Commute now BE

Deerlijk to Brussel-Centraal

Leaving now. Train or car?

You already know the four ways to get to work. What you do not know, standing at the door with your coat on, is which one wins today. Commute now checks live trains and live traffic and puts them in one list.

The app listing four ways to reach Brussels, ranked by arrival time, with the car option marked fastest and cheapest.

See it work

The whole idea, from four options down to one answer, and what the evening looks like. Has sound.

Four ways, one honest answer

Every option is costed and timed the same way, so the comparison is real rather than a hunch about which station is quicker.

Live, not timetabled

Train times come from iRail with the delays and platforms as they stand. Driving times come from TomTom with today's traffic in them.

The fare, worked out

Priced by the kilometre, with an off-peak discount card and a cap per journey. Parking for the day is counted against the car.

It knows where you are

Standing on the platform already? It stops charging you the time to walk there and shows that station's next departures instead.

The trip home follows

Your car is where you left it, so the way back is decided by the way you came. One tap in the morning, no thinking at six.

What it looks like

The whole journey, laid out

The whole journey, laid out

Every leg with its own time, the traffic already counted, and what the day costs there and back.

Evening asks one question

Evening asks one question

Your car is where you left it. Say how you came in and the way home follows from that.

What it needs from you

Two minutes of setup, once. After that you open it and read the list.

Driving times need a TomTom API key. It is free, it takes a minute to create, and the app asks for it the first time you open it. The key is kept in the iPhone Keychain and never leaves your phone except to talk to TomTom.

Train times come from iRail and need no key at all.

Set the trip up once

Where you start, where you need to be, and the ways you might take it. Drive to one station, cycle to another, or drive the whole way.

Built for Belgian rail

Stations, fares and the discount card follow NMBS. iPhone, iOS 17 or later.

Nothing to sign up for

No account, no analytics, no ads. Your commutes stay on your phone and export as a file when you want to share one.