Alternatives to Transit

A public transport app showing nearby buses, trains and bikeshare with real-time arrivals and trip planning. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

  • Transit

    A public transport app showing nearby buses, trains and bikeshare with real-time arrivals and trip planning.

    FreemiumProprietaryAndroidiOS

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as Transit.

  • Moovit

    A public transport app with trip planning, real-time arrivals and service alerts in many cities.

    FreemiumProprietaryAndroidiOS

    Moovit covers thousands of cities with real-time arrivals, service alerts and multimodal planning, though data quality varies between cities and some features are paid.

  • Citymapper

    A transport app that plans journeys across buses, trains, bikes and other modes in major cities.

    FreemiumProprietaryAndroidiOSWeb

    Citymapper covers more than 400 major cities with live bus locations and a web version, but it shows advertising and some features need a CLUB membership.

  • Google Maps

    Google's map and navigation service with live traffic, transit directions and Street View.

    FreeProprietaryAndroidiOSWeb

    Google Maps adds public transit directions to driving navigation and local business listings, is free on Android, iOS and web, and is tied to Google's data collection.

  • Apple Maps

    Apple's map and navigation service with directions, traffic, guides and place search.

    FreeProprietarymacOSiOSWeb

    Apple Maps is free and built into iPhone and Mac with a web version, but its native apps are limited to Apple platforms.

  • Öffi

    An Android app for public transport journeys, live departures and network plans across Europe and beyond.

    FreeProprietaryAndroid

    Öffi is a free Android-only app covering many European transport authorities with live departures and network plans, with limited coverage outside Europe.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.

  • Rome2Rio

    A web trip planner that compares plane, train, bus, ferry and car routes between any two places.

    FreeProprietaryWeb

  • Bing Maps

    Microsoft's web map with driving, transit and walking directions, live traffic and aerial imagery.

    FreeProprietaryWeb

  • OpenTripPlanner

    An open-source multimodal trip planning server that combines transit, walking, cycling and driving routes.

    FreeOpen sourceSelf-hosted

  • GNOME Maps

    A map application for the GNOME desktop that searches places and plans routes using OpenStreetMap data.

    FreeOpen sourceLinux