Comparison

Mind The App vs TfL Platforms

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Mind The App

Stay informed about London's public transport with real-time updates on tube, bus, rail, and river services. Receive notifications, use widgets, and add favorite lines for personalized alerts. Share updates easily and check service status on your Apple Watch.

Highlights
  • Live service updates
  • Delay and disruption alerts
  • Push notifications
  • Widgets and Siri shortcuts
  • Favorite line management
  • Shareable status updates
  • Apple Watch complications
Features
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Get live service updates for the London public transport system. Find out if there are any delays or disruptions on your tube lines, buses, rail and river services. A simple app with one purpose: to give you status updates that are easy to digest without getting in your way. Choose from a variety of options to keep up-to-date with the latest status changes, including push notifications, widgets, Siri shortcuts and more. Add lines to your favourites to only see updates you actually care about. Easily share status updates with your friends and family. Use the Apple Watch app to get glanceable service information right on your wrist with our carefully crafted complications. The app uses official TfL live data to make sure you get the most up-to-date and correct information.

About

TfL Platforms

Features
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TfL Platforms shows live arrivals at Tube, DLR, Elizabeth line and London Overground platforms and at London bus stops. Save the platforms and stops you use, and open one to see its board of the next trains or buses. It has no ads and needs no account. Trams and National Rail are not covered. Free for everyone: • Trains and buses: see live arrivals at any Tube, DLR, Elizabeth line or London Overground platform, and for any route at any London bus stop. • Maps to find stations and stops: pick a station or a bus stop from a map of the ones around you. • Shared platforms: where lines share a platform, the board lists every line's trains. • Scheduled buses: after the live buses, the board lists the next ones from the timetable. • Line status: the board shows the service status of the lines at your platform. • Open nearest platform: if you switch this on, opening the app near a saved platform or stop shows its board. With TfL Platforms Plus: • Widgets: Home Screen widgets show a saved platform's or stop's arrivals. • Live Activities: the next trains or buses appear on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. • Live line map: see every train on a Tube line and spot gaps in the service. • Live bus map: see the next buses on their way to your stop. TfL Platforms Plus is a monthly or yearly subscription. New subscribers get a two-week free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when the trial ends, or at purchase if you have had the trial before. The subscription renews automatically unless you cancel it at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. If you got TfL Platforms while it was a paid app, you have Plus for life at no cost. You do not need to do anything. TfL Platforms uses Transport for London's open data. It is not an official TfL product, and TfL does not endorse it. Arrival times are TfL's live predictions: they change as trains and buses move, and are not guaranteed. Train and bus positions on the maps are estimates. Location is optional. The app uses it to centre the maps and find your nearest saved platform. It never sends your location anywhere. Privacy policy: https://tflplatforms.co.uk/#privacy-policy Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Mind The App4 screens
TfL Platforms4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: TfL Platforms at every 2 days against Mind The App's every 2 months. TfL Platforms also leads on iOS requirement (17.6 vs 27.0). Mind The App's advantage is device support (5 vs 2). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Mind The App sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and TfL Platforms sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mind The App ships an update every 2 months, TfL Platforms every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Mind The App versus TfL Platforms: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMind The AppTfL Platforms
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS27.017.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAttila NemetConstantinos Neophytou

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Mind The App

One-time4
  • Small Tip$1.00
  • Medium Tip$3.00
  • Large Tip$5.00
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  • Extra Large Tip$10.00
3 purchases

TfL Platforms

Subscriptions2
  • Plus Monthly14 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Plus Yearly14 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Plus Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is Mind The App free?
Mind The App is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TfL Platforms free?
TfL Platforms is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Mind The App or TfL Platforms have ads?
Neither Mind The App nor TfL Platforms shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mind The App or TfL Platforms?
Mind The App ships an update every 2 months, and TfL Platforms every 2 days. Most recently, Mind The App was updated on November 3, 2026 and TfL Platforms on October 30, 2026.

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