# South Shore

> Travel

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id868220002](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id868220002)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id868220002`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Bytemark, Inc.
- **Category:** Travel
- **Rating:** 4.80 / 5 (3,586 ratings)
- **Version:** 5.001
- **Last updated:** 2026-03-30
- **First published:** 2014-05-05
- **Size:** 90 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-04
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/south-shore/id868220002)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.bytemark.co/privacy-policy](https://www.bytemark.co/privacy-policy)

## Description

The South Shore extension provides a convenient mobile ticketing experience for the South Shore Line. It lets you view schedule information, buy tickets, and use your smartphone as an active ticket.

Tickets can be purchased from anywhere at any time and activated just before boarding, ensuring a smooth, paperless travel experience on every ride.

## Rankings

- #30,097 — Overall

## Review summary

Users broadly praise the South Shore for a convenient, affordable Chicago-bound option and find the app useful when the schedule works. However, the major pain points are the new schedule UI (clunky, slow, and hard to use), lack of Apple Pay/online payments, and recurring reliability issues (delays/crowding). Delay updates are hard to locate, and the app can be slow or unstable at times. The most mentioned themes are the schedule UI overhaul, payment limitations, and train reliability challenges.

### Pros

- Provides a convenient, affordable rail link to Chicago from Indiana, with trains roughly every couple hours.
- The app is generally useful and easy to use when the schedule functions properly.
- Some users perceive improvements to the experience as positive.

### Cons

- The new schedule UI/trip planner is clunky, slow, and hard to use; it replaces a quick schedule overview and often requires entering origin/destination each time.
- Apple Pay is not supported and online ticket payments are not available.
- Trains are frequently delayed, crowded, or skip stops, raising reliability concerns.
- Delay/status updates are hard to find in the app and not prominently displayed.
- Occasional performance issues (slow loading, spinner that doesn’t disappear, and unusable state)

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id868220002)