Rail Island: Taiwan Rail Live

LiveHsu Hsiang1 app · 11.5K installsMaps & NavigationFreeIn-app purchases: $2.79 - $46.99 per itemtw.railisland.app

A map of Taiwan's railways, with the trains moving on it in real time.

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Total installs
11,535
exact · Play shows 10,000+
Installs / day
+122
7-day avg · last day +122
Rating
—★
— ratings · — reviews
Released
29 Aug 2026
2mo ago
Last update
6 Oct 2026
v1.6.16 · 8d ago
Countries
—
not checked yet

Installs per day

gain of the exact counter
05010015020025030012 Oct13 Oct

Lifetime avg ≈ 256/day (all installs ÷ days since release)

Daily tracking since 11 Oct 2026 · history grows every day

Install history

exact counter from Google Play
11,25011,30011,35011,40011,45011,50011,55011 Oct12 Oct13 Oct
02K4K6K8K10K12K29 Aug11 Oct13 Oct

Dashed: estimate from the release date (no daily data before 11 Oct 2026) · time axis compressed before that day

Daily tracking since 11 Oct 2026 · history grows every day

Change timeline

Full history

No changes recorded yet. We compare every crawl with the previous one and list title, icon, screenshots, description, version, price and availability changes here.

Country availability

Availability has not been checked for this app yet. “Check all countries” looks the app up in about 140 Google Play storefronts and shows where it is live, listed but not installable, or missing — plus any country-specific (custom) store listings.

Top countries

estimate · charts of 13 Oct

Most downloads likely come from 🇹🇼 Taiwan (~100%).

  1. Taiwan100%#45 Top free · Maps & navigation

Estimated from top-chart positions weighted by each country’s Google Play market size. Countries where the app is not in a chart are not shown, so small markets may be missing.

Top chart positions

as of 13 Oct
ChartCountryRankChange
Top free · Maps & navigation TW#45▲ 4

App manifest

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Manifest analysis reads only the required APK ranges. Base APK downloads may need separate device splits to install.

Data safety

declared by the developer on Google Play
  • Shares data with third parties Location, Personal info and 2 others
  • Collects data Location, Personal info and 3 others
  • Data is encrypted in transit
  • You can ask for your data to be deleted

This is the developer's own declaration, summarised from the Play listing. The permissions below show what the app is technically able to access.

Permissions

8 in 2 groups
2 Sensitive2 Notable4 Routine

What this app can do with your phone

  • Know roughly where you are, using mobile towers and Wi-Fi networks
  • Know your exact location using GPS, Wi-Fi and mobile networks
LocationSensitive2

Access to where your device is, using GPS or network signals

  • Know roughly where you are, using mobile towers and Wi-Fi networksapproximate location (network-based) · ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION
  • Know your exact location using GPS, Wi-Fi and mobile networksprecise location (GPS and network-based) · ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION
OtherNotable6

Access to miscellaneous device features that don't fit other categories

  • Start itself automatically as soon as your phone finishes turning onrun at startup · RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED
  • Keep your phone's processor or screen from going to sleep, which can use more batteryprevent device from sleeping · WAKE_LOCK
  • Check whether you are online and whether you use Wi-Fi or mobile dataview network connections · ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
  • Connect to the internet to load content and send datafull network access · INTERNET
  • Check with Google Play that you got this app legitimatelyGoogle Play license check · com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE
  • Read Google service settings stored on your deviceread Google service configuration · com.google.android.providers.gsf.permission.READ_GSERVICES

Sensitive = can reach personal data, location, camera/mic or act on your behalf. Notable = changes how your device behaves. Routine = normal for almost every app. Source: Google Play's permission list for all versions of this app.

Store listing

Full description
A living map of Taiwan's railways Every point of light is a train out on the line right now TRA, High Speed Rail, Alishan Forest Railway, and metro and light rail in five cities, all on one map, all on today's timetable. Tap a train and the map follows it. Tap a station for the next departures, with carriage crowding on Taipei Metro. Positions come from the official arrival times, so trains drift between stations. The times are official, and accurate. Arrival alerts, departure widgets, travel passport. Traditional Chinese, English and Japanese. I build Rail Island on my own, and everything above is free, with no account and no payment. There is also Rail Island Pass, monthly or yearly, which adds: · Delay history for TRA trains, day by day, going back 90 days · Metro widgets showing several stations at once, or "Automatic (nearest station)" that follows you as you move · Cloud sync for your favorites and ride records across devices · Share trip, so a friend can see which train you are on · Import your saved lists from Google Maps as Rail Island favorites · High-resolution satellite imagery when you are not following a train · Next stop and trip progress on the Lock Screen while following a train (Android 16, Now Bar on Samsung) · The Founding Islander badge in your travel passport The subscription renews through Google Play and can be cancelled at any time in your Google Play subscription settings. The Pass opens up features inside the app. It is not a travel ticket. Train data comes from TDX, the open transport data platform run by Taiwan's Ministry of Transportation and Communications, and from each operator's own public live feeds.

What's new

Rail Island 1.6.16 • Metro widgets: multiple stations and “Automatic (nearest station)” are now free for everyone, no Pass needed • 3D map: Taipei Main Station and Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall now turn fully translucent where a rail line runs past, so you can see the tracks and trains below • Lookup tab: stations with many directions show four rows; scroll for the rest. It no longer jumps to the top when it updates • Fixed brief jumps when TRA trains pass a station

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