Moovit: Metro & Bus Transit 4+

Update: 6-5: most of the issues I described are from me not understanding how to use the app. GPS still lags, but have a little patients and the route always updates. Great app.

I have been using this app for a week. I am visiting family in Hawaii(Oahu). I would be lost without the help of this app. The minor things I have experienced with the app is the gps seems to lag. When I set my destination, as I begin to walk I didn’t see the icon move in the app. Until a few minutes later, also when I begin my trip I read what it says, but at times it is not clear which way to go. Another thing I noticed, when the app tells you what bus to catch, it may give you multiple bus numbers. When I catch one of the bus, the bus number does not match. When the bus moves, the icon does not move, until a few moments later. Then the app seems to catch up and it begins to show the route and the location of where you at as you progress along your trip. It should give and option to select what bus you are on. I am still learning how to use this. I guess I said all that to stay this. When you set your destination, it should lock in your destination choice. I have of habit of planning other destination along my route, my original destination seems to get lost and I struggle to find my original route I planned. You can use Google maps to do the same as this app, but Moove it does it way better. If traveling, I highly recommend this app.

Moovit is a must have. We used it nonstop while on our NYC vacation. NYC is big and spread out but getting around is a snap with this app. Just punch in where you want to go (restaurant, hotel, attraction, address, etc...) and it tells you how long it will take to get there and (1) which subway station is closest, (2) gives you gps walking directions to get there, (3) tells you which line to get on, (4) lets you know how many minutes until the next 3 subways on that line will arrive at your station, (5) tells you how many stops until you need to get off, (6) shows you a list of all the stops until your departure, (7) updates that list as you ride, (8) alerts you before your last stop telling you to get off, and (9) gives you walking directions to wherever you are trying to get to.

As a visitor I don’t know the terminal ends of the subway lines, and that is what the subways say on them and on the signs. It would give users more confidence if the app said “D toward Brighton Beach” so you feel better about getting on a train going towards a destination you don’t know.

That said, the app was always right and the only time we got on the right line going the wrong direction was because we second guessed the app.

I’ve been using this app to get around Medellin for the past couple months, and it does have like every bus route. It has been super helpful for finding my way across the city, but honestly there are problems with at least half of the routes I’ve taken. Sometimes, the problem is that the bus stops for certain routes are marked incorrectly. This has happened on more than half of the bus routes I’ve taken. The bus simply either doesn’t come by the suggested stop from the app or doesn’t stop in the location the app says it will. On a couple of occasions, the route that the app told me the bus would take is just straight up wrong and goes quite a bit off course.

Overall, even with these problems, I’ve still been helped quite a lot in getting around. Sometimes i just go further along the route to wait and see where the next bus will stop. But sometimes i need to ask locals to make up for the gaps in the app.

One thing that would be helpful to add to the app is being able to see entire individual routes for a bus line. For example, if the app suggests I take bus 1 to point A and then get on bus 2 to bring me to point B, it would be helpful if I could click on bus A and just see the whole route independent of my planned trip. It would be helpful so I can see where the bus might take me if I stay on too long, or if i could catch the bus somewhere else if the bus doesn’t stop where the app says it will.