Best App for London Tube

The TFL app works great.

Some people swear by Citymapper, and it can provide useful back-up, but the TFL app is best, IMHO. It also has live bus arrivals, and includes all TFL services information live. Highly recommended.

I used the city mapper app 2 months ago in London and it worked great. I had also downloaded the TFL app but never used it.

You can find some more opinions about the 2 apps here:

https://community.ricksteves.com/travel-forum/england/citymapper-vs-tfl-apps-for-a-week-in-london

I also prefer the Citymapper app. It seems to give more information.

I seem to have managed for getting on 50 years without any apps at all, just looking at maps in stations.

I guess I do not use a specific app just for the Underground. The maps are easy enough to use, getting around just fine.

I do use Google maps for general directions in London, and everywhere, and Google will suggest options that include the Underground and buses. That works well enough for me.

CityMapper pulls its data from TFL, of course, but to my mind, organizes it a superior way. It's also.multimldal so gives you information on buses too.

I'm another with a preference for CityMapper. I like it's ease of use, design, layout and It'll give multiple options for journeys. It covers many cities, which makes transition from one city to another easy. Why not download both TfL Go and CityMapper and see which works best for you?

I seem to have managed for getting on 50 years without any apps at all, just looking at maps in stations.

Great, good for you, said like a local who lives with systems and gets to know them by repetition. Have some sympathy for travelers from BFE who may not have experience with public transit trying to figure it all out in a city that lives by transit