Transit.Tracker vs Dayton RTA Bus Tracker
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.
Dayton RTA Bus Tracker
This app provides real-time arrival information for public transit buses. Users can select routes, directions, and stops to view upcoming arrivals and save favorite stops for quick access.
- Real-time bus arrivals
- Select routes, directions, and stops
- Save favorite stops
- Easy to use interface
- Fast performance
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The Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority (RTA) is the public transit agency in Montgomery County and western Greene County. Simply select a route, direction and stop to see the next bus arrivals. Save your favorite stops to see upcoming arrivals with a single touch. - Real-time arrivals - RTA buses - Unlimited favorites - Easy to use - Fast This is not an official app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dayton RTA Bus Tracker at none against Transit.Tracker's 1. Dayton RTA Bus Tracker also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). Transit.Tracker's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 51 months) and ratings volume (3.4K vs 7). On price, rating, ads 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. Dayton RTA Bus Tracker asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Transit.Tracker against 4.4 for Dayton RTA Bus Tracker. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Transit.Tracker has 3.4K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 20% of Transit.Tracker's written reviews are positive against 0% of Dayton RTA Bus Tracker's.
Transit.Tracker ships an update monthly, Dayton RTA Bus Tracker every 51 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Transit.Tracker | Dayton RTA Bus Tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (3.4K ratings) — better | 4.4 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 20.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3.4K — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 51 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Raging Coders | Naiara Albaina |
Customer experience
Transit.Tracker
Dayton RTA Bus Tracker
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
Dayton RTA Bus Tracker
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Transit.Tracker
- Ad Free$4.99
Dayton RTA Bus Tracker
No in-app purchases
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