DC Metro Board vs JourneyPulse

Stay ahead of your commute with real-time Washington DC Metro train predictions right on your iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. Enjoy seamless, reliable, and beautifully designed updates that ensure you never miss your train again. Key Features: • Live Train Predictions: Accurate, real-time arrival times for all 98 WMATA Metrorail stations. • Metro Board Interface: Authentic, easy-to-read layout mirroring actual Metro station displays, showing line colors, car counts, destinations, and exact arrival times. • Apple Watch Integration: Quick, glanceable train updates right from your wrist – perfect while you’re on the move. • Bookmark Stations: Save your frequently used stations for immediate access. • Auto-Refresh: Automatic updates every 10 seconds, ensuring information is always current. • All Metro Lines: Comprehensive support for Red, Blue, Orange, Green, Yellow, and Silver lines. Optimized for Your Devices: • iPhone: Clear, concise train arrival information at your fingertips. • iPad: Convenient split-screen view, always keeping your station list accessible alongside live predictions – perfect for multitasking. • Apple Watch: Immediate updates delivered directly to your wrist, so you never break stride. Privacy First: We respect your privacy. No ads, no tracking – just essential, reliable Metro information whenever you need it. Ideal For: • Daily commuters • Tourists exploring Washington DC • Students navigating campus life • Professionals on tight schedules • Anyone relying on DC Metro Transform your DC Metro journey today – always informed, always on time.

JourneyPulse is navigation and trip log in one app – for everyone who wants to understand their journeys. ALWAYS ON: TRACKING, PLACES & AUTO-POI JourneyPulse records your journeys automatically and continuously in the background – without you having to start anything. • Permanent location tracking: trips start and end by themselves, even with the screen locked • Auto-POI: the app recognizes places where you stay for a while and saves them as places (minimum duration adjustable) • Stays and place clusters: see where you were and for how long – plus weekly and monthly trends • Three profiles to choose from: foreground only, background with trip recording, or important places only (extra battery-friendly) • Automatic accuracy: economical when stationary, automatically more precise when driving and navigating • Motion detection (optional) throttles location updates when you stand still • You stay in control: "Always" location access is optional, analysis happens on your iPhone, no account and no cloud NAVIGATION • Routes with spoken turn-by-turn instructions, also in the background and via CarPlay • Offline routing: optionally download a map dataset for Germany and navigate without an internet connection • Speed limit display and warning tone when you are too fast • Lane guidance and signposts at junctions and motorway interchanges • Position arrow snaps cleanly to the route, tunnels are bridged • Warnings about roadworks, closures and traffic jams – only what is on your route • Weather warnings from the German Weather Service for your estimated arrival time • Fuel stop suggestion when your range does not reach the destination • Waypoints and destinations by voice TRIPS & LOGBOOK • Trips are recorded automatically – in the background and battery-friendly • Route, duration, speed and history for each trip, export as GPX, CSV or PDF • Logbook with purpose (business, private, commute) – pre-filled automatically if you like • Reports as CSV or PDF, e.g. as an overview for your tax return • Personal travel time: the app learns from your own trips and estimates arrival times more accurately • Departure time tips for your routine routes CAR & OBD • Optional: connection to an OBD2 adapter via Bluetooth (BLE) • Live values, consumption and range • Read fault codes, show them in plain language and log them • Diagnostic changes to the control unit are only written after Face ID CARPLAY, SIRI & WIDGETS • CarPlay with map, lane guidance and hazard alerts • Live Activity and Dynamic Island while driving • Siri and Shortcuts: start and end a trip, report a hazard, check range, navigate home or to work • Control Center switch PRIVACY • No account, no registration • Your trips are stored in a local database on your iPhone • Your tracking stays on your iPhone: you decide on profile, permissions and export • Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) Note: Background recording uses GPS and can increase battery usage. Traffic and hazard information comes from public sources and may be incomplete. Traffic rules and the traffic situation on site always take precedence.