De Lijn vs NodeMapp Hike
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
De Lijn
Plan your entire journey across Flanders with real-time information for multiple transport providers. Get departure alerts, buy digital tickets, and save your favorite routes for quick access.
- Multimodal journey planning
- Real-time arrival information
- Personal stop alerts
- Route guidance with delays
- Digital ticket purchase
- Save favorite routes and stops
- Find nearby stops
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Plan your multimodal journey in Flanders with this app from De Lijn. Specifications: - Plan route from A to B in Flanders (De Lijn, MIVB-STIB, NMBS-SNCB, TEC) - Check real-time arrivals at a stop - Set personal stop alert - Activate route for guidance from departure to arrival with relevant information about unexpected hold-ups, etc. - Buy digital tickets - Save routes and stops for easy reuse - Find nearby stops - Synchronise favourites with the website via your account
NodeMapp Hike
Explore extensive hiking networks across Belgium, the Netherlands, France, and Germany. Plan custom routes node-by-node, discover suggested trails, and navigate with GPS. Premium features include offline maps, elevation profiles, and unlimited route saving.
- Explore 60,000+ km of hiking routes
- Plan custom node-by-node routes
- Discover suggested and official routes
- GPS navigation with voice guidance
- Offline map downloads
- Elevation profiles
- Track walked routes
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With the NodeMapp Hike app, the only real app for hiking nodes, you can explore the hiking network in Belgium (Flanders and Wallonia), the Netherlands, France, and Germany, amounting to more than 60,000 kilometers of hiking pleasure. HIKING ROUTE PLANNER You can view the hiking nodes on a map and plan a customized hiking route node by node. You can also use the Surprise Me feature to choose a starting point and have a route with the desired distance calculated for you quickly. SAVE HIKING ROUTES You can save up to 10 hiking routes for free to reuse later. If you want to save an unlimited number of routes, consider subscribing to Premium (see below). IMPORT HIKING ROUTES You can plan hiking routes on your computer using our handy online route planner. You can generate a QR code for each route, which you can scan with the app, and the route will be sent to your smartphone. SUGGESTED ROUTES You can also find many suggested routes in the app. These are hiking routes that we have put together ourselves or that are offered by official tourism organizations with which we collaborate. GET ADDITIONAL FEATURES WITH PREMIUM For the price of €14.99 per year, you can choose Premium, our subscription formula. As a Premium user, you will have access to many additional features (+): SAVE UNLIMITED ROUTES (+) Save an unlimited number of hiking routes in your account. NAVIGATION (+) With our handy navigation mode, you can follow every hiking route using the GPS function of your smartphone. The app will guide you along the route and alert you if you deviate from it. If you follow a route along hiking nodes, a voice will also inform you of the next node. The navigation mode is compatible with the associated Watch app. Other smartwatches also provide instructions at nodes if they can receive notifications. EXPORT ROUTES AS GPX (+) Export all hiking routes in the app to a GPX file. PLAN ROUTES ANYWHERE (+) Plan hiking routes that deviate from the hiking network and in areas where there are (still) no hiking nodes. This gives you even more flexibility when planning your ideal hiking route. OFFLINE MAPS (+) You can download each hiking route at home beforehand. Afterward, you can follow the route entirely offline. ELEVATION PROFILES (+) You can request an elevation profile for each hiking route so that you can assess the intensity of your hiking route in advance. REGISTER YOUR WALKS (+) For every route between two hiking nodes, you can indicate whether you have already walked it. This is visually displayed on the map so you always have an overview of where you have already walked. In navigation mode, the app automatically registers which routes of the hiking network you walk. This way, you can always plan the most beautiful routes along paths you have never been before. PLEASE NOTE: you can subscribe to the app for 1 year for the price of 14.99 euros. Subscription payment is handled through your Apple ID. Subscriptions are automatically renewed unless you cancel your subscription at least 24 hours before the expiration date. You can manage your subscription yourself, and you can also stop the automatic renewal by going to your Apple ID Settings after purchase. DISCLAIMER: continuous use of GPS in the background of the app can significantly decrease the lifespan of your battery. TERMS AND CONDITIONS: www.nodemapp.com/en/appview/terms PRIVACY POLICY: www.nodemapp.com/en/appview/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: De Lijn at none against NodeMapp Hike's 3. De Lijn also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (143 vs 10). NodeMapp Hike's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly) and review sentiment (47% vs 29%). On price, rating and monetization model 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. NodeMapp Hike sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.49 per year. De Lijn asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for De Lijn against 4.9 for NodeMapp Hike. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: De Lijn has 143 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 29% of De Lijn's written reviews are positive against 47% of NodeMapp Hike's.
De Lijn ships an update fortnightly, NodeMapp Hike every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | De Lijn | NodeMapp Hike |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (143 ratings) | 4.9 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 29.2% of reviews | 47.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 143 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.4 | 15.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 103 MB | 80 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | De Lijn | NodeMapp |
Customer experience
De Lijn
NodeMapp Hike
Bugs and requests
De Lijn
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
NodeMapp Hike
Reported bugs
19 issues- Bezochte plaatsen worden niet zichtbaar
- Ongedaan maken knop in planner werkt niet
- Favorieten verdwijnen na een tijdje niet gebruiken
- App crasht bij selectie knooppunt
- App crasht bij het ingeven van een route van punt naar punt
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- Locatie valt steeds weg
- App valt te vaak uit
- Foutcode 403 bij inloggen
- Opgeslagen wandelingen verloren bij update
- Routes geblokkeerd na wijzigingen in netwerk
- Kan niet meer via Bluetooth instructies horen na update
- App geeft melding geen abonnement
- Problemen met synchronisatie
- Locatie wordt niet automatisch weergegeven buiten navigatiemodus
- App hapert
- Trage reactie op kaartselectie
- Niet meer ingelogd na laatste update
- Oude opgeslagen routes verdwenen
- Opgeslagen routes worden niet meer getoond na wijzigingen
Requested features
16 requests- Allow route planning via app input
- Option to route plan by distance
- Option to prefer certain road types
- Ability to automatically plan routes between start and end points
- Integration with Apple Health, Strava
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- Log of completed walks and nodes
- Weekly/monthly overview of walks
- Search by postcode or radius
- Display of completed routes with a checkmark
- Reviews from other users on routes
- Photo upload on routes
- Family sharing for in-app purchases
- Option to automatically save routes
- Early stopping and saving of walks
- Ability to edit/delete old saved routes
- Grouping of walks by region or sorting by kilometers/favorites
In-app purchases
De Lijn
No in-app purchases
NodeMapp Hike
- Wandelknooppunt jaarabonnement$9.491 Year
- Premium Hike14 Days trial$12.991 Year
- Wandelknooppunt jaarabonnement$3.99









