MVV-App

Münchner Verkehrs- und Tarifverbund GmbH (MVV)

About this app

The MVV-App is a journey planning application created by the Munich transport association (Münchner Verkehrs- und Tarifverbund, MVV). It is both free of charge and without advertising.

It provides travel information for the entire public transport network in Munich and the surrounding regions (districts of Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen, Dachau, Ebersberg, Erding, Freising, Fürstenfeldbruck, Miesbach, München, Rosenehim, Starnberg as well as the city of Rosenheim) – no matter whether you go by train, (sub)urban railways, underground, tram or bus. In many cases with real-time information. With the MVV-App you can also purchase selected MVV tickets with your smartphone or tablet on the go. Register once and you have the option to either buy the single trip tickets or you can choose to buy one of our day tickets for your stay in Munich. Besides, the MVV-App provides additional information on public transport in the entire Greater Munich Area, such as public transport and tariff maps as well as any changes in the timetables.

Features:
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• Departures: The departure monitor indicates the next departures and/or arrivals from a stop or the stops in the neighborhood of your current location in real-time (where available).

• Trips: The journey planner will help you to find the quickest route from A to B – in many cases with real-time information. Just enter the name of a stop, a point of interest or any desired address in Munich or the surrounding districts as your starting point or destination. With GPS you can also use your current location. The results include all footpath directions. The MVV-App also helps you buy the correct ticket for the selected journey. With just a few clicks you can purchase mobile tickets directly from the journey planner.

• Disruptions: At a glance, you can see disruptions that might affect your daily commute ordered by lines and their operation names. As yet, the descriptions of timetable changes are only available in German.

• Tickets: With menu item “Tickets” you can purchase selected MVV tickets as mobile ticket. Register once within one of the listed shops (identical range of tickets) and choose your ticket before starting your journey. You can pay for your tickets by using Google Pay, a credit card or direct debit. As electronic tickets are personalized, you have to bring your official photo ID.

• Network plans: In addition, the MVV-App provides you with various public transport network plans and tariff maps. Although most of the plans are in German language, you can find several plans in English, too. For example: the general plan of the regional train, suburban train and underground in the entire MVV area.

• Interactive map: The interactive map does not just help you to come along in the MVV area. You get access to further information such as nearby departures by using your GPS signal for example.

• Settings: If you choose the appropriate settings, you can for example avoid stairs during your trip or prefer less walking time over the quickest connection. In case you take a bike with you, the journey planner is able to take this into account too. You can also exclude connections not being integrated within the MVV tariff.

Ratings and reviews

I use this for route planning. The worst part is searching for a destination by text input. The search is very slow, it is not very flexible in matching (both of these things are very annoying when you are typing on mobile and need to find a route in a hurry) and results are not presented in an intelligent order (eg closer or more prominent destinations first).

Even MVV tells you it's bad... !! This app just cost me 60 euros, so I would like to give minus 1 star if I could. I tried to buy a ticket while already on the S-Bahn and it failed several times. Both DB and MVV just told me I should've known the app is unreliable (and useless) and should always plan for buying a paper ticket instead. MVV support was surprisingly "helpful" and literally said: "Yes, we see in the system that you made 4 attempts to buy a ticket and they all failed. Tough luck".

It's ok when it works, and it used to work fine until recently. Currently after you select the route and ticket and try to pay, it takes about 30-45 seconds and then goes to an empty payment screen on which it just stays forever (I waited about 3-4 minutes). No ticket appears, and hopefully no payment taken as I tried a few times. I've seen some other similar comments so maybe problem with the payment processing backend? I use Android 13 and the app is up to date.

What's new

Thanks a lot for your feedback. The update fixes a problem with the graphical indicator of the tariff zones in the trip planner. We are looking forward to your suggestions for improvement, criticism, compliments and questions - feel free to contact our MVV customer service.