Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Detours: Traffic & Road Alerts

Highway-specific push alerts, for the highways you drive

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

1
Avoid Traffic▲73
Alerts when your commute traffic dies down
2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
2CC
Caltrans CCTV▲31
Random live traffic feeds from across California.
2024 · ctcctv.pages.dev · its alternatives →
3
When2Leave▲171
Get an alert when your commute time drops below _____
2016 · when2leave.com · its alternatives →
4
Detour▲297
Gorgeous location-aware audio walks
2015 · domaineasy.com · its alternatives →
5
Radar▲12
Drive Safer with Real-Time Speed & HUD Alerts
2025 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
6
Citizen▲220
Stay safe with instant alerts about nearby crime
2017 · citizen.com · its alternatives →
7
Citymapper 9.0▲130
Get around big cities
2019 · citymapper.com · its alternatives →
8
DestMate▲141
Alarm with location wake-up and earphone-only sound
Jan 2026 · destmate.com · its alternatives →
9
Commute Flow▲6
Bay Area Commuters! Get ahead of the traffic crunch!
Mar 2026 · commute-flow.com · its alternatives →
10
Morning Traffic Report▲156
Get a text every morning with the best route to work
2015 · its alternatives →
11
Commute Reads▲92
Daily read suggestions, tailored to your commute duration.
2017 · its alternatives →
12
Road Count▲145
Monitor and record traffic on your street with AI
2022 · roadcount.com · its alternatives →
13
Highprofile Alert▲107
Notify you when people you want to meet come to your city
2019 · its alternatives →
14
Transitnap▲120
Take a nap on commute without missing your stop!
2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
15
I built a Red Flag Warning zone-check tool for the East Bay in 48h▲17
Hey HN. I'm a high schooler in Fremont, CA. Tuesday morning I got a county-wide AC Alert text telling everyone in Alameda County to prepare a go-bag for an East Bay Hills Red Flag Warning that starts tonight at 11 PM. The text went to ~half a million phones. The actual NWS warning polygon only covers East Bay Hills (NWS zone CAZ515). Most people who got the text don't need a go-bag tonight. Some in the hills don't realize how close they are. So I built this tool - https://redflag-check.info/ mit licensed public github -…
Jun 2026 · redflag-check.info · its alternatives →
16
Drive▲76
Vehicle telemetry for your next weekend drive with LPR alert
Sep 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
17
SafeWalk▲86
Stay Informed, Stay Safe with SafeWalk!
2023 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
18
Ride Report▲67
Automatically log your bike errands and daily commutes.
2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
19
No Time to Speed iOS App▲13
SF Speed-Camera Alerts
2025 · smorgiapps.com · its alternatives →
20
Citizen▲44
Stay safe with instant alerts about nearby crime
2018 · citizen.com · its alternatives →
21
Ride Call▲8
Smart (weather aware) iOS alarm clock built for cyclists
Feb 2026 · ridecall.bike · its alternatives →
22
Live speed limit alerts - avoid police traps and speeding tickets▲4
Real time voice alerts based on "actual" speed limits.
2016 · inchwest.com · its alternatives →
23
FlyttBilen!▲14
Get notified of road work in Oslo - move your car in time!
2025 · flyttbilen.no · its alternatives →
24WI
When is the next Caltrain? (minimal webapp)▲42
I was frustrated with the existing caltrain websites / apps, so I made a super minimalist one to answer the actual question I have: how long until the next train? If you're in SF it grabs the next southbound trains, otherwise, the next northbound.
2025 · erikschluntz.com · its alternatives →

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