Metro Time Helper Downloads & RevenueMetro Time Helper: Taipei MRT · App Store

Built for the Taipei MRT in Taiwan: tell Metro Time Helper when you need to arrive, and it works out the latest time to walk into the station.

Its standout feature is 50 languages, so it suits locals in Taiwan on the daily commute just as well as visitors from around the world taking the Taipei MRT for the first time, each in a language they know. Use it on iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch.

Most transport apps answer one question: what time will I get there? Metro Time Helper answers the one that matters before a meeting, a dinner booking or the last train home: when do I need to set off? It works backwards from your arrival time, changes included, so there is no more guesswork.

Three modes in one app
Switch at any time with the glass button in the top left corner.

Everyday MRT
Choose where you are starting, where you are going and when you need to be there. You get the latest time to enter the station, a step-by-step timeline for every leg and change, first and last train warnings, and a reminder when it is time to leave. Setting off straight away? Switch to Leave now and see when you will arrive. Tap any station on the built-in zoomable MRT map to make it your start or destination, and your journey is drawn on the map. Choose Standard estimates (half a service interval of waiting) or Cautious estimates (a full interval), and adjust your station entry buffer.

Xiaobitan branch
Qizhang to Xiaobitan on the official fixed timetable: a countdown to the next train, full timetables for today, weekdays and weekends, departure reminders 1 to 30 minutes beforehand, and the official timetable PDF. Trains on this branch run only around every 12 to 16 minutes, and most journey apps overlook it. Everyday journey planning also uses the same official timetable whenever your route includes this branch. Meihe City (美河市) in Xindian sits right beside Xiaobitan Station, so with a departure reminder set, residents need not hang about on the platform.

Beitou to Xinbeitou branch
The short line to the Xinbeitou hot spring area, with the same countdown, full timetables, reminders and official PDF.

Widget and Live Activities
One smart Metro Time widget follows the app's current mode, has a button to switch modes and shows when it last updated. Once you set Remind me, a Live Activity counts down to your time to leave or your next departure on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island (iPhone only).

Apple Watch
A standalone Watch app with all three modes, station selection, countdowns and watch face complications.

Lines covered
Wenhu, Tamsui-Xinyi (including the Xinbeitou branch), Songshan-Xindian (including the Xiaobitan branch), Zhonghe-Xinlu, Bannan, phase one of the Circular line, and the New Taipei Metro Sanying line (Dingpu to Yingge, with a change to the Bannan line at Dingpu). The Airport MRT and light rail are not included. The official Taipei MRT network map is also in the app, as a zoomable vector map in Chinese or English (needs a connection).

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