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24 alternatives to Pigeon 2.0

Pigeon is now rolling out to 5 new cities 🏙

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Pigeon 2.0 launched in 2019; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Pigeon▲171
The NYC subway app by Google's incubator 🚉🗽
2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
2
Transit▲123
Real-time transit data and a bot to help you commute
2016 · transitapp.com · its alternatives →
3
Citymapper 9.0▲130
Get around big cities
2019 · citymapper.com · its alternatives →
4
Busity▲100
Explore Paris 🇫🇷🥖 with the help of the public bus system
2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
5
The New Uber Rider App▲708
Where to? See upfront fares & estimated arrival times
2016 · uber.com · its alternatives →
6
FarePilot▲88
Helps on-demand drivers find the best areas to get customers
2018 · its alternatives →
7
Hopper 2.0▲227
Know when to fly and buy. Score the lowest fares
2015 · its alternatives →
8
Embark▲140
A public transport app that works everywhere
2016 · wet.com.mx · its alternatives →
9
Bird▲101
Enjoy the ride - quick scooter hires for city commutes
2018 · bird.co · its alternatives →
10
MagicBus▲150
Direct commuter shuttles between cities and suburbs
2016 · magicbus.io · its alternatives →
11
Hopper 3.0▲171
Personalized money-saving tips for your travel preferences
2016 · its alternatives →
12
Parc AI▲92
Park, walk away, and get on with your day
Apr 2026 · parced.io · its alternatives →
13
Task Pigeon▲118
Create, assign & manage your teams everyday tasks
2017 · taskpigeon.co · its alternatives →
14
Bestmap▲85
Compare and book scooters, bikes, metro, cars & air tickets
2020 · bestmap.net · its alternatives →
15
Loop▲86
Chicago's best transit app for commuters, students, tourists
2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
16
Citymapper 11▲100
CLUB features are now available to all
2023 · citymapper.com · its alternatives →
17
Hopper for iOS▲119
Tells you when to fly & scores you the lowest fares to buy
2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
18
Uber Transit▲167
Uber now offers real time data for public transportation
2019 · uber.com · its alternatives →
19
Sharethebus▲282
Organize a bus for you and your friends in 60 seconds
2016 · its alternatives →
20
TransitNow▲1
Real-time public transit assistant for buses
Aug 2026 · transitnow.app · its alternatives →
21
Smartrips App▲69
Helps you find the destinations of your next trip
2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
22
Tracking my local bus with a RaspberryPi▲197
Building a Bus Clock for my House using a Raspberry PI and Python. I won't miss the bus ever again!
2022 · purplehoisin.com · its alternatives →
23
Public transportation signage based on bloom filters (rough mockup)▲128
Hello, I was running around Germany, hectically navigating public transportation, and getting lost all the time. I noticed that every station had i platforms, each used lists of n buses (trains, whatever) arriving, each has their list of m destinations. That means I would be scanning i x n x m items just to see if I was at the correct stop. As I was nervous, for every bus that arrived, I would rescan the list of stops to double check. I began thinking how I could make a better system. Linked is a very shoddy mockup of how bloom filters could be used to allow passengers O(1) lookup time for…
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
24
Leap Transit▲85
New (limited) shuttle service for San Francisco commuters
2013 · leaptransit.com · its alternatives →

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