Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to SFTransit - easy San Francisco transit times
Hello HN, I built www.sftransit.us to make it easier to get live transit arrival/departure times on your cellphone. Right now, it does Muni and BART. You don't have to download anything, and it takes one click to find times for nearby stops. I don't live in San Francisco right now (but am moving out there in a few months). I'm really keen to know if this is a useful service, and to know if there's anything that would make it more useful to you. I'm aware there are a few existing tools for this (like Routesy, and the official site [of course]), but I don't think any are as hassle free...…
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. SFTransit - easy San Francisco transit times launched in 2012; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Leap Transit▲85New (limited) shuttle service for San Francisco commuters
2013 · leaptransit.com · its alternatives →
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Live map of every Muni, BART & Caltrain in SF, with a from→to planner - UtpalJayNadiger/wheres-my-muni
Aug 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, I built Commuter because I was tired of switching between different apps to check arrival times for BART, Caltrain, Muni, ferries, and more. This app pulls directly from the official 511 API and aims to provide a fast, clean experience focused on real-time departures. There’s no account creation, it’s free to use, and it supports every major transit provider in the Bay Area—from Napa down to San Jose. You can search, favorite lines/stops, and see live countdowns with minimal friction. It’s built entirely in SwiftUI using native Apple frameworks. Happy to answer questions about…
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Hitch▲124An affordable way to get around SF by sharing your ride.
2014 · andalusianworld.com · its alternatives →
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Transit▲123Real-time transit data and a bot to help you commute
2016 · transitapp.com · its alternatives →
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This was something I built while trying to look for housing in Toronto that was decently transit-accessible to my office while still cheap. The backend is written in Rust. It parses public GTFS data from transit agencies and performs a simple heuristics-based BFS on the bus lines to calculate how long to reach all points in a city. The frontend uses React and Mapbox GL to render each individual road segment based on how long it takes to reach. This project was a great excuse to learn Rust, deployments, and mapping. The source code is here if you are interested:…
2023 · map.henryn.xyz · its alternatives →
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Public transport departure times for Facebook Messenger
2016 · messenger.com · its alternatives →
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Track San Francisco's vintage streetcars with this live map
2019 · streetcar.live · its alternatives →
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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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Leaves SFO San Francisco 2 minutes early. 17 minutes taxiing out. 56 minutes in the air. 10 minutes taxiing in. Arrives LAX Los Angeles 6 minutes early.
2014 · flightsphere.com · its alternatives →
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Hi all! I'm a 17-year old self-taught developer just starting to tap into the mobile world! :3 This summer, I've worked on a minimalist distance-based alarm clock app that wakes you up before you miss your stop! Check it out here! http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/commuter-buddy/cb9b5107-41e0-4d2b-b0d6-110fe555fc3b Feedback and comments are welcome, thanks :)
2014 · its alternatives →
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When2Leave▲171Get an alert when your commute time drops below _____
2016 · when2leave.com · its alternatives →
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A free mac menubar application for bus stop departures!
2017 · devonbradley.com · its alternatives →
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Lyft passengers leave (advice) messages to the next rider
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Link: http://totransit.ca I made this on a weekend back in April. My motivation was to create something I would find useful, and to utilize data provided by Toronto Open Data (http://toronto.ca/open). The app uses the NextBus API to get live data on streetcar positions. A small PHP script converts the XML to JSON format, but the bulk of the app is Javascript. Thanks to the Google Maps API, the app works nicely on both desktop browsers and mobile. I find that a map view works well for many different data sets, so I have started an effort to create a generic "on a map" boilerplate. This is a…
2011 · totransit.ca · its alternatives →
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