Route Radar: SEPTA Transit
Tomer Shemesh Navigation iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Route Radar: SEPTA Transit is a free Navigation app for iPhone and iPad by Tomer Shemesh. Rated 5.0/5 from 11 ratings. Requires iOS 18.0.
- Rating
- 5.0
- 11 ratings
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 48 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Oct 14
- 2026 · v1.1.1
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About Route Radar: SEPTA Transit
Route Radar is a live map of Philadelphia transit — Septa, Pacto, and Indego buses, trolleys, subways, rail, and bikes — with real-time arrivals, saved stops, schedules, and detour alerts in one clean, fast app. Watch every bus and train move in real time, tap any stop for upcoming arrivals, and know exactly when to leave. Built independently in Philadelphia. Free, no ads, subscriptions, or in-app purchases. EVERYTHING IN ROUTE RADAR: LIVE MAP • Real-time GPS positions for SEPTA buses, trolleys, and Regional Rail from official live feeds • Live Market–Frankford, Broad Street, and PATCO trains — rider-powered, streamed the instant they update • Seat availability / crowding shown (for vehicles that report it) • One-tap filters: buses, trolleys, subway, Regional Rail, bikes • Always up to date STOPS & ARRIVALS • Tap any stop for upcoming arrivals with live countdowns • Clear direction indicators so you always know what direction a route is • Filter a stop's arrivals by route with one tap • Full daily schedule for every stop, one tap away VEHICLES • Tap any vehicle for its full trip: every upcoming stop with live ETAs • At-stop and en-route status computed from real location • Regional Rail track/platform assignments SAVED STOPS • Save any stop • Saved tab with live arrival cards that update in real time • Choose how many upcoming arrivals each card shows • Synced across your devices with iCloud SEARCH • Search routes, stops, and addresses from one search bar • Route results with live vehicle counts and direction browsing • Address search to find stops near any destination ALERTS & DETOURS • SEPTA service alerts and advisories, in-app • Automatically detected bus detours • Stuck bus detection • Active detours drawn on the map with the reroute path • Skipped stops marked with an X • Detour details: affected routes, directions, and dates SCHEDULES • Full timetables for every route, by direction and stop SEPTA KEY • Read-only integration with your SEPTA Key account • Card balances, recent trips, and auto-reload status BIKES • Indego station map with live bike, e-bike, and dock availability • Philadelphia's full bike lane network, color-coded by lane type • Photo guide explaining every lane marking MAP YOUR WAY • Base layers: streets, dark, light, and satellite • 3D buildings mode, rotation, and tilt • Saved pins for your go-to places • Official Septa map PDFs Route Radar is an independent one-person project, made in Philly for Philly, and is not officially associated with Septa, PATCO, Indego or any other transit agency.
Ratings & reviews
5.0
11 ratings
What’s new
Version 1.1.1 · Updated October 14, 2026
- Updated for iOS 27 - Projected Subway and Trolley paths when vehicles go offline - Bug fixes
App privacy
The developer, Tomer Shemesh, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Identifiers: Device ID
- Usage Data: Product Interaction
- Diagnostics: Crash Data
Used for: Analytics, App Functionality
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