MBTA Tracker

Andrzej Nosek

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About this app

Get hi-res MBTA map, arrival time predictions, schedules and service alerts for entire MBTA system, including subway (green, orange, blue, red and mattapan lines), commuter rails, boats and buses - it's a "must have" app for Boston's commuter.

Features:
- arrival time predictions for bus, subway and commuter rail
- schedules
- service & access alerts
- favorite stops and favorite routes
- trip info with route path and vehicle location
- nearby stops with arrival time predictions
- routes, vehicle locations and arrival-time predictions on embedded Google Map
- twitter feed with official @MBTA, @MBTA_CR and @MBTATransitPD tweets
- support for Android Wear
- dark theme (Android Q)
- home screen shortcuts: You can add shortcut by long pressing on your favorite stop or route, or by long pressing on main menu route icon (Green, Red, Orange, Blue or Mattapan icons).

More features coming soon!

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Notice of Non-Affiliation and Disclaimer

We are not affiliated, associated, authorized, endorsed by, or in any way officially connected with the MBTA or MassDOT, or any of its subsidiaries or its affiliates. The official MBTA website can be found at http://mbta.com

The names MBTA and MassDOT as well as related names, marks, emblems and images are registered trademarks of their respective owners.

MBTA Tracker app uses data provided by MassDOT real-time API.
“MassDOT” means the Massachusetts Department of Transportation and its
divisions, and the agencies and authorities within the jurisdiction of MassDOT, including the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) and the Massachusetts Regional Transit Authorities (RTAs). MassDOT also includes the Massachusetts Port Authority (MassPort), or its successor, as well as any third-parties with which MassDOT may partner to provide data on or through the Developers Page.

Ratings and reviews

Pretty good app. I get that it's only as good as the data available from the T, so you can only count on accuracy within about 5 minutes. My biggest beef is that when you look at a specific station and scroll to, for example, the southbound trains, then check again in like 2 minutes, the app relocates itself to show you the northbound trains. This has led me to run for a train i thought i had plenty of time to catch (see inaccuracy, above) only to find that i was looking at the wrong direction.

This app doesn't appear to actually track buses, but simply report their schedule. For example I am standing at a bus stop and the bus is nowhere in sight. The yellow arrow on the app may or may not be present, but the app says the bus is arriving/departing from my stop. It cascades on down through the stops: arriving, departing, arriving next stop, departing that stop, but there is no actual bus. Real time arrival times are sort of the whole point of a bus tracking app, so while this is better than a total shot in the dark, it's not by much.

Update 3/2/23: still 5 stars! Real world bus situation: This app showed TWO 137 buses arriving at the stop I was running to within 60 seconds of each other. Google Maps said to wait 18 minutes for the next bus. THIS APP WAS CORRECT - I caught the 2nd bus 60 seconds after missing the first bus. Nice! Awesome! I love that when I'm heading to the train I can see real time arrival times and know whether it's worth rushing to the train or not. The bus tracker is also helpful and accurate. Thanks!

What's new

Version 2.27
- fixed Google Maps API issue causing app crashes
- added support for dark theme on devices with Android Q
- updated MBTA Subway map
- bug fixes