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

Updated to 3 stars: It took many attempts to be able to add a credit card as a payment method. I'd add the credit card details, submit, but it wouldn't go through. I tried visa and american express. I cleared cache and storage and also uninstalled and reinstalled the app. When my husband tried adding payment method on his phone, the same thing happened. I waited the next day to try it again and then eventually, the app on my phone accepted american express. I still have no idea what went wrong.

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".

Update for the gaslighting department: After a half-day of the app infinitely re-opening in the background and instantly crashing, causing a "MVV-App keeps stopping" error message every time, I deleted and re-installed. No more issues since. LG G7 Thinq, Android 10. Stopped working, crashes within a few seconds of opening, then crashes multiple times in the background. Just amazing when your Deutschlandticket is being checked!

What's new

Thanks for your feedback. With the latest update, owners of the Deutschland-Ticket can - voluntarily & only after explicit consent - provide their route data anonymously in order to contribute important data on the use of the Deutschland-Ticket. Furthermore, carpooling offers can now be shown on the map. We are already working on further improvements and look forward to your suggestions for improvement, criticism, compliments and questions; please feel free to contact our MVV customer service.