OliveGoNYC For Apple Watch

One glance.
Then go.

Your usual train. Your usual bus.
See which arrives first, right on your wrist.

Download on the App Store$0.99 once. Up to eight saved trips.

NYC subway + MTA buses. Set up on your Watch.
No companion iPhone app required.

OliveGo on Apple Watch Ultra 3: the 6 train arrives in 3 minutes, ahead of the M102 bus in 12 minutes
Real app. Familiar journey. Next arrival.
NEW YORK CITY · NEXT ARRIVALSTHIS WAY FOR THE DETAILS
01 — THE IDEA

You know the way.
Here’s what’s next.

Pick one or two direct services between two places you know. OliveGo compares their upcoming arrivals. The one due sooner pulls ahead.

Arrival times, not total journey times.
You compare. You decide.

02 — YOUR JOURNEYS

The trips you
actually take.

Home to work. Home to the gym.
Save up to eight regular trips, and compare one or two direct services on each.

8saved trips.
One little app.
1

Open your usual.

Actual OliveGo arrival screen: 6 train in 3 minutes, M102 bus in 12 minutes

One glance tells you what’s coming. The earlier arrival is already ahead.

2

Look a little later.

Actual later-arrivals screen: train arrivals in 3, 11, 18 and 26 minutes, bus arrivals in 12 and 31 minutes

Not leaving just yet? Swipe to see the arrivals after the next one.

3

Keep your usuals.

Actual journey management screen with HOME to WORK, HOME to GYM and Add journey

Swipe sideways to switch saved trips. Add, edit or delete them on the Watch.

Actual OliveGo screens · Example journeys and arrivals

03 — ALL ON YOUR WATCH

No phone handoff.

Choose your lines and stops, name your places, and you’re set. It all happens on the Watch itself.

OliveGo can pick your direction using location on the Watch, or you can switch it yourself.

Your location stays on your Watch.
Actual OliveGo setup: nearby 4, 5 and 6 subway lines at 86 St
START HERE ↙Pick a line.
Pick your stops.
Make it yours.

One tap from your Watch face.

Keep OliveGo right on your Watch face with a handy complication. One tap takes you straight to your saved journeys, so you can check live arrivals and decide which way to go without searching through your apps.

Apple Watch face with the OliveGo complication: a train and bus icon that opens the app
The OliveGo portrait icon
04 — A NOTE FROM SIMON
For the original passenger.

Made for Olive.
Useful for everyone.

Olive has an Apple Watch. She also has a habit of texting us to ask when the next bus or train is. We would open the MTA site, find the answer, and text back. It seemed like quite a lot of people and devices to answer one small question.

I wanted her to look at her wrist and see her familiar options herself. I couldn’t find an app that did precisely that, so I made one. Getting it onto her independent Watch meant making it publicly available. And here we are.

The little race is for Olive. The glance at what’s next is for anyone who already knows their way around.

— Simon
OliveGo later arrivals on Apple Watch Ultra 3 with its full Ocean Band
A small answer to
an everyday question.
05 — THE FARE
OLIVEGO NYC · ONE‑TIME FARE$0.99UP TO EIGHT SAVED TRIPS

Why 99 cents?

I had planned to make OliveGo free. Getting arrival data onto the Watch requires a small intermediary service, which I pay to run and maintain. The nominal one-time price helps support that service.

That’s the whole fare: no subscription, no in-app purchases, no premium carriage. I wasn’t planning to make a business out of it. At 99 cents, I probably still haven’t.

With Family Sharing, one purchase covers the whole family.

06 — GOOD TO KNOW

Quick answers.

Do I need an iPhone?

No. OliveGo is a standalone Apple Watch app: setup, saved journeys and arrival times all live on the Watch, and there is no companion iPhone app. It also works on watches set up with Family Setup. It needs watchOS 10 or later and a data connection (Wi‑Fi, cellular or a paired iPhone) to fetch arrival times.

Which trains and buses does it cover?

NYC Transit subway lines, including the Staten Island Railway, and MTA buses. Arrival times come from the MTA’s public real-time data.

Is it a trip planner?

No. OliveGo compares the next arrivals for one or two direct services you already use between two places. It doesn’t plan routes, suggest transfers or compare total journey times; you decide which to take.

How many journeys can I save?

Up to eight saved trips, such as home to work or home to school. Each one compares one or two direct subway or bus services, and you can turn around for the other direction. Swipe sideways to switch between them, and add, edit or delete them on the Watch.

How much does it cost?

$0.99 once in the US. Up to eight saved trips are included, with no subscription and no in-app purchases.

What data does OliveGo collect?

None. Location is used on the Watch only, to list nearby stops during setup and to guess which way you’re going; it is never sent anywhere. Your places and rides stay on the Watch, and arrival requests carry only public MTA route and stop identifiers. There are no accounts, analytics, advertising or tracking. Read the privacy page.

Is OliveGo affiliated with the MTA?

No. OliveGo is independent. It uses the MTA’s public data and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the MTA.

NEXT STOP — YOUR WRIST

Know what’s next.
Go when it’s time.

Download on the App Store

OliveGo NYC for Apple Watch · $0.99 one-time purchase in the US