# Japan Travel - Smart Transit

> Visit Japan/ Shinkansen rail

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id686373726](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id686373726)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id686373726`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** NAVITIME JAPAN CO.,LTD.
- **Category:** Navigation
- **Rating:** 4.70 / 5 (2,607 ratings)
- **Version:** 12.2.3
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-12
- **First published:** 2013-10-18
- **Size:** 317 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-17
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/japan-travel-smart-transit/id686373726)
- **Website:** [http://japantravel.navitime.com/en/lp/app](http://japantravel.navitime.com/en/lp/app)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://static.japan.travel.navitime.com/contents/html/general/privacy/privacy\_en.html](https://static.japan.travel.navitime.com/contents/html/general/privacy/privacy_en.html)

## Description

Japan Travel by NAVITIME helps you explore Japan like a local. It combines guides and articles with practical route search, a zoomable map, offline spot search, and planning tools. Create itineraries from +200 editor-created routes and save favorites on a timeline.

Key features include Explore guides, Route Search across trains, planes, taxis, and ferries, offline map search for hotspots and amenities, and a new Itinerary tool. Premium features add alternate routes, voice navigation, article rankings, more collections, and a weather radar. Note: The app uses GPS in the background for enhanced experience; you can disable it in Settings.

## Rankings

- #35,638 — Overall

## Review summary

The reviews show the app is extremely helpful for planning Japan rail routes and is highly valued by many users as an essential, one-stop transit planning tool. However, recurring complaints center on cost (premium pricing and ticket markups), billing and refund problems, app instability, and data quality issues (inaccurate times/locations and weak search). Overall, it’s very useful when it works, but reliability, pricing, and UX concerns limit its value for many travelers.

### Pros

- Detailed, multi-line routing data with exits and car information for complex itineraries.
- Reliable timetable data and real-time alerts (e.g., earthquake notices) that aid planning and safety.
- All-in-one transit planning tool for Japan, simplifying trip planning.
- Useful companion to Google Maps, pairing train routes with walking directions.
- Highly practical and widely trusted by travelers for navigating Japan’s rail system.

### Cons

- High cost with premium subscriptions, persistent ads, and ticket markups; value often questioned.
- Billing and refund problems, including incorrect charges and unhelpful or slow support.
- App instability after subscribing (crashes, white screen, or failure to load), making it unusable.
- Data quality and search/map issues (inaccurate times/routes, incorrect station locations, weak search).
- Aggressive upsell and confusing UX (forced updates, cluttered interface, inconsistent behavior).

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id686373726)