Transit.Tracker vs Chicago CTA 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.
Chicago CTA Bus Tracker
Track Chicago CTA buses in real-time. Select your route, direction, and stop to view upcoming bus arrivals. Save favorite stops for quick access to arrival times.
- Live bus tracking
- Route and direction selection
- Stop arrival predictions
- Save favorite stops
- Fast and easy to use
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Live bus tracker for Chicago CTA buses. 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. - CTA buses - Save unlimited number of favorites - Easy to use - Fast This is not an official app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Chicago CTA Bus Tracker at 60% against Transit.Tracker's 20%. Chicago CTA Bus Tracker also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). Transit.Tracker's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 37 months) and rating (4.5 vs 4.2). On price, 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. Chicago CTA Bus Tracker asks for nothing beyond the download.
Transit.Tracker holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Transit.Tracker has 3.4K ratings behind it against 204, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 20% of Transit.Tracker's written reviews are positive against 60% of Chicago CTA Bus Tracker's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Transit.Tracker ships an update monthly, Chicago CTA Bus Tracker every 37 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Transit.Tracker | Chicago CTA Bus Tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (3.4K ratings) — better | 4.2 (204 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 20.3% of reviews | 59.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3.4K — better | 204 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 37 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 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Raging Coders | Naiara Albaina |
Customer experience
Transit.Tracker
Chicago CTA Bus Tracker
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
Chicago CTA Bus Tracker
From 204 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use and navigate
- 🚀 Fast and efficient
- ✅ Accurate time estimations
- 👍 Helpful for planning trips
- 👍 User-friendly for seniors
Room to improve
- 🐛 App doesn't update or refresh
- 🐛 Home page sometimes doesn't load
- 🐛 Inconsistent loading
- 🐛 No train tracking available
- 🐛 Ads are intrusive and annoying
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
Chicago CTA Bus Tracker
Reported bugs
8 issues- App doesn't update
- App doesn't refresh
- Home page doesn't load
- No information available when searching
- App freezes sometimes
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- No real-time info refresh
- Doesn't load consistently
- Takes a while to upload
Requested features
6 requests- Ability to rearrange favorites
- Add a refresh button
- Improve user-friendliness on the go
- Add train tracking
- Fix discrepancy between app and website
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- Allow users to refresh current input
In-app purchases
Transit.Tracker
- Ad Free$4.99
Chicago CTA Bus Tracker
No in-app purchases
Questions
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