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Metro Pulse

by Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority

iPhone · iPad

Active Last checked 28 Jul 2026

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  • Free to download

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App Store

  • Free

Ratings & reviews

App Store

2.8 108 ratings · App Store

  1. 1/5Needs Work

    This app needs a lot of work to be useful. For starters - the inability to filter out only the routes I use is a problem - sure it’s nice to see everything when I’m in a different location - but day to day I want to see only my bus and metro route. I also can’t seem to favorite stops and see only those stops. Again, I don’t need to see arrivals for every bus. For stops at the beginning/end of line - it’s only showing data for one direction. I need the ability to switch from North to South (for example on the A27 at Pentagon). For metro - just copy what Metro Hero is doing. It’s so much better.

    every_nick_name_is_taken!?!?! · 28 Jul 2026

  2. 1/5Hilariously bad

    Not sure what this is for. I downloaded it to see if any local bus service was operating after our winter storm. There was nothing that obviously had status data for buses. I tried the trip planner and it told me there were no services nearby, so presumably that means the bus that stops at the corner is not running now (not surprising given road conditions) - but just having a list of routes with status would be 100x more useful. The trip planning duplicates what’s in the SmarTrip app so I’m not even sure what this app is for.

    DMV john · 21 Jul 2026

  3. 2/5excited for this app but needs improvement

    I think there is a lot of room for improvement but these are the few changes i think would have the biggest impact on usability 1. display bookmarked stations in the “nearby” page even if they are not nearby. This is the biggest thing that would allow me to see the important things without having to tap anything after opening the app. Especially because the location displayed is often not up to date and instead a location i was at yesterday 2. save preferences for filtering by bus / rail in the nearby tab after closing the app. for commuting to work only take the train and it would be great to not have to do those extra selections every time 3. please let us add specific station tiles like they appear in the nearby section as widgets on the home screen, this would be amazing

    digital_malik · 28 Jul 2026

  4. 1/5Made a bad app worse

    Well WMATA has done the impossible. They’ve made the previously glitchy app now entirely inoperable. For one, when you open the screen, it takes a few for the screen to show you a whole song and dance before getting to what you are there for. What a great use of time for all us riders. Second, the app now is unbelievably unreliable as it fails to connect to the internet 50% of the time I try to open it the first time around. Again, great feature for a transit app. Third and perhaps the worse of it all is that the app does not seems to be designed to help commuters actually gauge information. For trains, you can no longer see multiple trains in your direction of choice when it comes to the countdown. Additionally, the app does a horrendous job indicating the directionality of the trains. As for buses, the app is totally unhelpful bc of these same issues. But to make it worse, this app update seems to have broken the track a bus feature. These issues barely scratch the surface of what’s wrong with this app and people have made their complaints to WMATA to no avail. I highly recommend not relying on this hot garbage until WMATA takes people’s complaints more seriously.

    seydouxfan · 28 Jul 2026

  5. 1/5App is Retrograde at best

    Among all my fellow multi-decade paying Metro users, I’m sure I’m no standout in praising Metro’s current GM (who imho is exponentially an improvement over the system’s last, nicely rather shown himself after 5yrs increasingly incompetent). But, this app truly bites. Said to “simplify”, it’s devolverd Trip Planner to, perhaps accurate in leaving, seemingly wholly unusable for planning one’s destination arrival. Look Developers, you’ve might have buried that feature somewhere down into multiple sub- menus but why not make that as easy as it was to find in Metro’s old website: it’s Trip Planner clearly on its first page? Ofc, we recognize you cannot please all the people all the time and am asking you, esp in convert with GM Clarke’s very many welcome improvements, you reconsider this app’s layout so what may have been some try at simplification redevelopment so it actually is real/world useful. Thank you for affording me your listening.

    Critical Thinker76 · 28 Jul 2026

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Versions

App Store

  • 1.0
  • 1.0.1

    Update to Subtitle on App Store. Content update relating to Location Servies on Welcome Screen.

  • 1.0.2

    Added Support for dynamic routing updates in Rail Route Ladder and Metric Cards.

  • 1.0.3

    Release notes: - Added support for Better Bus Network in the Trip Planner feature when selecting future date/time in preferences. - To use this feature, select preferences icon next to origin field in Trip Planner - select new date/time on or after June 29th. ___

  • 1.0.4

    - Fix for Rail Route Ladder in Metrics View. - Enhancements to Rail Symbols and Colors in readiness for future updates. - Trip Planning Update.

  • 1.1.0

    - Added extended support for Better Bus Network - Added support for Rail - Silver Line routes to New Carrollton and Downtown Largo. - Enhancements to Nearby Arrivals, Trip Planning and Route Ladders to support route changes

  • 1.1.1

    - Offline maps updated links for Better Bus - Route ladder tabs for SILVER line routes to Downtown Largo and New Carrollton - Arrivals information for each train destination - Arrivals information for each bus head sign - Added a 'TBD' status for buses that have a long ETA - Fixed issue with Walking directions taking precedence on search in Trip Planner.

  • 1.1.2

    - Updated Text for Fare Information in Trip Planner to align with WMATA website - Enhanced Search for Nearby and Trip Planner - Updated Fare Calculations for Rail and Bus Combinations - Refreshed documents in Settings > Rider Guides and Offline Maps

  • 1.1.3

    - Added a refresh frequency on Nearby page - Updated Planner button--Travel Options and Show my Trip - Updated rail route colors and discs to use a single character - Dynamic rail route switching - Updated SV line polylines on Nearby page - Updates to Offline Maps

  • 1.1.4

    Improved ETA Display for First Stop - When a bus is at its first stop, the ETA now uses the scheduled departure time instead of showing "NOW." This means users will see an actual calculated departure/arrival time. Enhanced Route Ladder Display Rules - Buses at their first stop will not appear on the route ladder unless their status is Active (i.e., not “Not in Service”). - Map and route ladder markers are now only shown for Active buses. Welcome & Information Dialog Improvements - The welcome screen now adapts to the user’s screen size. - Buttons are fixed at the bottom for easier access, and the text area is now scrollable. - These improvements have also been applied to other information dialogs. Nearby Map Enhancements - Toggle buttons on the right side, Geo location button and Bus/Train tracking - Action buttons on the left side, map recentering and return to searched location - Nearby search now shows your last 5 recently searched locations below the search bar. - Drop PIN location on the map with a long press Better Map Navigation Control - Once you manually move the map, the “follow location” feature will automatically turn off—allowing you to freely explore without the map snapping back to your current location.

  • 1.1.5

    Fixes - Selected stop info clearing out on stop/location search - Displaying of next trip prediction of active buses for the other direction - Stops away for buses that hasn't started the trip yet - Fixed mobile app ETA time calculation rounding for Rail - Updated Authentication and Account Management Settings (Apple Policy)

  • 1.1.6

    Updates to Route Ladder and Metrics. Enhanced notification option on Welcome page.

  • 2.0.0

    Streamlined user experience based on customer feedback Next generation chat experience with interactive AI services and Live agent support Multi-lingual support for English and Spanish speakers Improved accessibility and various bug fixes

  • 2.0.1

    Improved performance Enhanced location tracking on map Improved vehicle animations on map Improvements to Explore and Favorites views Advisories now included Support for closed / skipped stops Trip Planning settings update

  • 2.0.2

    Enhanced real-time bus arrivals data in Explore and Favorite Views Bus Route Labels updated to show bus route labels Map re-centering when returning to Explore page Route lines display's when clicking on bus, stop, route. Added button to rotate map back to North if orientation has changed.

  • 2.0.3 · 14 Jul 2026

    Map stop selection updates address bar Dropped pin used as the default Explore location when GPS is turned off Stops show all directions, including terminal locations Map stop selection shows scheduled data on first click Only one enlarged stop circle at a time Multiple clicks needed to display stop-level arrivals Stops not consistently highlighting or enlarging in Explore view GPS icon should show off when GPS is turned off

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