Transit.Tracker vs onTime
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 helps riders check public transit schedules, nearby departures, route stops, and trip options across supported transit systems. Choose your metro area, find nearby stops, search routes and stops, and view upcoming departures without digging through agency websites. Transit Tracker combines scheduled service data with real-time predictions where supported by the local transit provider. Use Transit Tracker to: - Find nearby bus, rail, subway, light rail, commuter rail, ferry, and other transit stops where available - View scheduled departures for the day - See real-time departure estimates where supported - Search route and stop information - Plan trips in supported regions - Save frequently used stops and trip plans - Use Apple Watch and widget support where available - Choose light, dark, or custom app themes Transit Tracker is built for daily commuters, occasional riders, visitors, and anyone who needs quick access to public transportation schedules and departure times. Coverage and feature availability vary by region. Schedule data, routes, trip planning, and real-time predictions depend on the data provided by each supported transit agency. Optional in-app purchases may be available for ad removal and trip-planning tokens.
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.
- Countdown to next train
- Real-time track info
- Commuter notifications
- Automatic schedule updates
- Online and offline schedules
- Paperless commuting
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Transit.Tracker at 4.5 against onTime's 3.8. Transit.Tracker also leads on ratings volume (3.4K vs 214). 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
Both are free to download. Transit.Tracker sells 6 one-off in-app purchases 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.
Transit.Tracker holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Transit.Tracker has 3.4K ratings behind it against 214, 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.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Transit.Tracker | onTime |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (3.4K ratings) — better | 3.8 (214 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 20.3% of reviews | 45.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3.4K — better | 214 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 77 MB | 132 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Raging Coders | Mobileware Inc. |
Customer experience
Transit.Tracker
onTime
User reviews
Transit.Tracker
From 3.4K App Store ratingsWhat 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 214 App Store ratingsWhat 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
Transit.Tracker
- Transfer Ticket$0.99
- 40 Tokens$0.99
- 100 Tokens$1.99
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- 180 Tokens$2.99
- Ad Free$3.99
- 400 Tokens$4.99
onTime
- Premium$4.991 Year
Questions
Is Transit.Tracker free?
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Do Transit.Tracker or onTime have ads?
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