Schedules vs Arrival BART
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Schedules
Easily access current AC Transit bus schedules and real-time arrival information on your iPhone and iPad. Select a bus line and direction to view detailed schedules or live updates. Save your favorite routes for quick access and sync them across all your devices via iCloud.
- Bus schedule lookup
- Real-time arrival information
- Line and direction selection
- Favorite routes
- iCloud sync across devices
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Schedules makes finding current AC Transit bus schedules and real time arrivals simple and fast on your iPhone and iPad. Simply select a line and a direction to view a schedule or real time arrival information. You can also add favorites and sync them via iCloud to all your devices.
Arrival BART
Get real-time train predictions and plan your journeys with this intuitive transit app. It offers fast access to essential BART information, including transfer details and alerts, all without ads or data collection.
- Real-time train predictions
- Intuitive user interface
- Detailed stop information
- Trip planner with suggestions
- BART alerts for delays
- Intelligent station search
- Siri Shortcuts integration
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Arrival is the beautiful and clean BART app for commuters. With an interface that is easy and intuitive to use, you get access to real-time train predictions for the station nearest to you from the moment you launch it. This fast experience quickly gets you access to the information you need without excess tapping and visual clutter and allows you to quickly see detailed information (where to transfer, transfer windows, and train colors) for any stop. Key Features: * FAST One of Arrival's best features is that it is fast. Really fast. It loads the information you need quickly and without any extra steps. This allows you to take BART throughout the San Francisco Bay Area with ease. * Trip Planner Arrival's trip planner allows you to plan trips to stations ahead of time. It will even provide suggestions of potential arrival and departure times. * BART Alerts Arrival displays BART warnings in real time to help you avoid delays. * Station Search Arrival has an intelligent station search algorithm that uses on-device machine learning to provide you with relevant results. * Siri Shortcuts Use Siri Shortcuts to automate Arrival. * Machine Learning Arrival uses on-device machine learning throughout the system to provide intelligent suggestions and speed up your experience. * NO ADs Arrival has zero ads or clutter. It's just the BART information you need. * Private & Secure Arrival intentionally does not collect identifiable information. It processes as much data as it can on device. Additionally, it does not sell or share information with 3rd party advertisers. Arrival is an unofficial BART app. BART is the trademark of the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District. Arrival's data comes from the BART developer program under the respective license.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Arrival BART at 4.7 against Schedules's 4.1. Arrival BART also leads on review sentiment (92% vs 50%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). Schedules's advantage is ratings volume (187 vs 21). On price, ads, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Arrival BART holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Schedules has 187 ratings behind it against 21, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Schedules's written reviews are positive against 92% of Arrival BART's.
Schedules ships an update every 2 months, Arrival BART every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Schedules | Arrival BART |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (187 ratings) | 4.7 (21 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 92.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 187 — better | 21 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Daniel Levy | Ronan Furuta |
Customer experience
Schedules
Arrival BART
Bugs and requests
Schedules
Reported bugs
11 issues- App crashes on opening
- App doesn't load after update
- Bus locations for specific routes incorrect
- Route 50 not found in search
- Live tracking disappeared
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- Predictions not accurate
- Buses not showing up
- Buses leaving early or arriving late
- Bus cancellations not notified
- Timings not real-time (GPS based)
- Map view disappeared
Requested features
6 requests- Add back earlier buses for V line
- Fix route 50 search
- Show intermediate stops
- Add similar app for SamTrans
- Add back map view of bus routes
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- Improve iOS version to match Android
Arrival BART
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Schedules
No in-app purchases
Arrival BART
No in-app purchases
