Bar Active vs Pontueel
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bar Active
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Bar Active is a digital brochures with an interactive map for active tourism. It provides an AI assistant that's there to help and answer any inquiries you might have.
Pontueel
Never miss a ferry again. This app provides live departure times, countdowns, and a map of the IJ waterway. Widgets allow you to see upcoming departures without opening the app.
- Live departure times
- Countdown timers
- Interactive IJ waterway map
- Home screen widgets
- Real-time ferry positions
- All ferry routes and piers
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Always on time for the ferry. Pontueel shows you at a glance when the next ferry leaves: live departure times, a countdown, and a map of the IJ. So you'll never again run for a ferry that just left, or stand waiting for one that isn't coming for a while. WIDGETS ON YOUR HOME SCREEN Put your regular ferry on your Home Screen or Lock Screen and see the next departure without opening the app. LIVE AND ON TIME Real-time departure times for the GVB ferries via open data (OVapi / NDOV Loket), plus the timetable for later in the day. With Now, +1 hour, +2 hours and Last, you can also see when the final ferry runs. ALL DIRECTIONS Pick a route (from → to) or see every ferry leaving from your pier in one view. MAP OF THE IJ A full screen map of every ferry connection across the IJ, with the live position of each ferry. ALL PIERS Centraal Station, Buiksloterweg, IJplein, NDSM, Distelweg, Pontsteiger, Azartplein and Zamenhofstraat, plus the Hempont to Zaandam. Free. No ads, no subscription, no account. Available in Dutch and English. Pontueel is not an official GVB app. Departure times come from OVapi (NDOV Loket).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Pontueel at every 3 weeks against Bar Active's every 2 months. Bar Active's advantage is iOS requirement (13.4 vs 18.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Bar Active ships an update every 2 months, Pontueel every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bar Active | Pontueel |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.4 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 256 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Upbeat Hub | Giel Cobben |
In-app purchases
Bar Active
No in-app purchases
Pontueel
No in-app purchases
