nstop is an iOS app that delivers real-time departures, platform changes, and service alerts from every transit operator in the Netherlands — entirely in English. It’s the first product from NSTOP LTD, the company I founded to fix how expats navigate Dutch public transport.
The problem
Every Dutch transit app assumes you speak Dutch. The existing alternatives are slow, ad-riddled, or don’t cover all operators. nstop is built from scratch for people who live in the Netherlands but don’t speak the language — a market of roughly 1.6 million people that no one is serving well.
Architecture
- Live data from the national NDOV gateway, covering all major operators (NS, GVB, RET, HTM, Arriva, and more)
- SwiftUI interface with zero external dependencies
- Upcoming: calendar integration that tells you when to leave, not just what’s departing