Citymapper: All Live Transit

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Last verified 30 Aug 2026

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Last verified 28 Aug 2026

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4.9 106960 ratings · App Store

1. 1/5Never accurate

   This app is handy if you’re somewhere that exclusively uses buses. Even then, the times are only sometimes accurate. If you use trains, this is not the app for you. Any time I use this app, I have a myriad of issues. The app says location accuracy in trains is hard, but I will often have full bars and be connected to wifi yet my location never updates. It will then push back my arrival time so I have no idea how long my commute is expected to take, considering I never move from the last point of connectivity. I first assumed this was a problem with my connection but other apps work perfectly fine and Apple Maps has no problem updating my location. I have to fight this app every time I use it. The most attractive feature for me was the arrival time feature, but even that tends to be more inaccurate than accurate. Also, even when it is *close* to being accurate, it’s still off. Locations are inaccurate too, the directions the app provides are usually incorrect when walking to a specific address. Not to mention, inputting specific addresses will have you struggling to find the place because the app will give you suggestions for everywhere but the place you want to go. Or the names are plain inaccurate. For example, I was wanting to go to a film museum in Berlin (which is in a fairly prominent location), yet the app suggested the place under a confusing name and the address listed was incorrect. Just overall, this app is an extremely frustrating inconvenience when you try to use it.

   bslankard · 30 Aug 2026

2. 2/5Update: rarely live bus arrivals

   Got this to navigate MTA, and found that it switches to London mode seamlessly and it totally wipes the floor with the alternatives. It's not possible to personalise traffic selections (say, "avoid tube," "luggage friendly" (though "wheel chair friendly" is often a good alternative) or "cut out a tube-trip that barely saves any time, but adds to the price + likelihood of delays during rush hours"). Sadly "rain safe" seems to be gone as well. They don't admit to just forwarding TfL data, so I guess blaming them for attrocious bus predictions is in order. I've seen the three first buses arrive in 4min, 4min, 5min for ca 20mins sustained, after which only one arrived. Oddly, but this may be due to iOS's memory management, in the morning when I open it for the first time in 12+ hours, it is still set for my last destination (home), but if I set my destination (work), lock the phone and unlock it, it's back to the opening page, no destination set. Odd, nit a problem. A lot of screen real-estate on a bottom pane is "wasted" (from a users perspective) on flogging their commercial services, which is probably not too surprising for a free/low priced (?) app. Update: it seems to have (almost) lost the ability to pull live arrivals, opting instead for just showing "every x minutes" which is even less useful than the official schedule (which rarely changes and could be cached by them if TfL is the problem here). This unfortunately reduces the value of the app (in London) to near-nil.

   grandgeezer · 30 Aug 2026

3. 5/5Fantastic App!

   I’ve used this app all across Italy in various cities. It’s excellent because it not only gives walking directions but it also gives options of public transit (and tells you which lines of buses, trams, or trains to take), or taxis or uber (and tells you about how much it will cost) and it also tells you the total time each option will take accessing the public transit timetables to factor in when the next bus/tram/train will arrive! You can also input all the places you want to go in a city beforehand and label them as you choose so when you want directions on the spot you can choose to get directions from “The hotel” to “The basilica” or “The concert” or wherever else you want to go. Really makes things easy. Then when you are on the public transit, it buzzes your phone to remind you to get off at the next stop! It’s really user friendly and really useful. I highly recommend it!

   AnnieGFR · 30 Aug 2026

4. 1/5Gets bus routes WRONG!

   I live in Brooklyn off the B 8 bus route. I am constantly late for work as of late because of this app declining in quality. I missed my bus today because it completely missed entire busses along my route. They said the next bus for me was 5 mins away then 30 seconds later changed that to 11 mins which would make me late. To my surprise I turn the corner and see a bus abut to pull away. I got to the stop exactly 6 mins which before the 11 minute bus was supposed to be there. Despite running for the bus the driver just pulled off only to stop at a red light just 20 yards away. The lack of care and service is astounding and consumers are expected to rely on companies that start off with a bang only to turn around and drastically fall off in quality. It is also a very pick and choose type of situation where the poorer areas receive the worst of it because somehow when it comes to manhattan and the richer areas of Brooklyn these technical difficulties do not happen near as much. Either commit to what your app says it provides all across the board or just shut down and do something else better suited because I’m sick of spending my hard earned money and time on garbage wrapped with a silk bow.

   Ifuseekamy18 · 30 Aug 2026

5. 5/5An absolutely indispensable travel tool

   An unbelievably useful gem! I have used Citymapper to travel in multiple cities in the United States and I’m currently using it while traveling through Europe. This app reliably gets me where I’m going with a full knowledge of alternative means of getting there. Whether I’m going to walk, take a cab or rideshare, or most importantly use public transit. The walking directions to the transit, the clarity of which subway or bus you need to take plus their schedule and cost is all accurate and super useful. I was waiting in Seattle for a light rail train and saw Citymapper updating the arrival time as the announcements were being made about a delay across the transit PA system. That this app is essentially free is a great bonus and provides no barrier to entry. If you are traveling YOU MUST GET AND USE THIS APP! Seriously, your handicapping yourself unnecessarily if you don’t.

   MarcDCMB · 30 Aug 2026

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4.8 382276 ratings · Google Play

1. 5/5

   It's brilliant👍🏻

   Jerry Young · 29 Jul 2026

2. 5/5

   amazing app

   Joana Silva Constantino · 29 Jul 2026

3. 1/5

   terrible app

   Branko Mileusnic · 29 Jul 2026

4. 5/5

   nice application

   Durga Tamang · 29 Jul 2026

5. 1/5

   timing is not match with this app you need to go before five minutes means only you can get bus otherwise you cant catch bus

   VIKRAM PURUSHOTHAMAN · 29 Jul 2026

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