Clipper

MTC Applications

About this app

The Clipper app is here!

- Add your Clipper card to Google Pay
- Manage your account(s)
- Load cash value and transit passes
- Plan your trips

Clipper is the all-in-one transit card used for contactless fare payments throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. The new Clipper app lets you manage your Clipper account from your phone—add value, view your history, and plan your trip!

Download the Clipper app today!

Pay with Your Phone
The Clipper app gives you step-by-step instructions for setting up a new Clipper card or transferring an existing Clipper card to Google Pay.

Manage Your Account
The Clipper app gives you the same account access as the website, but on your phone! You can register a new card, load cash value and transit passes, set up Autoload, view your recent activity, and other features. You can also manage multiple Clipper cards in one place.

Plan Your Trip
The Clipper app has real-time transit information and helpful trip planning tools to make getting around the Bay easy! You can view nearby transit options and routes, get real-time travel and arrival information, and save your favorite locations, stops, and stations.

Clipper serves 24 transit services in the San Francisco Bay Area:
AC Transit
BART
Caltrain
City Coach
County Connection
Dumbarton Express
FAST
Golden Gate Ferry
Golden Gate Transit
Marin Transit
Muni
Petaluma Transit
SamTrans
San Francisco Bay Ferry
Santa Rosa CityBus
SMART
SolTrans
Sonoma County Transit
Tri Delta Transit
Union City Transit
Vine
VTA
WestCAT
Wheels

Ratings and reviews

Shows card as available when it's actually blocked. Doesn't show negative when AutoPay fails (or so support says, was related to overseas card), so it's hard to pay them. I had refilled the card right away at the station kiosk, but it's still blocked. Support via phone is "wait over an hour and hope the call doesn't drop. All of this would have been sorted by the app showing the correct (negative) balance and allowing me to pay them as intended.

Went on vacation to San Francisco 2 weeks ago, bought a Clipper card recommended by a local. Installed app to load funds to card thinking that it was going be faster. Big mistake; the app is too slow! And they charged my bank account but the funds are still pending. I tried using it, but it never worked. Their system (Clipper) sucks. Not user friendly at all.

One of the worst apps I've ever used. Its primary purpose is to allow loading of money for use in transit. It fails at that. I have a family of 5. Three of us were able to get through the flow. 2 of us tried to load $20 on 4 different credit cards each. All failed with "Mobile order failed" - but the charges went through on our credit cards! So now we have no ability to use this in transit and we have $200 of credit card charges that need to be refunded somehow (no in-app flow for that). Awful.

What’s new

Version 1.59.2 - Transit card improvements.