RouteShout vs MTA Mobile Ticketing
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RouteShout
This free app provides real-time and scheduled bus arrival times for public transit riders. It helps users stay on time by alerting them to delays, schedule changes, and route disruptions. Plan your journeys and view routes and stops with this convenient tool.
- Real-time bus arrival times
- Scheduled arrival times
- Bus delay alerts
- Schedule and route change notifications
- Journey and connection planning
- View bus routes and stops
- Save favorite stops
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Taking public transit? Download this free, convenient app to get real-time or scheduled next bus arrival times through your iPhone or iPad. New features: - iPhone 5.0 and 6.0 Support - Faster - Enhanced real-time support The RouteShout app helps you be on time and prepare for changes - anytime, anywhere. With RouteShout, you can know of bus delays and remove the uncertainty from taking public transit. Get to work, to your class, or that important appointment. It's the handy, free app for locals, students, tourists and other public transit riders. Just select your agency and route, and off you go. With RouteShout, you can: • Know when your bus is on its way. • Cut down your wait time. • Stay alerted of bus schedule or route changes, service disruptions or traffic delays. • Plan your journey and connections. • View bus routes and stops. • Choose and save your favorite stops. Try it today. If you like it, don’t forget to write a review- and tell your friends. Note: You may have limited access if data is not supplied to RouteShout from your local transit system. Data is provided by your local transit system. Application is subject to the quality of data provided to the Application. The Application is provided by RouteMatch Software, Inc.
MTA Mobile Ticketing
This app allows users to pay for trips on MTA buses directly from their smartphones. It offers a secure, cash-free payment method using major credit cards.
- Pay for MTA bus trips
- Secure mobile payments
- Cash-free transactions
- Use major credit cards
- Convenient trip payment
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Download the MTA Mobile Ticketing app to easily pay for your trips on MTA’s buses! The mobile app provides an easy and convenient way to securely pay for your trip, right from your phone, cash free, using a major credit card.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MTA Mobile Ticketing at 2.0 against RouteShout's 1.5. RouteShout's advantage is ratings volume (42 vs 1) and review sentiment (13% vs 0%). 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.
MTA Mobile Ticketing holds the better App Store score, 2.0 against 1.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RouteShout has 42 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 13% of RouteShout's written reviews are positive against 0% of MTA Mobile Ticketing's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
RouteShout ships an update every 4 months, MTA Mobile Ticketing every 9 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | RouteShout | MTA Mobile Ticketing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.5 (42 ratings) | 2.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 13.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 42 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 64 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | ROUTEMATCH SOFTWARE, INC. | SPX Technologies |
Customer experience
RouteShout
MTA Mobile Ticketing
In-app purchases
RouteShout
No in-app purchases
MTA Mobile Ticketing
No in-app purchases
