Commute notifications
Know when to leave, before traffic decides for you.
Set your commute once. Each morning, TrafficSkipper checks the drive with live traffic, tells you the latest time you can leave and still arrive on time, and keeps that number current on your lock screen until you go.
14 days free, then $19.99 a monthTuesday, November 10
7:30
Downtown office
38 min. Leave by 8:22 AM.
Downtown office
29 min. Leave by 8:31 AM.
How it works
One notification that keeps up with traffic
Built for the half hour between waking up and walking out the door.
Set it once
Add home, where you are going, the time you need to arrive, and the days you commute. That is the whole setup.
One notification
At your Notification Time, a single notification shows the drive time right now and the latest time you can leave and still arrive on time.
Kept current
Until you leave, the drive is re-checked every ten minutes and the same notification updates in place. No stack of alerts.
Leave-By
Your Leave-By is your arrival time minus the current drive time. When traffic builds, it moves earlier; when it clears, it moves later.
Your choice
Tap Work from home and the day is done. Tap Traffic snooze to keep watching, with an alert each time the drive time changes.
Downtown office
Waiting for traffic
Checked every 10 minutes until Leave-By.
The app
With TrafficSkipper
- Live traffic drive times from home to each place you commute to
- One notification per commute, updated in place until it is time to leave
- Work from home or snooze straight from the lock screen
- Several commute Profiles, each with its own days and times
- Get Directions hands off to your usual maps app
- Works overnight too: a shift that starts after midnight is fine
Pricing
Try it free for two weeks
Billed through the App Store or Google Play.
14 days free
Try every feature for two weeks. Cancel before the trial ends and you are not charged.
$19.99 a month
After the trial, TrafficSkipper renews monthly. Cancel any time in your App Store or Google Play account.
$199 a year
Prefer to pay once a year? The annual plan is available in the app.
FAQ
Questions, answered
How does TrafficSkipper know the drive time?
Each check asks a traffic-aware routing service for the current drive from your home to your destination, the same kind of estimate a maps app shows when you ask for directions right now.
When does the notification arrive?
At the Notification Time you choose for each commute, one hour before arrival by default. It stays on your lock screen and updates until your Leave-By time passes.
Will it buzz every ten minutes?
No. While you are getting ready, updates replace the notification quietly. If you tap Traffic snooze, each change in the drive time alerts you, because you have asked to be told when traffic moves.
Do I need to keep the app open?
No. The checks run on our servers and arrive as notifications, so the app can stay closed. Notification permission is all it needs.
Where does it work?
Anywhere our traffic provider has live data for the roads you drive. It is built first for commuters in the United States.
What does it cost?
Fourteen days free, then $19.99 a month or $199 a year. See the terms for how trials and renewals work.
Traffic changes every morning. Know before you go.