De Lijn Flex vs Floya
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
De Lijn Flex
Plan your journeys using public transport, including trains, trams, buses, and on-demand flexbuses. Discover optimal travel solutions and choose to use regular services or combine them with flexible options.
- Trip planning
- Public transport options
- Flexbus booking
- Route discovery
- Multi-modal travel
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Plan your trip by train, tram, bus and/or flexbus. Discover the most suitable solutions for travelling by public transport… And make your choice. For example, only use regular public transport services, or combine the flexbus with bus, tram and/or train where possible.
Floya
Plan, book, and pay for all your transport in Brussels with this all-in-one app. Seamlessly combine bikes, scooters, public transport, taxis, and shared cars for a stress-free travel experience.
- All transport modes in one app
- Plan, book, and pay
- Real-time departure information
- Intermodal trip planning
- In-app ticket purchase
- Integrated payment for shared mobility
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The Floya app will remain available until 31 December 2026. After that date, the app and its services will no longer be available. Whether by bike, bus, kick scooter, metro, taxi, train, or shared car… Floya is revolutionising your mobility in Brussels. This all-in-one app allows you to plan, book, and pay all modes of transport. Because travelling should be seamless and fun, not complicated and stressful. How does it work? By creating a single account, you gain access to the public transport operators STIB-MIVB, De Lijn, TEC, and SNCB-NMBS, the Taxis Verts service, Villo! and Voi bikes, Dott and Bolt bikes and kick scooters, and Poppy shared cars. If you have a Cambio subscription, you'll also find the nearest stations and complete your booking with a direct link to the native app. Floya even offers combined routes, opening up a world of possibilities! And even more, as the app will keep evolving. Already 11 partners are available in the app: - Bolt - Cambio - De Lijn - Dott - Poppy - SNCB-NMBS - STIB-MIVB - Taxis Verts - TEC - Villo! - Voi Main features to unlock Brussel's full potential: - Routes "to and from" in Brussels - Fastest travel time in Brussels - Intermodal trips - Next departures in real-time - Mobility options around you - Price of each option - In-app ticket purchase - Integrated payment for shared mobility Floya will soon become your favourite transport app for Brussels. Let's move ahead together! Get the best transport options for your daily commute, but also to the nicest bars, restaurants & hot spots, museums, schools, festivals or airport in Brussels.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Floya at 4.6 against De Lijn Flex's 4.0. Floya also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks). De Lijn Flex's advantage is review sentiment (24% vs 0%) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Floya holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 8 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 24% of De Lijn Flex's written reviews are positive against 0% of Floya's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
De Lijn Flex ships an update every 6 weeks, Floya fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | De Lijn Flex | Floya |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (5 ratings) | 4.6 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 24.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 134 MB | 257 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Via Transportation, Inc. | STIB-MIVB |
Customer experience
De Lijn Flex
Floya
In-app purchases
De Lijn Flex
No in-app purchases
Floya
No in-app purchases
