TAP LA

TAP LA

About this app

Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority ("LACMTA"), a government agency, is the owner and developer of this app.

TAP is your ticket to ride transit in greater Los Angeles! It is accepted on 27 transit systems including LA Metro, providing a vast network of buses and trains.

- Make your travel safe and easy with contactless payment and card management.

- Use your Android phone to tap and pay when you board. You don't even have to wake up your phone!

- Purchase a transit pass or Stored Value for any agency in Los Angeles County.


- Enjoy flexible payment options including credit/debit cards, account cash and Google Pay.

- Manage multiple cards in your TAP account.

- Supports reduced fares for seniors, students, persons with disabilities and low-income riders.

- Access multimodal programs such as Metro Bike Share.

- Use Trip Tools to plan trips, find nearby transit options, view real-time arrivals and save favorite destinations and stops.

- Enjoy the benefits of a TAP account, such as Balance Protection, card management, discounts, promotions, transaction history and friendly customer service.

- Accepted on 27 transit systems in LA County including:
Angels Flight Railway
Antelope Valley Transit Authority (AVTA)
Baldwin Park Transit
Beach Cities Transit
Burbank Bus
Carson Circuit
Compton Renaissance Transit System
Culver CityBus
Foothill Transit
Gardena GTRANS
Glendale Beeline
Glendora Transportation Division
Huntington Park Transit Unlimited
LA County Department of Public Works
LADOT Transit
Lawndale Beat
Norwalk Transit
Palos Verdes Peninsula Transit Authority
Pasadena Transit
Santa Clarita Transit
Torrance Transit

Eligible users should upgrade to Android OS 13 or greater to ensure the best experience.

TAP App v1.26.89 New Features/Enhancements
1. Fare capping status feature
-View your LA Metro fare capping progress in “Card Info.”
2. Promo code enhancement
- Add a new virtual card to your phone and redeem a promo code in one transaction.
- Supports LA Metro’s GoPass program participants and students using Long Beach Transit.
3. Zero-dollar checkout enhancement
- When you purchase a discounted fare product or redeem a promo code and the shopping cart net total is $0, no payment method is required to check out.

Ratings and reviews

Every single time I unlock my phone, the app opens itself and attempts to scan. I would uninstall it, but I just loaded my latest TAP card onto it. So I'll have to at least keep it until the money runs out and I can get a new physical card. Hopefully this bug gets fixed. edit: I logged out then logged back in, and now all my money in my account is gone. I just lost $25. Thanks, y'all

App constantly breaks. This is the 2nd time my digital cards have become unable to use, either because they are on some phantom 2nd device or they just stop working out of the blue. Customer service buttons in the settings menu do not work, and I have yet to see my problem fixed months after I chatted with them. To top it all off, you can't even add a card to your phone's wallet if you're on Android. Just stay using the physical card and save yourself the headache.

It does the bare minimum. The app takes excessively long to load, there's no way to re order the cards, there's no way to switch between multiple cards without deleting and re downloading them, there's no feedback from the app to show that the tap has worked successfully, there's no way to just transfer the card to Google Wallet, the balance sometimes doesn't update properly (causing it to say I have enough money when I don't), and it's just full of bugs. PLEASE get someone to re-make the app.

What’s new

1.26.97 (5942) includes bug fixes, enhancements, and security updates.