CTA Tracker

by Android Tapp Apr 14, 2009 9:10 AM – 5 Comments

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CTA Tracker allows you to Track and Map all your Chicago CTA buses at your favorite stops.

Price: Free, $2.99

AndroidTapp.com Android App Review:

Features:

Recently we attended the Flourish Conference 2009 held at the University of Chicago. If you know about Chicago traffic then you know it’s best most times to take the bus or “El” than drive and park. We didn’t want to drive or pay for parking so before we left, we Googled the bus route. We got the time and route as a reference to cross check against CTA Tracker Android App. The app came in handy as you could see an estimated arrival time of the bus (in minutes) and display where it was on the map. It gives weather temperature and you can view the bus in real-time on the map. Really Cool!

Gripe Alert: CTA Tracker Pro comes at a charge when you can simply go to www.ctabustracker.com from any web enabled phone to get the same information for Free. Also you can’t “Edit” a route, you have to delete it by long-pressing and recreating it. Lastly, it crashes often when inputting routes for the first time.

: CTA Tracker Buses on the Map

: CTA Tracker Saved Routes

: CTA Tracker Choose Route

: CTA Tracker Choose Route Direction

: CTA Tracker Choose Route Stop

: CTA Tracker Choose Route Name

: CTA Tracker Settings Menu

Usefulness:

CTA Tracker Android App could be useful to Chicago based Androids or those visiting the “windy-city” and taking public transportation.

Ease of Use & Interface:

CTA Tracker could use some help in the user interface and ease of use departments:

The app is great for keeping a track of your saved routes, but a pain inputting them for the first time.
The ability to Edit routes.

As our effort to help the Android Community, AndroidTapp.com will offer user interface and graphics assistance to developers that need it. Simply shoot us an email via the general Contact page.

Frequently Used:

Potential daily use dependant on your CTA public transportation riding needs.

AndroidTapp.com Rating

(3.1 out of 5)

Should you Download CTA Tracker? If you can use the app, we suggest using the Free version!

Developer: jsdf Productions

Tags: Android Apps, AndroidTapp.com App Review, Bus Tracker, Chicago, Chicago Transit Authority, CTA Tracker, public transportation

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5 Comments

By jsdf on April 14, 2009 at 10:44 am:

Thanks for the thoughtful review. A few comments from the publisher:
- The reviewed Pro version is intended to aggregate all the various features into one location for those who really make use of Chicago’s CTA. The Lite version of CTA Tracker is free (ad-supported) and will always be so, providing the majority of functionality at no cost. Or, you can go to ctabustracker.com as mentioned in the review.
- Route editing will be available in a new release scheduled for end of April.
- We are working through the crashes. Many of the crashes you have seen have been fixed in a subsequent release.

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- By Juan on October 26, 2009 at 4:57 pm:
  
  jsdf – Do you have a WEBOS version of this app?? Would be great to have your app on my Palm Pre. I’ve been searching the net all over for something like this, I stumbled on your app after a friend showed me his. Let me know. Thanks – Juan
  
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  - By jsdf on October 26, 2009 at 8:14 pm:
    
    Sorry, Juan, I can’t help you there.
    Maybe you should get an Android phone instead!
    
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By Dave Chakrabarti on June 3, 2009 at 11:11 am:

Thanks for the review! I was looking for a CTA tracker app for android, found your review, and realized we were both at Flourish this year I was presenting on Drupal.

Quick correction: You were at the University of Illinois, Chicago (UIC), not the University of Chicago. People tend to get touchy about that distinction

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By Neo on August 20, 2010 at 3:58 pm:

Your app crashes the Google Maps app in Froyo.

Here’s a logcat from the maps crash: http://pastebin.com/Zy2b9N0F

If I have your application INSTALLED, it crashes MAPS when I run it and use GPS. I don’t have to run your app for the crash to occur. Uninstalling your app made maps no longer crash.

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