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Show HN: I built a simple, fast transit app for the Bay Area

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 the API, SwiftUI quirks, or anything else. Feedback welcome!

So, if I understand correctly:

- you spent $99 on this (plus your own development time, naturally)

- it requires a bleeding edge iPhone and only works on M1 Macs ("Compatibility: iPhone: Requires iOS 17.0 or later; Mac: Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.")

- it foregoes the largest mobile operating system in the world

- it doesn't even make you money

I believe Apple changed their tune and now allows PWA submissions to the App Store, if you're just using it for a marketing avenue. Almost certainly the same for the Play Store

Since it's iOS/M1 only, I shall not ask how it's different from Transit, as that would make it apples to oranges

19 hours agoby mdaniel