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OpenMBTA app for iPhone and iPad


4.6 ( 2576 ratings )
Travel Navigation
Developer: Kaja Software Corporation
Free
Current version: 1.5.1, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 29 Oct 2009
App size: 5.64 Mb

This free application gives you daily Boston MBTA bus, commuter rail, subway, and boat real time and schedule information, in convenient color-coded map and table formats.

This app requires access to a WiFi or cell network.

Pros and cons of OpenMBTA app for iPhone and iPad

OpenMBTA app good for

Great app! It has helped me many times. The only thing I would change is that ETB (Electric Trolley Bus) routes have their own catagory.
Its very accurate and Ive been using this app since it first came out. Realtime and scheduled info is great
This app does a very good job, but there are three things that could transform it into greatness: 1. Better distinction for Ashmont and Braintree lines when getting southbound info at JFK stations and north. I know the data is separated this way. If you are headed to Kendall, for example, its important to know whether the next train is an Ashmont or Braintree train in order to know if you need to run. It would be especially great to be able to bookmark just the Ashmont line in order to clear out the distraction of the other trains. 2. Display of realtime and schedule time at the station. Right now it shows one or the other. At stations close to the end of the line headed inbound this means either one realtime time or 3 scheduled times. Why not always show 3? If there arent enough realtime times available, fill in with scheduled times. 3. Enable auto refresh. You dont have to refresh to location every time. Refresh the location once, then refresh the realtime every 10 seconds. Maybe a button to refresh the location if needed.
It helped a lot when I was using iOS 7. Pls update the app. Please~
Good app that I rely on daily basis. Unfortunately not working any more after upgraded to iOS 8.0.2. The screen is not responding that I am stuck.
Using the app for last 2 yrs and love it, upgraded my phone, now have iOS 8 and the app freezes or crashes all the time. Please update.

Some bad moments

I would have given this five stars until recently. Ive used this app for a long time and have found it to be quite reliable. Lately they are not updating the train schedules and this makes it not usable. I have to find a new resource and I am bummed.
MBTA commuter rail schedules changed 5/23/16, but this app has not updated by June 1, over a week. Makes it totally useless, so I assume no one is minding the store. Too bad.
With the latest update Open MBTA has made its most useful feature useless. It now has the annoying AdChoices integrated and you can longer choose your bus stop easily to find how close to on time it is. A once great five star app is now a 1.5 star app. Which is too bad because Moovit is no good alternative
This update is to place ads into the app. The app is now buggy and useless. It quits suddenly in random places. When you try to get a list of routes, a blank screen appears instead. And the function button is covered by the ads. Too bad.
App worked fine before adds. Youd login and select your train. Once selected it would default to map view and you were allowed to switch to time table. Now with add at bottom of the app it covers up the option to see time table - not very helpful any longer.
The new ad integration blocks ability to switch to schedule view. Useless if planning a trip more than 30 minutes into future.

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