Await - NYC Subway Departures
Live MTA subway times near you
Only for iPhone
Free · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
Every train within a five-minute walk, both directions, one screen. No account, no ads, no server — the board is built on your phone from the MTA's live feeds.
Await shows every New York City subway train leaving the stations within a five-minute walk of you — both directions, one screen.
No account. No ads. No tracking. Open the app and the board is already yours: each line at your stations, the next departures counting down live, uptown and downtown side by side.
HOW IT WORKS
Await reads the MTA's public real-time feeds directly on your phone and builds the departure board on-device. There is no middleman server, and your location never leaves the phone — it is used to pick the stations you can walk to, nothing more.
• Live countdowns for every line at your stations, in both directions
• Service alerts shown right on the board
• Late-night service shown as it actually runs
• Works without location — deny permission and pick your station by name instead
• Offline station search: find any station by name without a signal
• One screen. No tabs, no map, no setup.
WHAT IT COVERS
The New York City Subway — every line the MTA publishes real-time data for. No buses, no commuter rail.
TIP JAR
Settings has three optional tips. They unlock nothing: the whole app is free, and it stays that way whether you leave one or not. It is there for the people who want to say the board is worth something.
PRIVACY
Your location is read only while the app is open and only to choose nearby stations. It is never stored and never sent anywhere. There is no account, no analytics, and no tracking SDK. Tips are handled by the App Store — Await never sees your payment details, and keeps no record that you tipped.
Ratings & Reviews
Alerts now tell you where to go. When the MTA suggests other trains, Await shows the ones you can actually walk to, with the station and how long the walk is.
Walk times are more accurate. Swipe left for Settings. And there's a tip jar, if you'd like to leave one — it unlocks nothing.
The developer, Buildfront LLC, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Buildfront LLC
- Size
- 52.6 MB
- Category
- Navigation
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 16.4 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 16.4 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Buildfront