De Lijn vs De Lijn Flex
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
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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: De Lijn at 4.7 against De Lijn Flex's 4.0. De Lijn also leads on ratings volume (136 vs 5) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks). De Lijn Flex's advantage is monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.4). On price, review sentiment, 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.
De Lijn holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: De Lijn has 136 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 29% of De Lijn's written reviews are positive against 24% of De Lijn Flex's.
De Lijn ships an update fortnightly, De Lijn Flex every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and August 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | De Lijn | De Lijn Flex |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (136 ratings) — better | 4.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 29.2% of reviews — better | 24.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 136 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.4 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 103 MB | 134 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | VMM De Lijn | Via Transportation, Inc. |
Customer experience
De Lijn
De Lijn Flex
In-app purchases
De Lijn
No in-app purchases
De Lijn Flex
No in-app purchases
