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A few exceptions:
If you find yourself using commuter rail a lot, use the community developed app called "MBTA Commuter Rail Tracker". It's leagues better than the official one in detail and accuracy.
If you want to be a power user of the T, the MBTA Tracker app is good because it shows you the raw location of trains/busses. Why is this helpful? If something goes south on the red line and trains get backed up, all Transit will tell you is there are 3 trains 0 minutes away. MBTA Tracker will show you that there are three trains stacked up next to each other. It will also tell you that the train hasn't moved in X minutes which can help you make a judgment about how bad the delay is.
MBTA recently upgraded their bus predictions, and as a side effect of this change, they stopped supporting NextBus api. They still have their own api available for developers. I am developer, and I built MBTA Tracker app (however it's only for Android). I live in Boston and I commute daily to my work. I made the app the way I like it as a user. It's using latest MBTA api version 3. It's not MBTA endorsed app, but I got feedback from many users saying that they like my app more than officially selected Transit app. If you are on Android, check it out: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.konos.mbtatracker
MBTA Tracker works well; if you go to your route/stop and tap on a bus that has a vehicle assigned to it (meaning it's receiving live data), you can see where it is on the map and how long ago it was updated. The predictions are pretty accurate too.
For Android I'm very much partial to MBTA Tracker. Tried a bunch and this is my favorite. I think I remember liking Transit App, but this is much simpler and to the point imo.
Works great - my favorite feature is that I can make shortcuts to specific routes/stops/directions I use every day so it's an easy click to know the status (no need to wait for GPS to lock on and load up). If you just need arrival/departure info for specific stops it's great stuff.
Since 2016 or so I used https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.konos.mbtatracker and it's still great for subway information, but it used to tell arrival times for Commuter Rail trains and it was super useful. Now it displays nothing so it seems like they changed the information they provide to the public and they no longer work with these apps. It's pretty frustrating.
Hi this is the app I used for years: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.konos.mbtatracker
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It let you choose favorite stations and even create links to them - still works great for subway information, but it no longer let's you know the commuter rail arrival times. It used to be very accurate and super useful. I've tried several other apps including some recommended here, but none will tell me real time MBTACR information.
I'll repeat what I said in this thread.
> For Android I'm very much partial to MBTA Tracker. Tried a bunch and this is my favorite. I think I remember liking Transit App, but this is much simpler and to the point imo.
> Works great - my favorite feature is that I can make shortcuts to specific routes/stops/directions I use every day so it's an easy click to know the status (no need to wait for GPS to lock on and load up). If you just need arrival/departure info for specific stops it's great stuff.
This has been around for a while: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.konos.mbtatracker&hl=en_US
For busses MBTA Tracker. It's clunky but it's one of the few apps that lets you see the location of all of the busses coming to one stop on a map (vs most apps let you see a single route or even a single bus on a map).
Otherwise I alternate between Transit and City Mapper.