Glimble: NS, Arriva and more

3.5
910 reviews
100K+
Downloads
Content rating
PEGI 3
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About this app

Glimble is your travel app for all public transport in the Netherlands: whether you want to travel by bus, tram, metro or train, or want to combine different modes of transport. You can plan trips and books tickets for all carriers. From Arriva to NS and from Connexxion to GVB. Besides that, you can find shared transport in the app. For example handy scooters or shared cars.

Glimble is your travel assistant in the Netherlands. You decide how you want to travel, we find the best journey for you. Let us know if you are looking for the fastest trip by public transport, the cheapest, or maybe the most sustainable. Or are you looking for wheelchair accessible routes? It is possible to filter routes that way.

Travel from A to B in your own language - You can use travel app glimble in more than 40 languages, yours too. Of course glimble is available in Dutch and in English. But you can also use the glimble journeyplanner in Arabic, Chinese or German for example. Buying tickets is also possible in your own language of course.

Live travel advice - Glimble helps you with every step of your journey with public transport. We find the closest stop for you, tell you how to get there, explain on which platform you have to be and we give you a notification when you need to hop off the bus or train. So, with travel app glimble you will never get lost in public transport again: don’t ever get on the wrong train again or forget to disembark.

Easy ticket purchasing in the app – Once you've planned your journey, buy your ticket instantly in the app and travel with the QR code on your mobile device. You no longer need an OV-chipkaart or any other card in public transportation; glimble handles everything in one travel app. Travelling with a group? Easily add your travel companions, select them, and book tickets for them in just a few clicks. Good to know: you don’t pay any transaction fees when you buy tickets with glimble.

International payment – No more hassle with payment, such as recharging an OV-chipkaart. Pay the way you like, whether that’s with your credit card, or through PayPal, Sofort, Giropay or Bancontact.

Glimble makes your journey, however you want to travel. If you have any questions about your public transport or experience any problems, our customer service is available every day to answer your questions about your public transportation journey. Whether you have questions about the travel planner or your ticket, we're here for you. On weekdays from 6:00 to 23:00, on weekends and holidays from 7:00 to 23:00.
Updated on
Apr 22, 2024

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
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This app may collect these data types
Location, Personal info and 4 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

3.5
884 reviews
Balázs
August 31, 2023
Concept: good. Execution: poor. - Live travel advice and tracking are often misleading and inaccurate - Best travel advice between Home and Work are often significantly longer than other routes - After not using the app for a few days, "updating routes" takes annoyingly long (both on wifi & 4G) - Changing between stops in the map view is frustrating and sometimes stops under another stop can't be selected Overall, at the moment, it's just frustrating to use it.
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Arriva Personenvervoer Nederland B.V.
September 7, 2023
Hi Balázs, Thank you for your extensive feedback. We are sorry to hear that you don't have a good experience with the performance of our app, and with the planning results. If you have examples with screenshots for us, we would love to receive them so we can check this internally. Please send them to klantenservice@glimble.nl. Thanks! Hillie
O A
June 22, 2022
This is a wonderful idea. My only two complaints are as follows: 1. The bus halte arrival times are consistently inaccurate. 2. That the app habitually ignores the bus halte closest to me, and there is no option to buy for it. I can see that this bus is in service but the app creates the route, not me. I have mobility challenges and the app sends me to stops far away from me, even if I modify the filters in my favor. Can this be addressed?
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Arriva Personenvervoer Nederland B.V.
June 22, 2022
Hoi, Bedankt voor je positieve review en je feedback. We zouden dit graag wat verder voor je uit willen zoeken. Zou je een voorbeeld van jouw punten toe willen sturen in een mail naar klantenservice@glimble.nl? Graag horen we wat precies je begin- en eindpunt is van de route, eventueel inclusief je filteropties. Groet, Hillie
mareike seitz
December 11, 2022
Bad layout, lots of clicks necessary to finally have your trip show in the app. Even though arrival.nl forces you to install the app to buy tickets, the international rides can't be bought. So all in all a useless app that only takes up space, there's better travel planners like 9292 or Google maps and you can't buy the tickets so have to pay an extra euro at the station.
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Arriva Personenvervoer Nederland B.V.
December 13, 2022
Hi Mareike, I'm sorry to hear that the app is not what you expected. I'm not sure what you mean by you can't buy the tickets? Because if you plan your trip in our app, you can buy the tickets immediately within the app. Could you let us know which international trip you wanted to buy a ticket for? Kind regards, Hillie