ChiTrack: Tracker for CTA 4+
Real-time CTA train arrivals
Declan Kramper
Designed for iPad
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- Free
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Description
ChiTrack delivers what Chicago commuters actually need: accurate, direction-specific CTA train arrival times incredibly fast (zero taps!)
Taking the train to work just got a whole lot easier! ChiTrack is the easiest, fastest, and most reliable Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) train tracker for your everyday commute.
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What makes ChiTrack different:
- Official, real‑time arrival data: Direct data from the CTA API, unlike Google or Apple Maps
- Your direction only: Choose Belmont → Loop (or any stop + direction) and skip irrelevant trains.
- Zero‑tap arrivals: Open the app and home + favorite stops refresh automatically.
- Glance‑friendly design: Large, clean arrival times you can read in a second.
- Search any station: Full coverage when your routine changes.
Made by a Chicagoan, for Chicagoans who ride the L every day.
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ChiTrack: Chicago CTA Tracker is not affiliated with the CTA or Ventra.
All arrival times come from the public CTA Train Tracker API.
Ventra® is a registered trademark of the Chicago Transit Authority / Cubic Transportation Systems.
ChiTrack is an independent product and is neither endorsed by nor connected to CTA or Cubic.
What’s New
Version 1.3.1
- include 'CTA' to better inform users of app's purpose
- ability to view all upcoming arrivals by tapping on card headers
- fixed “missing stop” on stop selector modal → each stop API call will now fetch all service route lines (e.g. brown AND purple vs just brown) → displays a dot for each line
- improved search screen UI/UX (sub-group by stop, expand for all arrival times, sizing/spacing)
- misc fixes (increase size of arrival names in favorite stop card, adapt arrivals API handling for future upstream changes, allow multi-word names when going through onboarding, alphabetical stations list)
- while data is loading on home screen, see shimmer skeletons immediately instead of empty data
- network error messaging when user doesn't have connection to wifi/cellular
Ratings and Reviews
Commuter
Definitely an app to use for my daily commute. Very clean and easy to navigate.
Super easy and reliable CTA app
This is my favorite CTA app to use. Much better than Ventra and other apps I’ve tried.
CTA lifesaver
The Ui is very easy to use and makes it simple to get to where I need.
App Privacy
The developer, Declan Kramper, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Declan Kramper
- Size
- 45.5 MB
- Category
- Navigation
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 15.1 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2025 dkBuilds
- Price
- Free