On a train in Japan, the next station stays on your Lock Screen for the whole
ride. No unlocking, no searching, nothing to type in first.
Nextation is made for railways in Japan, and works only there.
■ The next station, without unlocking your phone
The station you have just left, the station you are heading to, and a rough
arrival time — on the Lock Screen and on the Home Screen. The line you are
riding is worked out from your location; if that estimate is wrong, you can
pick the line yourself. Open the app and you see up to five stations ahead,
in order.
■ Station names in Latin script
Station, line and prefecture names are shown in the Latin alphabet — the same
spelling you see on the platform signs and on the display inside the carriage.
The dictionary is built into the app, so nothing is looked up while you are
moving. A small number of stations are missing from it, mostly local tram and
light-rail stops; those keep their Japanese name rather than a guessed
spelling.
■ The alarm counts stations, not metres
Register the station where you get off — and the station where you change
trains, if you have one. Nextation tells you one stop before it, and again
just before you arrive. Announcements on Japanese trains are not measured in
metres; neither is this. One stop ahead is enough time to gather your things
and reach the door. Each saved route can be watched every time, or for a
single trip. Where the line cannot be identified, the alarm falls back to
distance from the station.
■ Live Activity and Dynamic Island
While you are riding, the next station sits in the Dynamic Island and on the
Lock Screen — even while you are using another app.
■ Readable at a glance
The station name is the largest thing on the screen and everything else stays
quiet. The line colour tells you which line you are on.
■ Privacy
Your location is processed on your device. It is not sent to, or stored on,
any server we run. There is no tracking and no advertising SDK. (To resolve
station and line names, only the coordinate being looked up is sent to a
public API each time. The privacy policy explains this in full.)
Available in English, 日本語, 한국어, 简体中文, Français and Español.
Please note: coverage depends on the station data provider, and stations
outside Japan cannot be found. The list of upcoming stations follows the
local-train stopping pattern, so a rapid or express service may pass some of
the stations shown. Positioning is less accurate underground and in tunnels.
Continuous background location use consumes battery.
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