Is there a good app for find public transit routes?
Poorly Executed: 44 apps already serve this, and 7 data points mined from real user reviews across 2 sources show where they fall short. The right features exist but the execution is buggy, dated, or painful. Out-execute it.
Data refreshed July 20, 2026 · scores recompute weekly as new reviews are mined, so re-check before you build.
What users complain about
The most common complaints behind apps that try to find public transit routes, mined and clustered from real reviews:
| Complaint area | Type | Mentions | What a user said |
|---|---|---|---|
| bus stop search by area | ux | 1 | should make the bus search find the bus stations your searching for in a particular area |
| bus routes hard to find | ux | 1 | Bus routes are difficult to find |
| wrong bus numbers and transit routes | reliability | 1 | giving me the wrong bus numbers and the wrong routes to my destination |
| routes to non-operating bus | reliability | 1 | GIVE ME A PATH WHERE RHE BUS STOPPED OPERATING OVER 3 HOURS AGO |
| wrong transit bus route shown | reliability | 1 | It's say that 27 bus goes to journal square, but it that's a completely different direction from its real route |
| bus schedule information | missing-feature | 1 | No bus schedule from main locations is frustrating |
| driving directions unavailable, only transit/bike/walk | bug | 1 | driving directions are hardly available...only train and biking or walking |
Apps that already serve this
| App | Rating | Ratings | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google Maps | 4.7 | 7,280,203 | Free |
| Transit • Subway & Bus Times | 4.6 | 959,637 | Free |
| Citymapper: All Live Transit | 4.9 | 105,110 | Free |
| PNWTransit | 0.0 | 0 | $1.99 |
| NJ TRANSIT | 4.8 | 269,449 | Free |
| Moovit: Bus & Transit Tracker | 4.6 | 58,749 | Free |
| St.Petersburg Metro & Subway | 4.6 | 9 | $0.99 |
| Honolulu Public Transport | 0.0 | 0 | $0.99 |
Should you build it?
The right features exist but the execution is buggy, dated, or painful. Out-execute it. Opportunity here scores 22 out of 100 — a function of demand, how crowded the field is, and how badly the existing apps perform. Use the live map to compare it against adjacent tasks.
Who has tried building this
| Project | Status | Stars | Stack |
|---|---|---|---|
| HamzaElzarw-2022/transit-route-finder | active | 2 | Java |
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