Abfahrtstafel Berlin vs HexPlore
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Abfahrtstafel Berlin
Get real-time public transport departure information for any stop. Pin your favorite stops for quick access and set departure reminders with direct links to timings.
- Accurate departure timings
- Stop pinning to home page
- Departure reminders
- Direct link to timings from notifications
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Abfahrtstafel Berlin shows live departures for Berlin’s public transport — S-Bahn, U-Bahn, tram, bus, and regional trains. Pin your stops to My Stops for a quick board view. Save line and platform filters with each pin so you only see what matters. Set commute schedules with reminders, then track your line with Live Activities on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. Search nearby or by name, open journey details, and keep your pinned stops and commute profiles in sync with iCloud.
HexPlore
This app visualizes your actual travel footprint by mapping the specific areas you've visited, not just countries. It automatically uses your photo geotags to build a detailed map of your explorations, revealing the true extent of your global experiences.
- Maps actual ground explored
- Automatic map generation from photos
- Visualizes percentage of countries explored
- Highlights areas for future travel
- Shareable map snapshots
- No account or cloud storage required
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You've been to 30 countries. But how much of the world have you actually seen? Most of us have ticked off a country and moved on — a few days in a city, an airport layover, a cruise port. HexPlore shows you the truth, and it's more interesting than any list of countries ever could be. Your travels are more unique than you think. That road trip through the Scottish Highlands. The back streets of Lisbon you got lost in. The stretch of New Zealand coast you drove at sunrise. HexPlore maps all of it — the actual ground you stood on, not just the countries you passed through. You might have been to Australia and seen 0.4% of it. You might have wandered a tiny country and covered 60%. That contrast is the whole point. DISCOVER YOUR REAL FOOTPRINT Find out what % of the world's land you've genuinely explored. See which countries you know deeply and which ones you've barely scratched. Spot the blank spaces on your map and feel the pull to fill them in. YOUR PHOTOS REMEMBER EVERYTHING Every trip you've ever taken is already sitting in your camera roll. HexPlore reads where your photos were taken and builds your map automatically. No logging. No manual entry. Just the honest record of a life lived. SOMETHING TO SHARE Generate a snapshot of your map and send it to friends. Compare honest coverage, not just country counts. Settle the debate about who's actually the more well-travelled one. Your photos stay on your phone. Always. No account, no sign-up, no cloud. Download HexPlore. Find out where you've really been.
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Verdict
Abfahrtstafel Berlin and HexPlore both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Abfahrtstafel Berlin's written reviews are positive against 67% of HexPlore's. HexPlore's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 16 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Abfahrtstafel Berlin against 5.0 for HexPlore. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Abfahrtstafel Berlin's written reviews are positive against 67% of HexPlore's.
Abfahrtstafel Berlin ships an update every 16 months, HexPlore every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Abfahrtstafel Berlin | HexPlore |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 16 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Akash Dathan | Alastair McNeill |
Customer experience
Abfahrtstafel Berlin
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In-app purchases
Abfahrtstafel Berlin
No in-app purchases
HexPlore
No in-app purchases
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