One big GO button. Tap it, get the nearest public restroom to where you're standing, one more tap opens directions. No signup, no ads, no menus to dig through.
Free forever · works on iOS & Android via your browser · install to home screen
Most bathroom-finder apps make you scroll a list. We open straight to the answer.
It asks for your location. We use it on your device only — never sent anywhere.
Distance, walking time, accessibility, free or paid, open now or closed.
Opens turn-by-turn walking directions in Apple Maps or Google Maps.
Closed? Sketchy-looking? Swipe left for the next nearest. Or pick from the map.
Built around one job: getting you to a bathroom fast.
The single best answer is the first thing you see. No list. No filter dropdown.
Don't like the closest one? Swipe to the next-nearest. Keyboard arrows on desktop.
Refuge Restrooms, OpenStreetMap, NYC + SF open data, and 60 brands of "customer bathroom" (McDonald's, Starbucks, Costco, gas stations).
Accessible · gender-neutral · free · open-now · single-occupant private.
See what it actually looks like. Rate cleanliness. Report issues. Add your own.
Daily flame counter. Nine unlockables ranging from "First Flush" to "Globe Trotter".
Tap the dice for a random nearby pick. Adventure mode for boring days.
Subway swallowed your signal? The last bathrooms you saw are still loaded.
No signup. No ads in the way. Optional tip jar if it saves your day.
If yours isn't here, ping the maker on the GitHub repo.
Yes. Free to use, no signup, no ads in the GO flow. Tip jar exists if you want to support the project; you should not feel you need to.
It pulls live data from Refuge Restrooms (community-maintained), OpenStreetMap (the world's open map), NYC and SF open-data feeds, and a curated list of 60 brand chains where customer bathrooms are reliable (McDonald's, Starbucks, gas stations, Costco, etc.). All five sources are merged and deduplicated by location.
Coming. Right now Gotta Go is a PWA — open it in Safari (iOS) or Chrome (Android) and you can install it to your home screen where it behaves like a real app. Native shells via Capacitor are in active development.
Yes. Tap "Add a bathroom here" — it uses your phone's GPS. Optionally syncs the new entry to Refuge Restrooms so the open data improves for everyone.
Location stays on your device — never sent to a server. Reviews and visit history are stored locally too. The app uses Google Analytics for anonymized usage stats (toggle off in your browser if you want); nothing tied to a personal account.
Because that's the moment you need it.