Jan Zdarsa A few days ago, an iPhone application for timetables appeared on the Appstore, and many of you asked, what is it? So we decided to take a closer look at this application and find out for you if the investment is worth it.
The Timetables application is very simple. Unfortunately, too much. The home screen allows you to choose where and where you want to go, when and how much. A search will then take place and you will be notified of the nearest connection. Unfortunately, again everything is only brief, so you will find out how many km you will travel, how long it will take, what time it will arrive, the number of the connection and possibly also the price, if it is available. That's all, no information about the carrier or the platform, or the stops of the given route. At most, you will find out which connection you have to transfer to afterwards, if it is a connection with a transfer.
I will also disappoint those who would expect complex timetables. In this version, only timetables with buses and trains are concerned. There is no public transport here. This is not an offline app either, you still need to be connected to search.
So I contacted the author of the app to ask him some things about the future of the app. The author informed me that this is his very first iPhone application and as soon as he finished it, he put it on the Appstore.
But he plans several other features in the future:
– the option to limit the search to only train or bus
– Public transport
– displaying the route on the map
– map of the station surroundings
– time between transfers
– GPS location
– more info about the connection
As you can see, the author plans to add most of the things that are missing in the application in the future. In addition, it would add some interesting functionalities. Unfortunately, in its current form, the application does not allow that much and for the price of €1,59 it is not worth it. On the other hand, the author plans to close the application. Therefore, I am not giving the app any rating, but I will definitely keep you updated on the development of this app. If you want to support the author in his efforts, you can buy the app now.
Appstore link – Timetables (€1,59)
Free iPhone timetables (IDOS)
But if you still need to have public transport timetables on your iPhone, I will remind you of the timetables from Jablíčkář. This is a special iPhone page with timetables and a nice icon for placing on the iPhone desktop. Read the instructions for "installation" on your iPhone in the article "Public transport timetables for iPhone (IDOS)".
If the developer wants to break through such an application, it should definitely be offline, otherwise it has no future. After all, idos has its own telephone version of timetables, and why should I, as a user, pay for this application? When it's in the offline version, I'll buy it and I won't be alone.
If the developer wants to break through such an application, it should definitely be offline, otherwise it has no future. After all, idos has its own telephone version of timetables, and why should I, as a user, pay for this application? When it's in the offline version, I'll buy it and I won't be alone.
Offline + the possibility of manually entering lines and journey times... then the passenger would choose the starting and ending stations and the number of the connection would be displayed and how many minutes it would take.
Offline + the possibility of manually entering lines and journey times... then the passenger would choose the starting and ending stations and the number of the connection would be displayed and how many minutes it would take.
I don't know, but CZK 40 doesn't seem like much to me. It is a shop application only on the Czech market, how many do you think will be sold? Of course, it is possible to use the web version of iDos, but I find this more comfortable. The iPhone is always connected, so I don't see what advantage the offline version would have. But it would certainly be good to add some features that the web version does not provide, for example, send found links by email.
The author has my support for deciding to grant something just for Guilds, which barely pays him the developer fee for access to iTunes.
I don't know, but CZK 40 doesn't seem like much to me. It is a shop application only on the Czech market, how many do you think will be sold? Of course, it is possible to use the web version of iDos, but I find this more comfortable. The iPhone is always connected, so I don't see what advantage the offline version would have. But it would certainly be good to add some features that the web version does not provide, for example, send found links by email.
The author has my support for deciding to grant something just for Guilds, which barely pays him the developer fee for access to iTunes.
I do not intend to comment on the application, but on the article. I would argue with the author of the article about the phrase "fix most of the things that are missing in the application". In my opinion, it is more appropriate to "add features that may be missing in this version of the application". By "fix" I mean "remake existing functionality", not "add something that isn't there".
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I do not intend to comment on the application, but on the article. I would argue with the author of the article about the phrase "fix most of the things that are missing in the application". In my opinion, it is more appropriate to "add features that may be missing in this version of the application". By "fix" I mean "remake existing functionality", not "add something that isn't there".
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MJJ: it really wasn't appropriate to correct it there, I copied it to add :) Thanks for the warning!
MJJ: it really wasn't appropriate to correct it there, I copied it to add :) Thanks for the warning!
purely for trains (but from all over Europe) I can recommend DB Navigator http://appshopper.com/travel/db-navigator
purely for trains (but from all over Europe) I can recommend DB Navigator http://appshopper.com/travel/db-navigator