RIPTA Wave

Bytemark, Inc.

About this app

Buy your bus fare, anytime - in seconds.

With the new RIPTA Wave App, you can securely purchase RIPTA fares in seconds. Purchasing fares is easy: enter your payment card information, load money onto your Wave account, and your smartphone is your ticket to ride! RIPTA also offers Day and Monthly passes. When ready to board the bus, open the app, and scan it under the validator.

Never lose your fare product again! Once you load money into your Wave account, it will always be available to use. Need to replace your phone? No problem -- we can easily transfer your balance.

Features:

• Earn As You Go – You no longer have to purchase a Day Pass or Monthly Pass upfront. Each time you ride, gets you closer to earning a Day or Monthly Pass.
• Secure ticket purchasing with your credit or debit card
• Your smartphone is your ticket to ride
• Never lose your fare – account balance and passes can be easily transferred if your phone is lost or stolen

Ratings and reviews

This app has stolen 6 dollars from me now (Arguably more considering that it's supposed to create day passes and transfers based on money being spent.) It's also just not a very good app, but my money disappearing is what pushed me to actually leave a bad review. :( Unfortunately, there is no other app that lets you get a day pass or transfer between buses without paying extra. If you're going to ride several buses in a day, this app could save you money.... or it could steal it

Pretty typical transit fare app - not too keen on how the payment option brings up a whole second menu and you can only navigate back and forth in-app and not your phone. Other than that, no issues to report. The hour-long transfer option is nice as most routes are under 1 hr, even factoring in spotty connections. Also if the system is down = free ride! However, what we really need are tap and go options for debit and credit though, not more third party vampires sucking our state resources dry.

Horrible awful no good app. Sometimes it takes your money, sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes you add a Day Pass to your account and when you got on the bus, the reader won't take it and says transaction declined. Or when you have say $6 on your balance and you try to scan it but it says transaction declined when there is clearly money on it and the bus drivers look at you like a liar. Drives me nuts. You can't remove cards that serve no purpose from your account. An extremely flawed app.