Originally named Tranzmate, Moovit was founded as a startup in Israel in 2012 by developers Nir Erez, Roy Bick, and Yaron Evron.

As part of the round, Amnon Shashua, vice president of Intel, joined Moovit's board of directors as an observer.

[21] In February 2019, Moovit, TomTom, and Microsoft announced a multi-modal trip planner, combining driving, parking and taking public transit.

[25] In September 2021, Moovit and Arriva announced that they entered into a partnership to launch in the Netherlands a nationwide Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) app named 'Glimble' powered by Moovit that enables travelers to plan journeys and pay for them on any public transport operator, shared transport or micromobility provide.

[28] In addition to passively sharing data, users can actively send reports, including reasons for delays, overcrowding, satisfaction with their bus driver, and Wi-Fi availability.

TimePro provides users with real-time bus arrival and a web dashboard displaying information for all running vehicles.

In October 2019, Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer announced that a mobility app would be developed by Moovit, offering autonomous vehicle rides for attendees of the 2020 North American International Auto Show in Detroit in June 2020.

Moovit publicly apologized and maintained that its team works hard to filter out and remove inaccurate information "as soon as we become aware of it".

[37] Santos and Nikolaev (2021) explore the association between the popularity of searches in Google using the term "Moovit" and the share of workers who commute by public transport.