MBTA Tracker app for iPhone and iPad
Developer: Blue Orange Apps Limited
First release : 30 Sep 2010
App size: 1.76 Mb
Make sure to check out our new sister app NextTrain T Tracker; it shows real-time display boards of real arrival times for the T.
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Boston riders have already put MBTA Tracker into the Top 10 Navigation apps...
Now available - make sure to check it out: NextTrain T Tracker, an app which makes real-time T arrival times available for the Red, Orange and Blue lines
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For iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 users, included is FREE Augmented Reality Feature which helps find nearest stops!
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MBTA Tracker tells MBTA riders how many minutes are left until the next bus comes. MBTA Tracker works with all bus stations and for all route directions in the MBTA system.
Stop names can be sorted alphabetically or according to distance from the users location. Alphabetical sorted stops have a tappable index for quick access and search functionality.
Additional features include walking directions to any selected bus stop and storage of favorite stops. Stops can also be found through their respective route. Routes can be sorted alphabetically or by route number.
With this application, you will never be in a rush when not necessary. You can savor your last minutes drinking a coffee knowing that it isnt until 7 more minutes that the bus will come. Never wait for buses again. Just two iPhone screen touches will put all the information you need in front of you immediately.
Other very nice features:
-Google map showing users location as well as nearest bus stops. Bus stops can be tapped in order to display arrival times for all buses going through the stop.
-Google map showing users location as well as the location and travel direction of buses corresponding to the current selected route.
Latest reviews of MBTA Tracker app for iPhone and iPad
Save your dollar-- this app has no idea when a bus is coming. I guess the data source powering this thing is just an electronic version of the printed bus schedule which we all know isnt accurate. And -- we already have that info for free in google maps anyway! I waited at a bus stop last night and tested it - app claims that the bus would arrive in 28 minutes. In less than 7 minutes not one, but two busses came. This clearly has no fancy tracking feature built in.
The program is not intuitive in structure and unfortunately, provides no information about train or trolley lines.
This app is invaluable... Has a bunch of useful features, including the awesome augmented reality mode. Times are accurate; cant live without it. Ive tried all the MBTA bus time prediction apps and this one is by far the best.
Im so happy I found this app. Its already saved me from a bunch of long-as waits at the stops. The map features are awesome.
In Boston it had the wrong busses coming to my stop. An OK app, but I think youll do better with PocketMBTA or CatchTheBus.