# Citymapper

7 Hacker News commenters recommended Citymapper and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend Citymapper as excellent for public transit directions in major cities. One critic notes it does not show recently departed trips.

## Why people recommend it

- Best for public transit in cities (4 comments): "the public transit and multimodal focused apps are generally much better at this stuff" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49201233)) "Citymapper is nice for public transit directions in cities." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49204653)) "Citymapper is excellent for public transport." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47500682))
- Recommended for almost everything (2 comments): "I'd use Citymapper for practically everything." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47841154)) "Citymapper et al are excellent." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45785773))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Transit app](https://hackerapproved.com/p/transit-app.md): 13 recommend
- [DB Navigator](https://hackerapproved.com/p/db-navigator-app.md): 7 recommend
- [RailRaptor](https://hackerapproved.com/p/railraptor.md): 6 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Citymapper", https://hackerapproved.com/p/citymapper/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).