Railwise

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Railwise is an iPhone app and a website for rail passengers in Germany. They show live where a train is, and how punctual a train, a connection or a transfer has been over the last 30 days. Railwise analyses public timetable and real-time data stop by stop, and is independent of Deutsche Bahn.

Patrick Trepte

Co-founder and managing director

patrick@railwise.eu

Justin Räker

Co-founder

justin@railwise.eu
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App Store rating
4.8 out of 5
158 ratings, App Store Germany, 28 September 2026
Train runs on a weekday
28,090
long-distance and regional, without S-Bahn, with 286,360 stops; Friday, 25 September 2026
Stations
4,826
with at least one train that day, across Germany
In the App Store since
24 March 2026
Free · iPhone and iPad · iOS 26 or later · German and English
Company
Railwise UG
Baldham near Munich · founded by Patrick Trepte and Justin Räker

The app

  • Live status

    Delay, platform and next stop, also as a Live Activity on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, with the saved seat.

  • Punctuality before booking

    Route search shows how reliable each connection was over the last 30 days, and every single day behind that figure.

  • Transfers

    Railwise shows whether a connection is likely to work and how often it was made before.

  • Commuter mode

    For the trains you take every week: Railwise checks the next day’s timetable each evening and only alerts you when something changes.

  • Travel Log

    Every journey is kept with the route the train actually took, with statistics, time lost and trophies. Synced through iCloud.

  • Import from DB Navigator

    A trip shared from the DB Navigator app arrives with exactly the trains that were booked.

Railwise in the App Store

Icon and logo

Icon, logo and all screenshots are also in the press kit ZIP.

Icon, logo and screenshots may be used for reporting on Railwise. Please do not alter them.

Coverage

  1. 29 Aug 2026appgamers.deRailwise: Pünktlichkeit der Deutschen Bahn hinterfragenAbout the app
  2. 28 Aug 2026Mannheim24Umsteige-Hölle! Dieser Bahnhof in Deutschland hat am häufigsten GleiswechselRailwise data · Railwise analysis of platform changes in long-distance rail
  3. 27 Aug 2026iphone-ticker.deBahn-Apps: Railwise und Abfahrtstafel legen nachAbout the app
  4. 30 Jul 2026Frankfurter Allgemeine ZeitungWie verändert die Hitze unser Leben?Railwise data · Long-distance punctuality and cancellations during the heatwave · subscription
  5. 9 Jul 2026DIE ZEITStrecke: frisch saniert – Pünktlichkeitsquote: 6 ProzentRailwise data · Analysis of 889 long-distance runs on the renovated Hamburg–Berlin line · subscription
  6. 17 Jun 2026Tagesspiegel BackgroundSo unzuverlässig fahren Regionalzüge je nach BundeslandRailwise data · Exclusive analysis: regional trains by federal state · subscription
  7. 5 Jun 2026B304Verspätung als ErfolgsmodellAbout the app
  8. 31 May 2026Mac LifeiPhone-Apps: Unsere App-Tipps für Juni 2026About the app · App of the month
  9. 26 May 2026reisereporterRailwise: Was kann die Studenten-App gegen Bahnfrust?About the app
  10. 24 May 2026CHIPJeder zweite Zug unpünktlich: In diesem Bundesland ist das Bahn-Chaos gerade am größtenRailwise data
  11. 22 May 2026MerkurStudenten entwickeln App gegen Bahnfrust – nach einem Monat über 3000 DownloadsAbout the app
  12. 13 May 2026HandelsblattDeutsche Bahn: Schönt die Bahn die Verspätungszahlen im Fernverkehr?Railwise data · Analysis of more than 180,000 ICE and IC arrivals in April 2026 · subscription
  13. 13 May 2026TagesspiegelNeue Zahlen zum Fernverkehr: Pünktlichkeit der Deutschen Bahn schlechter als ausgewiesenRailwise data
  14. 13 May 2026BahnblogstelleBericht: Bahn-Pünktlichkeit schlechter als offiziell ausgewiesenRailwise data
  15. 8 May 2026BahnblogstelleNeue App analysiert Verspätungsrisiken im BahnverkehrAbout the app
  16. 5 May 2026PC-WELTDie besten Bahn-Apps als Alternative zum DB NavigatorAbout the app
  17. 28 Apr 2026iphone-ticker.deRailwise: Geheimtipp zeigt Verspätungsrisiken einzelner ZugverbindungenAbout the app

For data journalists

What we measure

Source
Mainly Deutsche Bahn’s open timetable and real-time data (licensed CC BY 4.0).
Unit
Every single stop of every run, aggregated by train, route, station or period.
On time
Less than six minutes late. Cancellations count against the result; missing data never counts as on time.
Scope
Long-distance and regional trains at more than 4,800 stations in Germany, without S-Bahn. railwise.eu shows ICE, IC and Flixtrain; analyses for newsrooms can include regional trains.
Comparability
The figures are not directly comparable with DB’s official statistics. With every analysis we state exactly what was counted.

Full methodology and limitations

Analyses we can provide

  • Punctuality of a train, route, region or station over a period
  • Comparisons between federal states, stations, times of day and weekdays
  • Before and after: engineering works, line renovations, heat, strikes
  • Cancellations, partial cancellations and platform changes
  • Delay reasons as given by DB

Tell us your question and deadline. We send figures with the method and the period, and on request exclusively.

How to cite Railwise

Please name Railwise as the source, with the period analysed.

Source: Railwise, analysis of public timetable and real-time data, 1–30 September 2026

Tables and charts we send you also credit Deutsche Bahn’s source data (CC BY 4.0). Online, we appreciate a link to railwise.eu or to the train, route or station page.

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