App Name: myTransAlert   

Platform:iOS (iPhone)   

Made By:anOrigin Inc.   

Description:Free iPhone app designed to ease mass commute. myTransAlert eliminates the time wasted waiting for train or bus. It provides commuters with automated alerts showing up-to-date departure times. In-app upgrade provides real-time status.   

App Name: MbtaLoc   

Platform:Android   

Made By:Gururaj Sridhar   

Description:Get the real time location of buses. Enables the user to track the movement of the bus along its route which is overlayed on Google maps.   

App Name: Lumatic City Maps   

Platform:Android   

Made By:Lumatic   

Description:Designed for locals and travelers alike, Lumatic City Maps provides detailed public transit and walking directions.   

App Name: Lumatic City Maps   

Platform:iOS (iPhone)   

Made By:Lumatic   

Description:Designed for locals and travelers alike, Lumatic City Maps provides detailed public transit and walking directions.   

App Name: Nokia Transit   

Platform:Windows Phone 7   

Made By:Nokia   

Description:Free mobile transit app for Nokia Lumia users covering 550+ cities across the world. Find door-to-door transit directions in just a few taps, wherever you are. Available on Windows Marketplace and Store.   

App Name: Embark Boston T – MBTA   

Platform:iOS (iPhone)   

Made By:Embark Inc.   

Description:Embark Boston T is the best way to get around Boston on the train. It is essential to all 'T' riders — from the occasional to the daily, the tourist to the commuter. Embark even works without cellular signal!   

App Name: Busboy   

Platform:iOS (iPhone)   

Made By:Electric Peel, LLC   

Description:See when your bus is actually coming, with updating time timetables and maps. Through an in-app purchase, be notified of arrivals without unlocking your phone. Save the buses you use the most for easy access.   

App Name: MBTA mTicket   

Platform:Android   

Made By:MBTA   

Description:Buy a ticket anywhere, anytime, in seconds. The Official MBTA mTicket App is like a ticket office in your pocket. The MBTA mTicket app is now available for all Commuter Rail and Ferry Lines!   

App Name: MBTA mTicket   

Platform:iOS (iPhone)   

Made By:MBTA   

Description:Buy a ticket anywhere, anytime, in seconds. The Official MBTA mTicket App is like a ticket office in your pocket. The MBTA mTicket app is now available for all Commuter Rail and Ferry Lines!   

App Name: MobileMBTA   

Platform:iOS (iPhone)   

Made By:Cameron Saul   

Description:MobileMBTA is the FASTEST and EASIEST app for looking up routes and checking bus arrival times for the Boston MBTA. MobileMBTA keeps track of every single MBTA route & stop so you don't have to.   

App Name: HopStop   

Platform:Web & Android 2.2+ & Desktop & iPhone (Web)   

Made By:Simon Xu   

Description:HopStop is a free app that provides door-to-door transit directions in over 80 cities throughout the US, Canada and Europe, as well as transit maps, schedules and nearby stations.   

App Name: MBTA Transit Guru   

Platform:Windows Phone 7   

Made By:Ikko Systems Inc.   

Description:Take with you all MBTA bus routes, look up real time GPS arrivals for stops nearest to you or anywhere else on the map. Save your most traveled routes.   

App Name: TransitTimes   

Platform:Android   

Made By:Zervaas Enterprises   

Description:Provides offline trip planning & schedules for 50+ cities, including live vehicle for MBTA buses.   

App Name: TransitTimes   

Platform:iOS (iPhone)   

Made By:Zervaas Enterprises   

Description:Provides offline trip planning & schedules for 50+ cities, including live vehicle for MBTA buses.   

App Name: See Say App   

Platform:Android   

Made By:MBTA   

Description:If you see something say something for smart phones Using this app, riders can send the MBTA Transit Police pictures, text messages, and locations of unattended packages or suspicious activity.   

App Name: See Say App   

Platform:iOS (iPhone)   

Made By:MBTA   

Description:If you see something say something for smart phones Using this app, riders can send the MBTA Transit Police pictures, text messages, and locations of unattended packages or suspicious activity.   

App Name: My Stop: Boston   

Platform:iOS (iPhone)   

Made By:Mark McCollom (Swankrain Studios)   

Description:Choose a destination and watch your travel on the Commuter Rail. Real-time schedules and T-Alerts are at your finger tips so you'll always know when trains are late. Real-time interactive map displays station stops and train locations.   

App Name: MBTAway   

Platform:Web apps   

Made By:hurlurl.com   

Description:MBTAway is a mobile website that uses your phone's GPS, WiFi, or Cell Tower location to return a list of nearby MBTA Bus Stops and lets you know if you can wait, walk or run for a predicted bus based on the distance to the stop.   

App Name: Where is the T   

Platform:Web apps   

Made By:WhereistheT.com   

Description:Enables users to track the location of the trains on the MBTA's T subway system and find out how soon the next train will arrive.   

App Name: MBTA Subway Real-Time Arrival Tool   

Platform:iOS (iPhone)   

Made By:Ray Axelrad   

Description:Provides real-time arrival information for MBTA Subway lines and location information to help guide users to stops. Great for long-time Boston residents as well as visitors to Beantown.   

App Name: T-on-Time   

Platform:Web & Android 2.2+ & Desktop & iPhone (Web)   

Made By:Neptune Web, Inc.   

Description:T-on-Time for commuter rail provides real-time locations, a timer, and a map.   

App Name: Track My Transit - Boston   

Platform:Web OS (Palm)   

Made By:The CodingBees   

Description:MBTA public transit application for webOS.   

App Name: OpenMBTA for iPad   

Platform:iOS (iPad)   

Made By:Daniel Choi, Eric Richmond   

Description:OpenMBTA for iPad is a free, open-source iPhone app for MBTA users in the Boston metro region. It delivers real-time bus and subway arrival information.   

App Name: Catch The T   

Platform:iOS (iPhone)   

Made By:Jared Egan   

Description:CTT displays real time position data for the Orange, Red & Blue lines in an intuitive and easy to understand way. Don't wait for the train, know when it's going to be there.   

App Name: Catch The Bus   

Platform:Android   

Made By:Jared Egan, Serkan Ozel   

Description:CTB offers a focused, intuitive way to find when your bus will truly be there. Save your favorite stops for quick access & be on your way!   

App Name: Catch The Bus   

Platform:iOS (iPhone)   

Made By:Jared Egan, Serkan Ozel   

Description:CTB offers a focused, intuitive way to find when your bus will truly be there. Save your favorite stops for quick access & be on your way!   

App Name: MBTA Route Plotter   

Platform:Web apps   

Made By:Jeff Kaufman   

Description:MBTA route plotter provides real time information for buses and subway using google maps.   

App Name: WhenIsMyBus.com   

Platform:Web apps   

Made By:Alissa Miller   

Description:Do you ride the same bus every day? Do some buses leave you waiting forever? Fear no more. WhenIsMyBus.com is the quick and easy way to get the MBTA bus schedules on your mobile phone.   

App Name: Pocket MBTA   

Platform:iOS (iPhone)   

Made By:Gilad Gurantz   

Description:Real time tracking meets Google maps: See the location of your stop, the direction it's going, and even the location of the bus you're waiting for.   

App Name: TransitSpy Mobile MBTA   

Platform:Android   

Made By:Canoa Labs   

Description:With the arrival of TransitSpy Mobile MBTA, you can now track the bus wherever you are, whenever you need to and on whatever device you have.   

App Name: TransitSpy Mobile MBTA   

Platform:iOS (iPhone)   

Made By:Canoa Labs   

Description:With the arrival of TransitSpy Mobile MBTA, you can now track the bus wherever you are, whenever you need to and on whatever device you have.   

App Name: Businator MBTA   

Platform:Windows Phone 7   

Made By:McNamara Solutions, LLC   

Description:Businator MBTA provides real-time bus arrival information for the Boston area MBTA system.   

App Name: allSchedules   

Platform:iOS (iPhone)   

Made By:Jose Carvalho   

Description:allSchedules is a mobile application where users can look schedules. The schedules have 48 hours of data and are stored in the device, allowing commuters to plan their whole day, even when they go offline.   

App Name: TransitSpy   

Platform:Web apps   

Made By:Canoa Labs   

Description:Transit Spy aims to provide a useful visual aid to text-based arrival predictions.   

App Name: Nexmap Boston   

Platform:iOS (iPhone)   

Made By:ReeD   

Description:Nexmap draws inspiration from some of the most beautiful transit maps and combining real-time GPS tracking with a tap on each station.   

App Name: Bing   

Platform:iOS (iPhone)   

Made By:Microsoft   

Description:Real time transit info via NextBus for the Boston area.   

App Name: Smart Ride   

Platform:iOS (iPhone)   

Made By:Aaron Bannert   

Description:Never wait for a late bus again! Just use Smart Ride to find another nearby route and be on your way.   

App Name: NextTrain T Tracker   

Platform:iOS (iPhone)   

Made By:Adam Eisenman   

Description:NextTrain T has been on the market for only a day and has already made it to the Navigation Top 50. Thanks Boston Riders!   

App Name: Where's My MBTA Bus?   

Platform:iOS (iPhone)   

Made By:Alex Grinman   

Description:Provides a simplistic design for real-time tracking of all MBTA buses.A free, 'lite' version is also available, but is limited to bus routes in the vicinity of Boston University.   

App Name: Excursion   

Platform:iOS (iPhone)   

Made By:Josh Thomas   

Description:Excursion is a public transportation application for Boston commuters with realtime tracking information for MBTA buses and schedule data for the MBTA subway lines   

App Name: Talk to the T   

Platform:iOS (iPhone)   

Made By:Hattie Llavina   

Description:Use Talk to The T and send a photo or comments directly to the MBTA Customer Support to get help, express concerns or compliment the MBTA.   

App Name: OpenMBTA for Android   

Platform:Android   

Made By:Kaja Software   

Description:OpenMBTA is a free, open-source Android app for MBTA users in the Boston metro region. It delivers real-time bus and subway arrival information.   

App Name: Boston Subway   

Platform:iOS (iPhone)   

Made By:Zuti, Visual IT Ltd   

Description:Designed for the first time visitor and experienced commuter. Simple, fast and intuitive to use. Full offline map and routing, no internet connection required.   

App Name: Nextime   

Platform:iOS (iPhone)   

Made By:ReeD   

Description:Nextime is a real-time transit app, featuring the unique TransitTrack feature, which monitors your bus—in the background—notifying you when you need to leave.   

App Name: Realtime T   

Platform:Android   

Made By:Josh Tsuji   

Description:Realtime T for Android tracks the location of Boston's MBTA subway trains in real time.   

App Name: MBTA Subway Watch   

Platform:Android   

Made By:kbSoftware   

Description:MBTA Subway Watch provides real-time arrival info down to the second. Inclues support for the Orange, Red, and Blue lines on the MBTA subway system in Boston, Cambridge, and surrounding areas.   

App Name: MBTA Tracker   

Platform:iOS (iPhone)   

Made By:Adam Eisenman   

Description:After a few days on the App Store Boston riders have already put MBTA Tracker into the Top 10 Navigation apps... And climbing! Thanks, Apple, for choosing us as a 'New and Noteworthy' app!   

App Name: Where's my MBTA Rail?   

Platform:iOS (iPhone)   

Made By:Alex Grinman   

Description:real-time tracking for all 12 commuter rail lines serving 120 stations in the greater Boston area using the new MBTA GPS-based system.   

App Name: OpenMBTA   

Platform:iOS (iPhone)   

Made By:Daniel Choi, Eric Richmond   

Description:OpenMBTA is a free, open-source iPhone app for MBTA users in the Boston metro region. It delivers real-time bus and subway arrival information.   

App Name: MBTA Alerts   

Platform:iOS (iPhone)   

Made By:Raizlabs   

Description:MBTA Alerts allows you to get real time notifications on your favorite T lines, buses and routes. The app also includes rider chat and maps.   

App Name: JustHopOn   

Platform:Text / SMS   

Made By:Hai Nguyen   

Description:JustHopOn is a text messaging system which offers anyone with a cellphone a convenient way to find the next bus arrival time for a bus stop.   

App Name: Realtime Transit   

Platform:Windows Phone 7   

Made By:Consultsure   

Description:Realtime Transit provides predicted arrival info in a visual form for Boston MBTA Bus, Subway and Commuter Rail Services. In addition it also provides this info for any agencies supported by Nextbus, CTA, Trimet, BART and OneBusAway.   

App Name: Where's my MBTA T?   

Platform:iOS (iPhone)   

Made By:Alex Grinman   

Description:Provides a simplistic, intuitive design for real-time tracking of the Red, Orange, and Blue MBTA subway lines.   

App Name: Dadnab   

Platform:Text / SMS   

Made By:Roger L. Cauvin   

Description:Provides transit directions by text message.Cost: Free   

App Name: BostonBusMap   

Platform:Android   

Made By:George Schneeloch   

Description:BostonBusMap is an Android app which plots the current location of buses on a map and predicts bus arrivals using data from the MBTA.   

App Name: MBTAInfo   

Platform:Web apps   

Made By:Andy Monat   

Description:Get real-time information so you'll never miss your train or bus again. Use it on your phone or your computer. Super fast so it won't keep you waiting when you're in a rush.   

App Name: RailBandit   

Platform:Blackberry   

Made By:RailBandit LLC   

Description:RailBandit puts train schedules at your fingertips, and makes your daily commute or that weekend trip a lot easier to handle. It works on any Blackberry, iPhone, Android and J2ME (Nokia, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, etc).   

App Name: AnyStop MBTA   

Platform:Android   

Made By:BlinkTag Inc   

Description:Anystop MBTA is an easy and fun way to access Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority transit schedules in Boston, Massachusetts on your Google Android device.   

App Name: NextBus website   

Platform:Web apps   

Made By:NextBus Inc.,   

Description:NextBus Application on Web for all web browsers.   

App Name: TrackTheT   

Platform:Web apps   

Made By:TrackTheT.com   

Description:TrackTheT is a web application that shows the predicted arrival times of the MBTA buses across all available stops.   

App Name: Google Maps   

Platform:Web apps   

Made By:Google   

Description:Plan your trip using Google Maps. Simply go to http://maps.google.com, enter address to get direction. Then click on Public Transit icon.   

App Name: NextBus Phone and SMS   

Platform:Text / SMS   

Made By:NextBus Inc.,   

Description:Bus arrival predictions available on the phone and via SMS.   

App Name: MbtaApp   

Platform:iOS (iPhone)   

Made By:obapp.com   

Description:MbtaApp gives you access to MBTA on the go with real-time predictions for *buses only*. All real time data is owned by MBTA.   

App Name: NextBus Smart Phone   

Platform:iOS (iPhone)   

Made By:NextBus Inc.,   

Description:iPhones, Androids and other phones with webkit browsers   

App Name: tleave   

Platform:Web apps   

Made By:Aaron VanDerlip   

Description:tleave.com will tell you which train to catch based on your current stop and your desired destination. It calculates your travel direction and determines whether you are traveling on the weekday or weekend.