Comparison

雙鐵時刻表 vs TimePipe Go

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

Head to head
About

雙鐵時刻表

Features
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Taiwan Rail Timetable brings Taiwan's public transport into one app: TRA, HSR, metro, light rail, buses, YouBike, walking transfers, destination discovery, and itinerary planning. ■ TRA AND HIGH SPEED RAIL • Search direct and transfer services by origin, destination, date, and time. • See departure and arrival times, journey duration, train type and number, fares, notes, and calling stations. • Open a complete stop timeline with scheduled times, station details, live progress, departure reminders, and train favorites. • View TRA live station boards, train location, and service information when available. • Check HSR non-reserved car information and set early-bird reminders. • Reuse recent searches, saved routes, and favorite trains. • Use bundled offline timetable data for essential searches when your connection is unavailable. ■ METRO AND LIGHT RAIL • Supports Taipei, Taoyuan, Taichung and Kaohsiung Metro; Kaohsiung, Danhai and Ankeng Light Rail; and the Sanying Line. • Review journey time, transfers, station count, fares, official line colors, and the complete stop sequence. • See platform boards, live arrivals and departures, and operating status where the data source provides them. • Station details include address, phone, exits, connections, timetables, facilities, and station maps, with quick access to map navigation. • Track frequently used routes and arrange metro systems in your preferred order. ■ BUSES AND YOUBIKE ACROSS TAIWAN • Search buses by route, stop, location, or smart origin-and-destination query. • View live arrivals, outbound and return stops, vehicle plates, fares, route maps, operator details, and transfer suggestions. • Track a specific bus stop or service to check the arrivals you actually use. • Find nearby YouBike stations, available bikes, and open docks on the map. ■ MULTIMODAL ROUTE PLANNER • Compare complete journeys using TRA, HSR, metro, light rail, bus, and walking in one search. • Choose departure time, transfer allowance, and preferred transport modes. • Follow each segment with boarding and exit stops, walking, platforms, services, and fares. • See the actual origin, destination, transfer points, and route map. • Start planning directly from a place found in Explore. ■ TRACKING, ALERTS, AND TICKETING • One tracking list for TRA, HSR, metro, and bus, with sorting, detailed information, and quick removal. • Service disruption, interruption, and major transport status alerts with push notifications. • TRA and HSR departure reminders, live progress, and favorite services. • Centralized ticket records plus quick access to TRA and HSR booking and ticket-grab workflows. ■ EXPLORE, TRIP PLANS, AND CHECK-IN • Discover events, attractions, restaurants, and accommodation across Taiwan by city, distance, category, or map. • Save places, open detailed information and nearby suggestions, then add a destination to a trip plan. • Build multi-day itineraries, organize each day, reorder items by drag and drop, manage a planning basket, and export PDF plans. • Check in at eligible nearby stations and keep a personal record of places you have visited. ■ PERSONALIZATION AND CONVENIENCE • A unified Platform design with clear information for every transport mode. • Light and dark modes, font-size controls, haptic feedback, and customizable colors for each transport mode. • Traditional Chinese, English, Japanese, and Korean interfaces. • Home-screen widgets and Apple Watch access for frequently used transport information. • Share train and stop information as an image with fellow travelers. • Optional subscription removes ads and unlocks additional tracking, themes, and convenience features. This is not an official TRA, THSR, or operator app. Live data depends on providers, network conditions, and update timing. Follow on-site announcements before travel. Website: https://twrail.cc Support: service@twrail.cc Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

TimePipe Go

This app acts as your personal tour guide, providing instant notifications and information upon arriving at planned stops. It offers nearby point of interest searches, travel time estimates, and dynamic plan adjustments with partner notifications. It also facilitates group communication through automatic chatrooms.

Highlights
  • Instant arrival notifications at planned stops
  • Reminders for sights, shops, and items
  • Travel time and distance inquiries
  • Nearby point of interest search
  • Dynamic travel plan updates with partner notifications
  • Automatic group chatrooms
  • Trip plan creation and sharing
Features
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When you go on a new trip, the instant tour guide notifies you upon arriving at any planned stops, allowing you to review your progress and information of coming stops. At every planned stop, it could remind you scenes you must see, shops that cannot be missed, things to buy, stuffs to bring, as well as other information to remember. Besides the active notifications and reminders, TimePipe Go is also a smart consultant – providing you nearby points of interests, traveling time and directions between stops, as well as other information you may request. In case you decide to change your travel plan in the midst of the trip, don’t worry. The smart tour guide adapts to the new plan and notifies all your travel partners about the update. Moreover, it sets up a chatroom automatically from the start, allowing all travel partners to be in touch before, during, and after the trip. INSTANT TOUR GUIDE – instant guidance and instant inquiry: * Notifying of arrival at planned stops, allowing you to review the progress, and the coming stops * Reminding important information, e.g. scenes to see, shops to visit, things to buy, stuffs to bring * Inquiring traveling distances, time, and directions between stops * Searching for nearby points of interests, restaurants, restrooms, parking, gas stations, ATM ...... * Supporting changes of plan amid a trip, notifying travel partners, and providing updated information * Automatically setting up a chatroom so all travel partners can be in touch TRIP PLANNING – copying from experts or starting from scratch: * Providing database of public travel plans, allowing you to explore plans shared by others * Allowing you to copy a plan shared by others and to modify it based on your own need * Of course, you can also design a brand new trip plan from scratch * Bookmarking trip plans in TimePipe Go or places of interests found through web browsers * Quick access of resources through bookmarks for trip planning * Smooth combination of travel plans and maps for overview and planning * Inviting family and friends to join a trip and to share the plan and any instant updates COMMUNITY AND SHARING – sharing your travel plans and build your fan club: * Sharing is bi-directional – you can explore others’ plans, and you can share your own with others * After returning from a joyful trip, you can enter valuable notes and turn the plan into a journal * Sharing your trip plan – while admiring your journal, people can also copy your plan and take a similar trip for themselves * You can sign up to become a follower of other travelers and get notified when they share new plans * You can build your own follower community – the more you share, the faster it grows * While others’ travel plans become your reference, yours can also be their guidance From trip planning, instant tour guide, to community and sharing, TimePipe Go converts you from a tourist to a tour expert!

Screenshots

雙鐵時刻表4 screens
TimePipe Go4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TimePipe Go at none against 雙鐵時刻表's 2. TimePipe Go also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). 雙鐵時刻表's advantage is ratings volume (532 vs 6) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, rating, review sentiment and device support 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. 雙鐵時刻表 sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. TimePipe Go asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for 雙鐵時刻表 against 4.5 for TimePipe Go. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 雙鐵時刻表 has 532 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 57% of 雙鐵時刻表's written reviews are positive against 54% of TimePipe Go's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

雙鐵時刻表 ships an update every 5 days, TimePipe Go every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
雙鐵時刻表 versus TimePipe Go: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter雙鐵時刻表TimePipe Go
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (532 ratings)4.5 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews57.1% of reviews — better53.7% of reviews
Number of ratings532 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size211 MB71 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperFengxiang Mobile Tech., co. ltd.Timepipe

Customer experience

雙鐵時刻表

All ratings532 ratings
Positive86.5%
Neutral4.9%
Negative8.6%
Written reviews140 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral13.6%
Negative29.3%

TimePipe Go

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews54 reviews
Positive53.7%
Neutral9.3%
Negative37.0%

Bugs and requests

雙鐵時刻表

Reported bugs

13 issues
  • Full-screen ads blocking entire interface
  • App crashes when ads load
  • Crashes on specific devices (iPhone 11, iPhone XS MAX, iPhone XR)
  • Station selection interface unresponsive
  • App freezes during queries
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  • Black screen on startup
  • Incorrect transfer route suggestions
  • Time selection not filtering results properly
  • Data loading delays and timeouts
  • Forced app closure when ads appear
  • Incompatibility with older iOS versions
  • Transfer query feature missing after updates
  • Ticket booking function outdated and non-functional

Requested features

14 requests
  • Paid ad-free version option
  • Ability to hide unused transit types
  • Swap origin/destination stations button
  • Display ticket prices
  • Add Kaohsiung and Taichung MRT schedules
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  • MRT direction indicators (e.g., towards specific stations)
  • Batch delete booking history
  • Fixed region selection for MRT
  • Larger, more readable font options
  • Warmer color scheme options
  • Customizable dashboard with selectable fields
  • Remove animation effects for faster transitions
  • Query past time schedules
  • Special notation for scenic train routes requiring advance booking

TimePipe Go

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

雙鐵時刻表

Subscriptions2
  • 基本訂閱月費制14 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • 基本訂閱去廣告年費制14 Days trial$4.991 Year
None

TimePipe Go

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is 雙鐵時刻表 free?
雙鐵時刻表 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TimePipe Go free?
TimePipe Go is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, 雙鐵時刻表 or TimePipe Go?
TimePipe Go is rated higher. 雙鐵時刻表 averages 4.5 out of 5 from 532 ratings, while TimePipe Go averages 4.5 from 6 ratings.
Do 雙鐵時刻表 or TimePipe Go have ads?
雙鐵時刻表 shows ads; TimePipe Go does not.
Which is updated more often, 雙鐵時刻表 or TimePipe Go?
雙鐵時刻表 ships an update every 5 days, and TimePipe Go every 2 weeks. Most recently, 雙鐵時刻表 was updated on October 24, 2026 and TimePipe Go on October 24, 2026.

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