myORCA

myORCA

About this app

ORCA is the Puget Sound’s all-in-one transit card. Use it to ride the bus, train and ferry in the Seattle-Tacoma metropolitan area. To get started, download the app and create an account. You need an ORCA card to use the myORCA app. You can connect your existing card or order a new card. Now you can manage your ORCA card anywhere, 24/7 with the myORCA app.

With the myORCA app, you can:

- Load fares instantly
- Check your balance
- Purchase and manage multiple ORCA cards
- Purchase daily or monthly passes
- Set up autoloads
- And much more!

With ORCA, you can pay for trips and transfers on Community Transit, Everett Transit, King County Metro, Kitsap Transit, Pierce Transit, Sound Transit and Washington State Ferries. Some exclusions apply on special trips and Washington State Ferries.

To use ORCA, be sure to tap your card on the ORCA card reader on board, on the train platform, or at your stop.

Reduced fare programs are available to qualified riders with low incomes, seniors (65+ years), youth (6-18 years), and persons with disabilities. Reduced fare cards work with the myORCA app, call 888-988-6722 / TTY: 711 to find out which card is right for you

This app requires Android 8.0 and above. This app is optimized for use on Android phones, to use myORCA on a tablet visit myORCA.com.

Ratings and reviews

The ability to add value to your e-purse in real time or buy a pass in the app is a massive improvement over the old website, and frankly should have been part of the system from the beginning. App is remarkably smooth and responsive for a government project. Unfortunately, despite what some reviews here claim, the ability to use the app with NFC in place of a physical card is not yet there (vaporware?). Not much reason to keep this on your phone vs. bookmarking the website but it's cute.

The app is fast and easy to use. Does everything I expected it to based on the launch website. Note for the developers: the description of physical card in the app states: "Physical cards are plastic. Virtual cards are stored in your phone's wallet app. Want to convert your physical card to virtual? Tap the Actions tab." However, I don't think that action is available yet. The description text should probably say that the virtual wallet cards are "coming soon" or something like that

Like many other reviewers I sort of can't believe how well this works and how fast it works. It is so much more functional and easy to use than the old system that I could cry. I couldn't even access my account on the old site for like a year because I went to report my orca card as lost, but my password had expired, and to regain access to my account I needed my card number which... you got it... was lost! This app fixes literally all of those problems with one great UI. I am healed. Lol

What's new

We've updated the app with usability and accessibility improvements, and other bug fixes.