy BART
Access real-time train departures, schedules, and maps for the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system. Get fare information, advisories, and directions to nearby stations. This app simplifies your commute with convenient features and accurate data.
- Real-time departures
- Scheduled departures and arrivals
- Fare and round trip fare costs
- System map (offline)
- Station information and nearby businesses
- Favorite routes and stations
- Directions to stations
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Easy BART gives you real-time departure, schedule, map, fare and advisory information for San Francisco's Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system. Easy BART uses the BART's official scheduling system so you always have the most accurate information in the palm of your hands. See why over 100,000 Bay Area travelers choose Easy BART! Best of all - it's FREE! Have a friend who needs departure times? Share via Airdrop, Messages or Mail. Tired of looking up routes every day? Swipe down on notification center and view nearby departures using the Today Widget. Curious what's nearby? Easily lookup station information or nearby restaurants/shops/businesses. Whether you're an everyday commuter or just an occasional rider, Easy BART makes BARTing a pleasure. -------------------------------- Free Download: • BART System Map (Dark/Light - No Internet Required) • Real-Time Departures • Departing and Arriving Schedules (with Transfers) • Fare and Round Trip Fare Costs • Delay/Elevator/Emergency Advisories • Locate Nearest Station • Favorite Routes/Stations For 1-Touch Real-Time Departures and Schedules Lookup • Walking/Driving/Transit Directions to Any Station • Interactive Map (GPS, Route Overlays, Configurable Dimmer) • Find Restaurants/Shopping/Business near Any Station • Share Route Schedules (Airdrop / SMS Messages / Email) • Bikes Allowed Indicator • Travel Time Indicator • Platform Indicator • Reference Information (Trip Planning, BART Police, etc.) • Find stations from Spotlight • Maps Routing Integration • Home Screen Quick Actions - Launch Nearest Station, Favorite Routes/Stations, Advisories and Transit Map • iOS Dark Mode Support • Easy and Intuitive Interface -------------------------------- Easy Features Upgrade: • Removes Ads • Alternative Layouts • Map Customization • Real Time Departures Customization • All Features/Updates Forever
Schedules
Easily access current AC Transit bus schedules and real-time arrival information on your iPhone and iPad. Select a bus line and direction to view detailed schedules or live updates. Save your favorite routes for quick access and sync them across all your devices via iCloud.
- Bus schedule lookup
- Real-time arrival information
- Line and direction selection
- Favorite routes
- iCloud sync across devices
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Schedules makes finding current AC Transit bus schedules and real time arrivals simple and fast on your iPhone and iPad. Simply select a line and a direction to view a schedule or real time arrival information. You can also add favorites and sync them via iCloud to all your devices.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Easy BART at 4.6 against Schedules's 4.0. Easy BART also leads on ratings volume (4.2K vs 188) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.6). Schedules's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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. Easy BART sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Schedules asks for nothing beyond the download.
Easy BART holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Easy BART has 4.2K ratings behind it against 188, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 43% of Easy BART's written reviews are positive against 50% of Schedules's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Easy BART ships an update monthly, Schedules every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.
| Parameter | Easy BART | Schedules |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (4.2K ratings) — better | 4.0 (188 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 43.4% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4.2K — better | 188 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Palm Bits LLC | Daniel Levy |
Customer experience
Easy BART
Schedules
User reviews
Easy BART
From 4.2K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and great
- 🚀 Quick check departure time
- 👍 Helpful
- 👍 Best Bart app by far
- 👍 Easy To Use
Room to improve
- 🐛 Horrible. Missing basic features
- 🐛 Needs a major update
- 🐛 Do Not Buy!
- 🐛 Used to be great
- 🐛 Doesn't work
Schedules
From 188 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 User-friendly interface
- 📍 Accurate real-time bus locations
- 🗺️ Live bus map view
- ⭐ Better than official app
- ✅ Reliable information
Room to improve
- 🐛 App crashes on opening
- 🐌 Slow loading times
- 📉 Unreliable predictions
- ❌ Buses not showing up
- ⏳ Buses late or early
Bugs and requests
Easy BART
Reported bugs
7 issues- App reboots
- Trains in real time don't list chronologically
- false times
- The times shown are ALWAYS WRONG
- Crashing
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- Doesn't give information requested
- Ads interfere with functionality
Requested features
6 requests- Please update it!
- Add new BART stations such as Berriessa and many more to allow us look up new stations and schedules in real time
- Add the new stations at a minimum even if the schedules are not updated
- Add the BART stations in Santa Clara County
- Add a toggle selection for displaying the station map
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- Add a 'Plan a Trip' feature
Schedules
Reported bugs
11 issues- App crashes on opening
- App doesn't load after update
- Bus locations for specific routes incorrect
- Route 50 not found in search
- Live tracking disappeared
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- Predictions not accurate
- Buses not showing up
- Buses leaving early or arriving late
- Bus cancellations not notified
- Timings not real-time (GPS based)
- Map view disappeared
Requested features
6 requests- Add back earlier buses for V line
- Fix route 50 search
- Show intermediate stops
- Add similar app for SamTrans
- Add back map view of bus routes
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- Improve iOS version to match Android
In-app purchases
Easy BART
- Easy Features Upgrade: Ads Free and All Features Forever$1.99
Schedules
No in-app purchases
