I stopped using them when they removed their promise not to sell user data from their privacy policy. I also didn’t feel great about using a closed source service anyway.
Öffi used to be the best app for all of Germany, but it stopped working some months ago, and I read that that was due to an API change from Deutsche Bahn.
So now I use my local transit company’s app and the DB navigator.
I use it daily an overall it’s better than the DB or my local network’s app.
Sometimes it’s wrong so I use both. Where it shines is telling me how to get to the right stop and steig. For some reason neither German app will tell me what steig I need and it is a pain.
Maybe it changed, but last time I tried it it didn’t work well in Germany.
Granted, our public transport system is pretty complicated.
It really does suck in Germany. At least in Berlin, Citymapper is the bees knees!
I stopped using them when they removed their promise not to sell user data from their privacy policy. I also didn’t feel great about using a closed source service anyway.
Now I use a combination of Öffi and Organic Maps.
Öffi used to be the best app for all of Germany, but it stopped working some months ago, and I read that that was due to an API change from Deutsche Bahn.
So now I use my local transit company’s app and the DB navigator.
I use it daily an overall it’s better than the DB or my local network’s app.
Sometimes it’s wrong so I use both. Where it shines is telling me how to get to the right stop and steig. For some reason neither German app will tell me what steig I need and it is a pain.
It didn’t work well in Germany when I arrived in Europe six years ago, but for the last three or so years it’s been quite good.