We built Reroute, so take the "winner" with that in mind. This page compares Reroute against Transit, Google Maps, and Citymapper on specific, checkable capabilities, not vibes, and it says plainly where the other three are ahead.
Capability by capability
"—" means we couldn't verify that capability from the app's own materials, not that it definitely doesn't exist.
| Capability | Reroute | Transit | Google Maps | Citymapper |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Multi-agency GTA coverage in one search | Yes, 8 transit systems in one call | Yes, TTC, GO, YRT & more | Yes, broad transit data | Yes, TTC, GO, YRT, MiWay & more |
| Driving vs. transit, ranked together | Yes, one ranked list | — | Separate driving / transit tabs | Cost & time compared across modes |
| Hybrid park-and-ride routing | Yes, drive-to-station routes | — | — | — |
| TTC delay intelligence | ML risk model, 393K+ records | Live GPS-based predictions | Live disruption alerts | Live vehicle tracking |
| Live vehicle positions | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Fare / cost comparison across modes | Yes, fare & cost in the ranking | Per-trip transit fares | Transit fares only | Yes, cost, CO2 & calories |
| Turn-by-turn navigation | Transit, driving & walking | Transit & walking | All modes | Transit & walking |
| Price | Free (public beta) | Free, optional Royale tier | Free | Free |
Capabilities checked against each app's own public listings and documentation, mid-2026. Features change; if something here is out of date, we'd like to know.
What the others get right
Transit has the deepest crowdsourced real-time data of the group: riders report bus locations and crowding in cities where agencies don't publish GPS feeds, and its prediction engine has been tuned specifically on that data for years. It also covers over a thousand cities worldwide, which Reroute, focused on the GTA, doesn't attempt to match.
Google Maps is on almost every phone already, covers driving navigation more completely than any transit-first app, and has shown real-time TTC arrivals and disruption alerts since 2016. For a one-off trip in a city you don't know, that ubiquity is genuinely useful.
Citymapper covers a comparably broad set of GTA agencies to Reroute, and its cost, CO2, and calorie comparison across modes is a feature Reroute doesn't currently have.
Where Reroute is different
Reroute isn't trying to be the best transit app at everything. It's built around one specific question: for this trip, right now, across the whole GTA, is transit, driving, walking, or a hybrid park-and-ride actually the best way there, and by how much. That's a driving-vs-transit comparison in one ranked list, a delay-risk read built from real TTC history instead of a generic live-GPS estimate, and hybrid routing that treats parking at a station as a real option, not an afterthought. If that's the question you're usually asking, Reroute is built for it. If you want the deepest real-time crowdsourcing or worldwide coverage, the apps above are honestly better at those specific things.
Frequently asked questions
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