Comparison

Conductor vs Fare Cap Tracker

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

Head to head
About

Conductor

Stay informed about MTA train arrival times and track your commute. Pin important arrivals to the top for quick access and view them in the Dynamic Island. Make your daily travel more enjoyable and efficient.

Highlights
  • Real-time MTA train arrival times
  • Train tracking
  • Pin important arrivals
  • Dynamic Island integration
  • Home Screen display
Features
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Tired of missing your train on the way to work? No more! Stay on top of MTA train arrival times with Conductor. You can even tap a train arrival to pin it to the top and then see it on the Home Screen as well in the Dynamic Island. Conductor will make your commuting way more fun!

About

Fare Cap Tracker

Features
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Spend enough on subway and bus rides in New York City within seven days and every ride after that is free. Fare Cap Tracker shows how close you are, so you always know whether the next tap costs you anything. WHAT IT DOES • A progress ring that counts dollars, not rides — because that's how the cap actually works. At $3.00 a ride against a $35.00 cap, the twelfth ride only costs $2.00. • "Rides to free" worked out from what's left, so the number is always right. • A Home Screen and Lock Screen widget, with a button to log a ride without opening the app. • Notifications when you're halfway there, the moment rides go free, and on the evening your period is about to reset. THE PERIOD, DONE PROPERLY The seven days run from the day of your first paid ride - not from Monday. Fare Cap Tracker follows that exactly, including the day boundary in New York time, so the reset lands when it really lands. LOG RIDES THE WAY YOU LIKE • Tap the button, in the app or straight from the widget. • Or set up a Shortcuts automation so a ride is logged whenever you pay with Apple Pay. • Or import the trip history you download from your transit account: it carries the exact fare of every trip, so free transfers and rides after the cap are counted correctly instead of estimated. Importing the same range twice never double counts. ALSO IN THERE • Past periods, with every ride and what it cost. • Reduced fare supported. • Pin a ride to a station and set which direction you were heading. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Your rides never leave your iPhone. No account, no sign-in, no server, no analytics. The app doesn't use location services and never asks for the advertising identifier — the ads it shows are not personalized. Fare Cap Tracker is an independent app. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by the MTA. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://studioreef.de/fare-cap-tracker-privacy-policy

Screenshots

Conductor3 screens
Fare Cap Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

Conductor and Fare Cap Tracker are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Conductor versus Fare Cap Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterConductorFare Cap Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNatanel NiazoffMatthias Claudius Reef

In-app purchases

None

Conductor

No in-app purchases

None

Fare Cap Tracker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Conductor free?
Conductor is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Fare Cap Tracker free?
Fare Cap Tracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Conductor or Fare Cap Tracker have ads?
Neither Conductor nor Fare Cap Tracker shows ads.

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