Zurückbleiben
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Live BVG & VBB departures · Berlin

Zurückbleiben, bitte.

The doors are closing and you are not on the train. Zurückbleiben keeps your next departure in the menu bar, on your phone and on the wall, so you leave at the right minute, every time.

Free on the App Store, for Mac, iPhone, iPad and Apple TV. Berlin and Brandenburg: U-Bahn, S-Bahn, tram, bus and regional trains, live from VBB.

One click on the item and the board opens where you were already looking.

Shows departures you can still catch

The board knows your walk to each stop and lists the departures you can still make. A notification tells you when to stand up. Cancellations show the moment VBB reports them.

Tells you when to leave
A notification arrives when it is time to walk to the stop. If the tram is cancelled, the notification is withdrawn.
Shows how old its numbers are
When the live feed stops, the badges turn grey and the board shows the time of its last update.
Lets you choose what the menu bar shows
The next departure at any of your stops, one line, one direction or one stop.
Knows your walk to each stop
Set the minutes once per stop. Every countdown and every notification counts them in.

Widgets on the Home Screen

Three widget sizes put your next departures next to your apps. Your stops sync from the Mac over iCloud, so the phone knows the same stops and the same walks.

  • Home Screen widgets in small, medium and large, next to the apps you already look at.
  • The stops come from your Mac. Set up once, and the phone knows what the Mac knows, over iCloud.
  • The app holds the setup and the list of your stops. The widgets show the departures.

Puts the departure where you already look

The countdown sits on your desktop and on your Home Screen, so a glance tells you whether to get up. Pick the stop or the line each widget watches: the tram home on the Mac, the U-Bahn to work on the phone.

Mac desktop
iPhone Home Screen

On your Apple TV

Install the Apple TV app on the screen in the hallway or the kitchen. It shows the same stops as your Mac, synced over iCloud, at a size you can read from the other end of the flat.

Everything is in the free apps

Unlimited stops, leave-now notifications, filters, widgets, the Apple TV board: all of it, in every app. No Pro tier, no trial, no upsell.

No account
No sign-up, no email, no password to forget.
No tracking
No analytics SDK, no third-party anything.
Location used once
Read during setup, to list the stops near you.
Your stops stay yours
On your devices and in your own iCloud.

A departure board for your business

For cafés, lobbies, receptions, co-workings and office kitchens: a full-screen board at your own URL, with your logo and up to four stops. Open it in any browser on any screen: a smart TV, a streaming stick, an old iPad.

€29per screen
per month

Proper EU invoice with VAT ID, billed monthly, cancel from the same page. One URL, one display. A second television is a second screen. Billing runs on the website, and the apps stay free.

Hotels and hostels
Guests stop asking reception how to get to Mitte. The board answers before they reach the desk.
Offices and co-workings
By the lift or the kitchen, so nobody packs up two minutes too late for the U-Bahn.
Cafés, bars and restaurants
One more coffee, or run for the tram. Guests can see the answer from their table.
Gyms, clinics and salons
Waiting rooms and changing rooms, where people are already watching a clock.
Schools and universities
Foyers and cafeterias, with the tram, the bus and the S-Bahn on one screen.
Shops and showrooms
A quiet, useful screen near the till.
  1. 1Give us the addressWe list the stops around it. Pick up to four and set the walking time.
  2. 2Drop in your logoSVG or PNG, top right of the board.
  3. 3Open the URL and leave itAny browser in kiosk mode. It stays on and updates itself.

Your logo, light or dark, one accent colour. Lines keep their official colours.

Leave at the right minute

Berlin and Brandenburg for now.