Comparison

Transit.Tracker vs onTime

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Real-time vehicle tracking
  • Scheduled departure times
  • Nearest station finder
  • Built-in trip planner
  • Multi-metro area support
  • Today Widget and Watch App integration
Features
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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.

About

onTime

Access real-time transit schedules for trains, buses, and subways without paper. Get instant countdowns, track updates, and important service change notifications. Go paperless and be on time for your commute.

Highlights
  • Countdown to next train
  • Real-time track info
  • Commuter notifications
  • Automatic schedule updates
  • Online and offline schedules
  • Paperless commuting
Features
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onTime™ is fast and easy to use. It is designed with commuters in mind. With onTime you can look up schedules anytime anywhere without having to carry and dig through paper schedules. The act of simply opening the app will show you the schedules and count-down of the next trains. Sign up for commuter-notification to receive latest outages, delays and service changes. Be on time and be environmental friendly at the same time. FEATURES: - Countdown to the next train - Track info - Commuter-Notification Service - Automatic Schedule Update - Real-time​ updates and track info (where available) - Online and Offline Schedule - Paperless - Trip duration - Maps AGENCIES: Metro North Rail (MNR), Long Island Rail Road (LIRR), Chicago Metra, Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), New Jersey Transit (NJ Transit), Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), Boston Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), Seattle Sound Transit, Utah Transportation Authority, Virginia Railway Express, Shore Line East, SunRail Central Florida, South Florida Regional Transportation Authority, Caltrain and more will be added. onTime is ad-supported. If you choose to purchase onTime Premium to remove ads, payment will be charged to your iTunes account, and your account will be charged for renewal 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. Auto-renewal may be turned off at any time by going to your settings in the iTunes Store afer purchase. onTime Premium: – $4.99 USD (or equivalent) per year and may vary from country to country. – Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase – Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period – Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal – Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase – Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable Term Of Service: http://www.mobilewareinc.com/legal/ontime_tos.html * Note: onTime App uses transit agencies' schedule data but it is not affiliated with any of the agencies.

Screenshots

Transit.Tracker4 screens
onTime4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Transit.Tracker at 4.5 against onTime's 3.7. Transit.Tracker also leads on ratings volume (3.4K vs 213). onTime's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (45% vs 20%). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Transit.Tracker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and onTime sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Transit.Tracker holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Transit.Tracker has 3.4K ratings behind it against 213, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 20% of Transit.Tracker's written reviews are positive against 45% of onTime's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Transit.Tracker ships an update monthly, onTime every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Transit.Tracker versus onTime: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTransit.TrackeronTime
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (3.4K ratings) — better3.7 (213 ratings)
Positive reviews20.3% of reviews45.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3.4K — better213
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB132 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRaging CodersMobileware Inc.

Customer experience

Transit.Tracker

All ratings3,376 ratings
Positive87.1%
Neutral4.2%
Negative8.7%
Written reviews79 reviews
Positive20.3%
Neutral7.6%
Negative72.2%

onTime

All ratings214 ratings
Positive66.8%
Neutral8.9%
Negative24.3%
Written reviews64 reviews
Positive45.3%
Neutral10.9%
Negative43.8%

User reviews

Transit.Tracker

From 3.4K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Helpful for trip planning
  • 💡 Useful for commuters

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Inaccurate route and schedule information
  • 🔍 Difficult to navigate
  • 💰 Mandatory ads and paid features
  • 🕰️ Unreliable real-time tracking

onTime

From 213 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • ✅ Accurate schedules
  • 🚀 Fast loading
  • 💡 Real-time updates
  • 📍 Automatic station detection

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes frequently
  • 📉 Unreliable information
  • 😠 Ads are intrusive
  • 🔄 Favorites lost after updates
  • 🐌 Slow loading times

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

onTime

Reported bugs

20 issues
  • App crashes upon opening
  • Verification emails do not open the app
  • App never gets email verification notification
  • New version refuses to hold default route
  • Saved trips do not show up
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  • Cannot find schedule anymore
  • Countdown timer is missing
  • App doesn't remember favorite station pairing
  • Only shows 'Join Carpool' screen
  • App is frozen/spinning ball of waiting
  • Won't load or allow location entries
  • App shuts down iPhone
  • App locks up after ad and premium upgrade request
  • Full screen useless advertisement
  • App reloads and erases route
  • Inaccurate info (late trains indicated as on time)
  • App shuts down when clicking 'yes' to 'are you on this train'
  • Error message for LIRR connections
  • App is crowded with ads, no bandwidth for useful info
  • Train timelines and track info take longer to load than ads

Requested features

9 requests
  • Remove ads
  • Option to pay for ad-free version
  • Fix verification email links
  • Hold default route
  • Bring back countdown timer
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  • Improve track prediction accuracy
  • Allow checking into delayed trains
  • Don't change station names to addresses
  • Provide timely delay information

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Transit.Tracker

One-time1
  • Ad Free$4.99
1 purchases

onTime

Subscriptions1
  • Premium$4.991 Year

Questions

Is Transit.Tracker free?
Transit.Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is onTime free?
onTime is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Transit.Tracker or onTime?
Transit.Tracker is rated higher. Transit.Tracker averages 4.5 out of 5 from 3.4K ratings, while onTime averages 3.7 from 213 ratings.
Do Transit.Tracker or onTime have ads?
Transit.Tracker shows ads; onTime does not.
Which is updated more often, Transit.Tracker or onTime?
Transit.Tracker ships an update monthly, and onTime every 2 months. Most recently, Transit.Tracker was updated on November 6, 2026 and onTime on November 5, 2026.

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