Transit.Tracker vs Transit for CUMTD
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Transit.Tracker
Plan your journeys and track public transit in real-time. Find nearby stations, view departure times, and get turn-by-turn navigation. Supports numerous transit agencies across multiple metro areas.
- Real-time vehicle tracking
- Scheduled departure times
- Nearest station finder
- Built-in trip planner
- Multi-metro area support
- Today Widget and Watch App integration
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Transit Tracker puts public transit schedules, nearby departures, route stops, and trip plans on your device. Download the schedules for the cities you ride in, and Transit Tracker stores them on your iPhone. Once a city is downloaded, nearby stops, scheduled departures, route and stop search, and trip planning all work from the data on your device. Real-time predictions are added when the transit agency publishes them and you are online. Use Transit Tracker to: - Download the transit schedules you need from the Downloads screen, and update or delete them at any time - Download more than one city and see stops near you across all of them in one view - Find nearby bus, subway, light rail, commuter rail, ferry, and other transit stops - View scheduled departures, with real-time estimates where the agency provides them - Search routes and stops and see a route's stops and path on the map - Plan trips with the built-in trip planner, then tap any stop to see its departures - Save stops, and save trip plans exactly as they were planned - Use Apple Watch and widget support where available - Choose light, dark, or custom app themes Schedules come from the transit agencies and are stored on your device. Each download is a one-time transfer of the agency's published schedule; Wi-Fi is recommended for larger cities. Schedule data is replaced when you update a city, and the app tells you when a downloaded schedule is about to end. Coverage and feature availability vary by region. Schedules, routes, and real-time predictions depend on the data each transit agency publishes. Optional in-app purchases remove ads. You can also watch a short video to remove ads for an hour.
Transit for CUMTD
Track bus departures in real-time with color-coded information for all stops. Save favorite stops and view nearby options. Get detailed route views and quick previews with a widget.
- Favorites and nearby stops
- Real-time, color-coded departures
- Detailed route view
- Bus and route previews
- Widget for quick access
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Transit is the best way to keep track of bus departures for various stops in Urbana / Champaign, with the following features... • Favorites and nearby stops. • Real-time, color-coded departures for all stops. • Detailed route view for each incoming bus. • Bus and route previews with 3D Touch • Widget, for a quick look of the nearest stop ...and the list is growing! This app is actively in-development, so if you have a feature request, please send feedback to mosabelagha+transit@gmail.com. *This app is not maintained by or affiliated with CUMTD. All data provided by CUMTD.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Transit for CUMTD at 83% against Transit.Tracker's 20%. Transit for CUMTD also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). Transit.Tracker's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (3.4K vs 28). On price 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
Both are free to download. Transit.Tracker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Transit for CUMTD asks for nothing beyond the download.
Transit.Tracker holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Transit.Tracker has 3.4K ratings behind it against 28, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 20% of Transit.Tracker's written reviews are positive against 83% of Transit for CUMTD's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Transit.Tracker ships an update monthly, Transit for CUMTD daily. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Transit.Tracker | Transit for CUMTD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (3.4K ratings) — better | 4.0 (28 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 20.3% of reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3.4K — better | 28 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Daily — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Raging Coders | Mosab Elagha |
Customer experience
Transit.Tracker
Transit for CUMTD
Bugs and requests
Transit.Tracker
Reported bugs
4 issues- App freezes or crashes frequently
- Incorrect route and schedule data
- Issues with restoring paid upgrades
- Location services not working properly
Requested features
4 requests- Improve real-time bus/train tracking
- Expand coverage to more cities
- Add more customization options
- Fix bugs and crashes
Transit for CUMTD
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Transit.Tracker
- Ad Free$4.99
Transit for CUMTD
No in-app purchases
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