Transit app

What hackers pick instead

• CitymapperPeople recommend Citymapper as excellent for public transit directions in major cities. One critic notes it does not show recently departed trips.7recommend
• DB NavigatorRecommended for buying tickets, delay alerts and finding alternatives when a connection is missed. Critics say it sometimes shows impossible journeys.7recommend
• RailRaptorPeople recommend RailRaptor for finding train routes that the standard operators don't offer, such as connections between different stations.6recommend

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The 17 most detailed of 19 comments. Each links to the original.

1. Transit (transitapp.com) supports setting your walking speed, which is essentially this by proxy, and it's a great app.

   Recommends · Aug 2026 · in “My phone detects going on a run as "someone snatching my phone and running off"”

2. Neither is good for turn-by-turn directions, but both are good for "what are all the different ways to get there"

   Recommends · Aug 2026 · in “My phone detects going on a run as "someone snatching my phone and running off"”

3. Combine that with selecting which other methods you allow, and you get lots of options, and more accurate ETAs.

   Recommends · Aug 2026 · in “My phone detects going on a run as "someone snatching my phone and running off"”

4. Works great (will show you 15-20min walking), generates lots of options on how-to-get-there

   Recommends · Aug 2026 · in “My phone detects going on a run as "someone snatching my phone and running off"”

5. the Transit App has considerably improved my experience of public transit in the US

   Recommends · Feb 2026 · in “The United States needs fewer bus stops”

6. The Transit app is great for this kind of stuff

   Recommends · Sep 2026 · in “Transit rewards”

7. the app is so damn good I'm not sure I want to

   Recommends · May 2026 · in “Six Years Perfecting Maps on WatchOS”

8. the LA transit app is amazing these days

   Recommends · Aug 2026 · in “Show HN: Buslens – where can I get to by bus? (UK)”

9. the app was extremely glitch when trying to scroll. Seizure inducing.

   Criticizes · Mar 2026 · in “Block the "Upgrade to Tahoe" Alerts”

10. Oh boy did that app go down hill, and with such great potential.

    Criticizes · Jan 2026 · in “A Eulogy for Dark Sky, a Data Visualization Masterpiece (2023)”

11. It's a great app for a lot of reasons, but the reason I was drawn to it at first was their witty release notes.

    Recommends · Dec 2025 · in “Ask HN: How do you handle release notes for multiple audiences?”

12. it is very unintuitive to me, what the goal is, what the rules are, what those different colors mean

    Mixed · Oct 2026 · in “Show HN: I Made a Public Transit Optimization Puzzle Game”

13. which makes it really easy to navigate to appointments

    Recommends · Dec 2025 · in “Devs say Apple still flouting EU's Digital Markets Act six months on”

14. Oh, nice! Didn't realise they'd added this.

    Recommends · Aug 2026 · in “My phone detects going on a run as "someone snatching my phone and running off"”

15. Apple Maps and Transit are better at this.

    Recommends · Aug 2026 · in “My phone detects going on a run as "someone snatching my phone and running off"”

16. it's severely rate limited

    Mixed · Oct 2026 · in “Show HN: Plan trips across the U.S. using only local public transit”

17. A lot of map apps (Apple, Google, Transit, Citymapper) don't show recently-departed trips

    Criticizes · Mar 2026 · in “Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026)”