VRE Mobile

The VRE Mobile is now available as a free download on Apple Store for both iPhone and iPad owners.The application is supporting different languages: English, Spanish. It weighs in at only 24.2 MB to download. It is highly advisable to have the latest app version installed so that you don`t miss out on the fresh new features and improvements. The current app version 1.0.11 has been released on 2015-07-28. The Apple Store includes a very useful feature that will check if your device and iOS version are both compatible with the app. Most iPhone and iPad are compatible. Here is the app`s compatibility information: Requires iOS 7.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
More Info: Find more info about VRE Mobile in VRE`s Official Website : https://vre.transitsherpa.com/rider-web/

This app is just for buying and showing tickets and for that it s great There is not really any other convenient way to convert smartbenefits to ten day rides and for that I am extremely grateful Admittedly it is cumbersome to connect your smartbenefits account to your VRE mobile setup but once that is done you just use the app to buy tickets with your smartbenefits a functionality that should have been available from the rollout of smartbenefits The app should be called mobile ticketing because it seems everyone expects a more expansive app including train tracking etc                 Great for its intended purpose Lglebb

This app simply shows the train schedule It doesn t track actual arrivals and departures Therefore if your train is running behind schedule this app wouldn t tell you Not very helpful at all     Doesn t track trains in real time Gtudo

A picture is worth a 1000 on time passengers             Make the map great again Ketcham7

The interface between the mobile app and the vre mobile website do not communicate with each other The steps in the help file concerning moving your tickets so you don t loose them don t work b c the items are not there to select             App website don t talk Angel7413

The transit tracker appears to be linked only to scheduled times delays are not factored in The map feature from the older app was better Maybe a map with comment bubbles above any delayed trains listing delay times would be best         Tracking trains doesn t work rsied

Love being able to use my phone to buy tickets                     Convenient Peakok

I have had no problems with this app both in purchasing and validation Love it                     Works great MmmmillyVnnnnilly

This app constantly crashes     Crashes Nothappy in Minny

I really like technology and enjoy the thought of having tickets in an electronic format on your phone However this has to be one of the worst apps ever made It is not stable at all and throws more error messages than any other app I have ever seen I honestly believe I could have built a better app in less time It is quite possibly the worst app ever developed Hence the reason for me actually taking the time to write a review     Buggy and not reliable vanamburg02

While I enjoy the convenience of having my train ticket on my phone a persistent bug has made it difficult to actually purchase tickets using Split Payment The confirmation button that appears after allocating payment amounts fails to disappear after tapping Done and completely blocks the Buy Now button I have to purchase my tickets through the website for now Please fix         Convenient but Buggy wbfritz

Fix your s so we can use the application It won t let me sign in it won t let me purchase tickets and it never shows the monthly ticket for purchase I am truly disappointed     VRE Mobile app SomewhatIllegal

The payment system on this app clearly uses Commodore 64 technology I felt like I was wrestling with coked up alligators just trying to enter information Horrendous The 1 star rating is too generous     Garbage app saylors2112

Poor app that focuses on buying rather than providing easy access to schedule information Multiple non intuitive steps needed to get to schedules It seems getting a fancy schedule that scrolls is more important to VRE than a one click to schedule solution I m a regular rider but my train schedule fluctuates so easy access to schedule information is a must This app makes it difficult     Poor App Design DTRyder

Your app was working great and poof no longer works Oh and you raised the price just as the government raised their stipend really classy     Really Rootypoo

Warning if you work for a private employer and you have smart benefits allocated to VRE mobile and you don t use them all in a particular month then your remaining benefits are sent to the government Did you read that in their nifty brochure Yeh me either I lost 49 30 one month because I didn t use it all I m going back to commuter direct where unused benefits roll over to the next month     Unused monthly benefits don t carry over Toilet reader

First of all LlamaLarry s five star review is clearly fake As for my review this just isn t a well made app It works in the most general sense which is why I have it two stars but it is slow and glitchy Below are my grievances Super slow to open and navigate between screens Has occasionally had an error that prevents me from buying tickets right when I need them during my commute Takes a lifetime to generate the code for Amtrak to scan when using a step up ticket Does not stay open in the background and makes me navigate back to my ticket if I don t leave the app open until the conductor comes through the train see my first point Crashes see my first point again I still use the app because it is better than constantly misplacing my paper tickets but that doesn t mean that I am happy about it         It s just not a good app Mtnewguy

Hate the new schedule format The old one was perfectly fine It s laggy and hard to read in a hurry Please change back             Hate the schedule update Golnesaherveaux

Now that the Spotsy station has in place would love to get the station times updated on the app                 Need Spotsy station times Whewcyc

Very poor design 1 can t tell what month ticket is for 2 navigation not thought out 3 slow Paper tickets are easier     One the Top 3 worst app Stephensimon

The good The app is setup for purchasing tickets right off the bat which is excellent as this is what most people will use the app for and the system to do so is clear simple and easy to use The bad Those tickets you do purchase are saved on your phone meaning you can t uninstall the app without losing all your tickets It s nonsensical that I have to create an account for a service that doesn t actually store the information about purchases related to my account Those purchases should be linked to my account on a server and therefore accessible from any device I sign into If the concern is getting to the tickets without an internet connection first off data connection are essentially ubiquitous and second there is always an option of downloading the ticket to your phone when you do have internet before you set off Second there are for all intents and purposes no other functions to this app The trip tools button is simply a link back to the VRE site which is just lazy programming It is especially bad given that the VRE website is essentially stuck in 2001 and complicated and difficult enough to navigate on a laptop or desktop let alone on a small mobile screen having to sort through myriad links to try and find what you re looking for The site desperately needs to be updated to be more aesthetically pleasing intuitive and user friendly Plus as there is no option to buy tickets on the site no real interactive travel map showing trip times maintenance delays etc the trip tools link leads you to little useful information This app could be extremely useful and the ability to buy and use tickets through your phone without having to go to vendors that are off site from stations and get paper tickets is already a big improvement from the old system but to make this app really useful both it and the website desperately need an overhaul to bring the into the modern day and provide all of the tools and functionality that are available on other transit apps and websites         An Acceptable Start But A Half Hearted App Grogboshieee

Where do I start VRE mobile is an ok app if all you need to do is buy a ticket using a credit card and show that ticket on the train Where it falls short Screen flow is optimized for buying tickets a once a month operation for most users not showing tickets something most of us do up to 44 times a month Entering a SmartBenefits card is broken You can t buy a monthly the first time if you use SmartBenefits there is no provision for splitting payments and entering SmartBenefits in the same transaction You cannot enter a SmartBenefits card until it s funded also fails without a message on the VRE web site Using an Amtrak Step up without an electronic multi ride ticket Very bureaucratic edit currently enforced by Amtrak conductors in the paper world Converse works Electronic tickets are non refundable Nice change without reasonable notice Overall a 21st century implementation of 19th century business methods     Big Bureaucracy in Fewer Syllables Opera Critic

Having purchased monthly tickets since October 2000 at a conservative estimate of over 35 000 I can say that this new ish app is my preference Of course I have always been single payer refusing to wrangle with arcane subsidies and split payment voodoo Yet the development team omitted some features that should have been obvious priorities for a first release 1 First and Foremost A lock screen widget that INSTANTLY displays the rider s choice of default ticket Alternatively the app would be set to display that default ticket first thing upon launch This is CRITICAL for the conductor s efficiency The user story for this shouldn t stretch the imagination Y all are an Agile shop right Suffice it to say that seconds even fractions of a second matter to conductors who could visually confirm three paper tickets per second once their eye s are trained for the day 2 The ticket design wastes too much space on the sprite animation showing my age purportedly to aid in counterfeit detection If I were a conductor I d prefer the line and zones to dominate the display while the animation could be much smaller and still get its job done And change the colors every month 3 Give the Trip Tools area ACTUAL TRIP TOOLS Simply shelling out to VRE s web site is a huge disappointment for three reasons VRE s site itself is not well organized to help riders It s optimized for marketing and public affairs It s not even the mobile version of VRE s site Whoops you don t even HAVE a mobile version tsk tsk It would conserve VRE s and riders expensive bandwidth to send only raw data schedule tables telemetry map service alerts without wrapping it in desktop browser HTML             Right track yet behind the curve PorscheRat

I am a newbie VRE rider but stared using the mobile app immediately The purchasing process single payer CC in my case works quickly and intuitively The ticket purchasing options and pricing are clear Ticket validation and usage display is cute and easy to do Would be awesome to have be app default to opening an active ticket instead of having to manually select it but I believe that a future update will have this functionality I am frankly stunned to see almost 0 people using it in my daily rides                     Perfect companion app LlamaLarry

Earlier this month the app failed to split my payment between my SmartBenefits and a credit card I contacted customer service and found them to be very cordial and responsive They refunded my purchase and promptly fixed the problem with the app I am not only impressed with VRE s customer service and mobile app developers but also very pleased with the convenience that the app provides no more losing my paper tickets                     Problems fixed quickly Asc2015

Took several times to set up App never stated purchase went through then five minutes later appears ugh     Buggy Fxvagirl

Two things add commuter direct support so the 90 of ppl who ride VRE actually use this because they are almost all gov and use CD And add passbook support for ticket offline access I know it s a new app and you re probably already working on this Thanks         Two things •Ray•

Great app Very easy to create an account Just slowdown and pay attention 2 details Dev Team missed extra point 4sure in regards to passbook Ticket animation needs a created touch Example show speed of train Then adjust animation with current speed reported Bigger picture No more paper tickets as well good bye kiosk a joy Step up ticket works as well Job well done                 Touchdown Stevie500_

I was reading some reviews that people can t register I was able to The only thing I had to enter twice was the birthdate which was in mm yyyy format which you can t see when you re filling it out Not sure why there are so many bad reviews They re a org cut them some slack That being said I have never rode VRE before because I don t work in the city but I ll probably use it next time I go there for a day                     Works for me just registered KingPimp!

Buggy and Passbook would be nice since most tickets apps supports Passbook Unlocking your phone then digging through my apps to find the app then once you find the app you must dig through the app menu to find the tickets not convenient only thing this app help is when you re running late for the train and don t have enough time for the kiosk machine then and only then the app is very convenient I wasn t able to create an account with the app but was able to on the website         Could be better Jaellz

This app is very buggy I can t even create an account It doesn t have 1 10th the features that other privately developed apps do If it can t do something it displays VRE s home web page which is primitive as well The main web site is not device aware and with today s UI frameworks that is unacceptable VRE not a good first effort Rather embarrassing actually If you hired an outside firm to do both your website and this app FIRE them immediately Then hire a company that has knowledge of modern frameworks and technology Don t hire the insiders buddy s company or family member         Long way to go Alis racier

Tried numerous times unsuccessfully to create an account Keep getting error messages states something bad has happened Should have tested before releasing to the public Poor job VRE     Cannot create account ILikeCheesyButtholes

I got the error something bad has happened when I tried to register I noticed that for your birthday it only wants month and year e g 011980 I had put in my full birthday and that s why I got the error It let me register after I fixed it I haven t gotten tickets yet I will be allocating SmartBenefits so we ll see how that goes             Registration VreRider

Unable to create an account So far very disappointing Called tech support but they also had no idea why They forwarded the ticket to the developers who never called     Hamaad HammiSy

As one other reviewer has already mentioned here I receive an alert that something bad has happened whenever I try to even create an account That s after trying to get the create an account button to even register my finger press after about a dozen or so attempts all the other buttons work fine Using an iPhone 5 no other apps open And seeing how there appears to be no alternative means for creating an account until this bug is fixed paper tickets it is     Can t create an account frustratedInNoVa12345

I sit next to a lady with the app on her Samsung The app has a train on the background the moves but not on the iPhone 6 It s great not having to validate paper tickets anymore             Very convenient but has a few bugs techiemomof1

I sit next to a lady with the app on her Samsung The app has a train on the background the moves but not on the iPhone 6 It s great not having to validate paper tickets anymore             Very convenient but has a few bugs techiemomof1

Excited to use this app Pretty easy to understand Thanks                     Long overdue Fisurman75

Alert There was an error registering Something bad has happened I get the message above just trying to create my account It never tells you what happened or what to do about it you only get the choice of clicking OK After getting out of that screen it seemed to have registered me but I m hesitant to put my credit card info in an app that tells me something bad has happened If it s helpful I have an iPhone 6 Plus Sorry you re not ready for prime time yet guys     Excited to see this app downloaded not so much superflysister