# Transit app

13 Hacker News commenters recommended Transit app and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 7 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** People recommend it for showing transit options, walking times and ETAs in many cities. Critics say the interface is unintuitive and that it has glitches and rate limits.

## Why people recommend it

- Many route options and accurate ETAs (3 comments): "Neither is good for turn-by-turn directions, but both are good for "what are all the different ways to get there"" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49201233)) "Combine that with selecting which other methods you allow, and you get lots of options, and more accurate ETAs." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49206713)) "Works great (will show you 15-20min walking), generates lots of options on how-to-get-there" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49206785))
- Praised as great and amazing (3 comments): "The Transit app is great for this kind of stuff" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49822206)) "the app is so damn good I'm not sure I want to" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47995010)) "the LA transit app is amazing these days" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49449225))
- Walking time and speed settings (2 comments): "Transit (transitapp.com) supports setting your walking speed, which is essentially this by proxy, and it's a great app." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49204680)) "Works great (will show you 15-20min walking), generates lots of options on how-to-get-there" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49206785))
- Improves public transit use (2 comments): "the Transit App has considerably improved my experience of public transit in the US" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47155948)) "the LA transit app is amazing these days" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49449225))

## What people warn about

- Glitchy and declined in quality (2 comments): "the app was extremely glitch when trying to scroll. Seizure inducing." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47203500)) "Oh boy did that app go down hill, and with such great potential." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46566168))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Citymapper](https://hackerapproved.com/p/citymapper.md): 7 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, "Transit app", https://hackerapproved.com/p/transit-app/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).