Bahnmonitor

Guide

Bahnmonitor as an app on your phone and computer

Bahnmonitor is a web app: you install it straight from the browser, without an app store. Afterwards it starts like a normal app, with its own icon and without an address bar.

iPhone und iPad

  1. Open bahnmonitor.de in Safari and sign in.
  2. Tap the share icon (square with arrow up – depending on iOS version via “…” first).
  3. Choose “Add to Home Screen”, keep the name “Bahnmonitor”, tap “Add”.
  4. Start the app from the home screen and tap “Allow on this device” under Settings → App notification. On iPhone this only works in the app installed this way.

Android

  1. Open bahnmonitor.de in Chrome and sign in.
  2. Menu ⋮ top right → “Install app” (sometimes “Add to Home screen”).
  3. Confirm – the icon is now on your home screen.
  4. Under Settings → App notification “Allow on this device”.

Computer with Chrome or Edge (Windows, Mac)

  1. Open bahnmonitor.de and sign in.
  2. Chrome: install icon on the right of the address bar (screen with arrow) or menu ⋮ → “Cast, save and share” → “Install page as app”.
  3. Edge: menu … → “Apps” → “Install this site as an app”.
  4. On Windows the app is then in the Start menu; right-click → “Pin to taskbar” or create a desktop shortcut.

Mac with Safari

  1. Open bahnmonitor.de in Safari and sign in.
  2. Menu “File” → “Add to Dock”.

Depending on the browser version the menu items are named slightly differently. Something not working: help button at the bottom right.

The icon matches your design

Yellow
Waiting-room red

Browser tab and app icon show the design you chose under Settings → Appearance. In the tab it changes immediately. On your phone and in the dock the icon stays as it was when added – after switching, remove the app once and add it again.

Your design right now: Waiting-room red. Change

So the alerts reach you

  1. Telegram: Settings → “Connect Telegram”, press “Start” once in the bot. Most reliable, even when the app is closed.
  2. E-mail: click the link in the confirmation e-mail.
  3. App notification: allow once per device (see above).
  4. Finally “Send a test alert via all channels” – then you know what arrives.