CBP Border Wait Times vs Sun Metro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CBP Border Wait Times
This app provides real-time estimated wait times and open lane status for land border crossings into the United States from Canada and Mexico. It helps travelers make informed decisions about when and where to cross by detailing wait times for various lane types at different ports of entry.
- Estimated wait times
- Open lane status
- 24/7 availability
- Ports of entry information
- Lane type breakdown
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Knowing land border wait times at the various ports of entry into the United States from both Canada and Mexico can aid the traveler in making an informed decision on when and where to cross the border. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Border Wait Time (BWT) app provides estimated wait times and open lane status 24/7 at ports of entry that process commercial vehicles, passenger vehicles, and pedestrians. The BWT app breaks down wait times at each crossing by lane type (Standard, Sentri, FAST, Ready Lane, Nexus, etc.). The BWT app is a free service provided by the Department of Homeland Security/U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
Sun Metro
Plan your trips, view real-time bus schedules, and find nearby stops. Get fare information and receive alerts about detours and events. Registered LIFT users can manage their trips online.
- Real-time bus schedule information
- Trip planner with customizable preferences
- Fare information by passenger type
- Nearby bus stop finder using GPS
- Route-specific alerts and detours
- LIFT user trip management
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The Sun Metro app is the City of El Paso’s official transit app that provides quick and easy access to real time bus schedule information. Use the app to plan a trip within the city using local transit or find nearby bus stops using your GPS location. Trip Planner - Area trip planning using current location, landmarks, stop numbers, favourite stops or address search - Customizable trip plan preferences including departure or arrival time, future date trip plan, shortest walking distance, fewest transfers and fastest route - Obtain fare information for your trip based on passenger type (Regular, Student/Military, Senior/Disabled, Child 5 & Under, Downton Circulator, Transfer) Route Schedules - Choose your route and up to three stops to get bus schedule time including real time results - Map-based route traces - Future dated schedules available Next Departures - Find next departure scheduled times using your stop number, address or landmark - Search for nearby stops using GPS location - View nearby stops using map or list view - Save recent stops searched Alerts - Get notified in your trip plan, route schedule and next departures of alerts that will affect your ride - Stay up-to-date with detours and events specific to your route or trip plan LIFT - This option allows a Sun Metro LIFT-registered user to view, cancel and book new trips online using a secure User ID and Password. This option also provides the user with the real-time estimated time of arrival of any pending trips. Settings - Help – Provides help information on how to use the application -Contact Info – Provides address, web site and phone contact information to Sun Metro Mass Transit -Feedback – Web email form for reporting app related comments or suggestions to Sun Metro Mass Transit -Tell a Friend – launches email to share Sun Metro app information Favorites - Save your favourite locations for quick access to Trip Planning and Next Departures
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: CBP Border Wait Times at 2.4 against Sun Metro's 2.0. CBP Border Wait Times also leads on ratings volume (157 vs 31). Sun Metro's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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.
CBP Border Wait Times holds the better App Store score, 2.4 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CBP Border Wait Times has 157 ratings behind it against 31, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 12% of CBP Border Wait Times's written reviews are positive against 18% of Sun Metro's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
CBP Border Wait Times ships an update every 18 months, Sun Metro every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CBP Border Wait Times | Sun Metro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (157 ratings) — better | 2.0 (31 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 11.6% of reviews | 18.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 157 — better | 31 |
| Update frequency | Every 18 months | Every 11 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | US Customs and Border Protection | City of El Paso |
Customer experience
CBP Border Wait Times
Sun Metro
In-app purchases
CBP Border Wait Times
No in-app purchases
Sun Metro
No in-app purchases
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