Comparison

BB Timetable vs Live Departures

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

Head to head
About

BB Timetable

Features
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The board says two minutes. Then one. Then the doors close. Wrist up— same line, same platform, already there. That's how it starts. — Departures U-Bahn, S-Bahn, tram, bus, regional. Live times. Delays marked. No surprises. Journey Planner Door to door. Reroutes from where you are. Compass Walking legs, direction shown. Follow the arrow. Live Activities Lock screen. Dynamic Island. Every step of the journey, tracked. Apple Watch Nearby stops. Departures. Journey planning. Raise your wrist. It's there. Widgets Home screen. Lock screen. The next departure without opening the app. Favorites Your lines. Your directions. Pinned to the top. Notifications Next stop. Platform. Transport mode. AI summaries on supported devices. Stopovers Exit, platform, transfer. Everything you need for the connection. Nearby Loads instantly from cache. Refreshes quietly in the background. Data Export and import. Watch stays in sync. Berlin and Brandenburg. Every line. Always moving.

About

Live Departures

Features
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You're standing at the stop and you want to know one thing: when does the next train leave? Live Departures shows exactly that. Tap a stop, see the departures. No sign-up, no ads, no ticket shop, no detours. And on the way you stay informed: delays and platform changes until you arrive. SWITZERLAND AND GERMANY IN ONE APP Most apps cover one country. This one covers both. A single tap in the menu switches between Switzerland and Germany — each with its own favourites. Across the border, too: for trains from Switzerland to Germany you see the real destination and all stops up to it. YOUR STOPS, RIGHT AT THE TOP The app remembers the stops you use, and the most recently used comes first. Pin the important ones (swipe right, up to 5): they stay at the very top and are never pushed out. Up to 12 places per country, nothing else to create or manage. WHAT YOU SEE • Line, destination and departure time in real time • Delays (!) and cancellations (X) at a glance • Track, bay or pier — depending on the mode of transport • Green dot: real-time data for this trip • Every stop in real time — tap any trip (train, S-Bahn, tram, bus), with delay, cancellation and platform change per stop • Refreshes every 60 seconds FOLLOW TRIP Follow a trip in the stop list and mark where you get off: a bar at the bottom shows arrival, platform and delay, wherever you are in the app. It updates while the app is open and closes by itself after arrival. NEARBY New city? The arrow icon finds the stops around you. THE WAY YOU LIKE IT German or English. Orange or white accent. Times as a countdown (3') or as the clock (14:32). Set once, kept for good. NO ACCOUNT, NO TRACKING No account, no analytics, no ads. Favourites, settings and a followed trip stay on your device. DATA SOURCES Switzerland: transport.opendata.ch — every Swiss operator Germany: Transitous, a community project with the timetable data of the transport operators Both public and free. Good to know: Live Departures shows departures, not A-to-B journey planning. Live data needs an internet connection.

Screenshots

BB Timetable4 screens
Live Departures4 screens

Verdict

The call

BB Timetable and Live Departures are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BB Timetable ships an update every 8 days, Live Departures fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
BB Timetable versus Live Departures: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBB TimetableLive Departures
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 8 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.517.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChan BillMartin Haas

In-app purchases

None

BB Timetable

No in-app purchases

None

Live Departures

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BB Timetable free?
BB Timetable is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Live Departures free?
Live Departures is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do BB Timetable or Live Departures have ads?
Neither BB Timetable nor Live Departures shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BB Timetable or Live Departures?
BB Timetable ships an update every 8 days, and Live Departures fortnightly. Most recently, BB Timetable was updated on October 18, 2026 and Live Departures on October 24, 2026.

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