# onTime Metra, CTA

> Live train schedules and more.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id435958174](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id435958174)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id435958174`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Mobileware Inc.
- **Category:** Navigation
- **Rating:** 4.00 / 5 (874 ratings)
- **Version:** 10.8.8
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-14
- **First published:** 2011-05-12
- **Size:** 133 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-18
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ontime-metra-cta/id435958174)
- **Website:** [http://ontime.mobilewareinc.com](http://ontime.mobilewareinc.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.mobilewareinc.com/legal/ontime\_privacy.html](https://www.mobilewareinc.com/legal/ontime_privacy.html)

## Description

onTime Metra, CTA is a fast, commuter-focused Chrome extension that lets you find the next Metra train schedule quickly without paper timetables. It’s designed for busy riders and works offline, so you can check departures anytime, anywhere. The app provides the next-train countdown, service/outage notifications, and trip duration estimates to help you stay on schedule.

## Rankings

- #61,808 — Overall

## Review summary

Reviews show the app was once reliable and helpful for Metra schedules and ETAs but now suffers from recurring issues: no real-time delay updates, slow loading, intrusive ads, security concerns around card verification, and hard-to-read color/UI changes. Users highlight diminished functionality after updates, with some noting missing features and broken schedules. Top recurring points are lack of real-time info, performance problems, ads/security risks, and readability/UI issues.

### Pros

- Longstanding reliability and trust among Metra travelers.
- Historically useful for checking arrivals and planning trips.
- Widely used and familiar tool for Metra riders.

### Cons

- No longer shows real-time delays or updated ETAs; only static schedules are displayed.
- Slowness and loading failures; the app can be very slow or not load at all.
- Intrusive ads and ad loops that disrupt usage (bottom ads and loops when selecting times).
- Security concerns related to account verification and potential scam behavior around card data.
- UI/readability issues due to color scheme changes (hard to read yellow/gray contrast and other color updates).

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id435958174)