Our latest and greatest version with updates for security and performance.

Kicking off 2026 with a new version which contains bug fixes and improvements for stability.

2025 continues to be the year of innovation. We added a new page to show you an interactive graph of track usage by provider! Also, on the existing NYP Board, you can now click-through to see the track prediction!
You can always see what's new in each version at clevercommute.com/release-notes.

Dozens of security improvements, modernizations, and bug fixes.
However, the big story is the launch of The NY Penn Board!

In addition to a slew of updates for speed, security and uptime, we completed the renovation of how push notifications work.
This is our ten-year anniversary! Join the celebration!

Improved infrastructure for push notifications
Enhancements to the Commuter Forecast feature
Other upgrades for security and performance

Improvements to end-user experience
- Fixed badge counter
- Commuter Forecast - Added feedback to user as page loads. Page now shows all of the user's MyTrains
- Participate and Recent Alerts - Updates for clarity/readability

MyTrains
- Resolved bug for LIRR users
- Improved control of alerts/e-mails
- Improved user experience when adding and removing trains

Tech / Infrastructure
- Security-related enhancements
- Front and back-end enhancements to subscriber processing

You can always see release notes here - https://clevercommute.com/release-notes

Continued improvements to end-user experience for new joiners
Optimizations for sign-up for Premium

Read more about all versions at https://clevercommute.com/release-notes

The changes were largely technical to improve the apps back-end functions.
More info at https://clevercommute.com/release-notes

Technical upgrades for speed and security.

Several fixes and technical changes to improve your overall experience.

Improved experience for LIRR riders
 - Improved Track Predictor
 - Redesigned how official LIRR alerts render in "Recent Alerts"
 - Grand Central Madison is now an official terminal with features such as
      Track Predictor
      MyTrains
      Track History
      Track numbers via push/e-mail

Improved experience for Metro-North riders
 - Enhanced departure board
 - Changes colors used in the app to improve readability

Various aesthetics and consistencies in user interface
 - Improved image rendering in "News You Need"
 - Improved ordering of icons/features in MyTrains
 - Remove some banner ads
 - Enriched links to social sites

Security
 - Tightened password requirements and enriched the tooltip to explain it.

Features and End User Experience

o Overhauled track prediction page
 - Improved data access
 - Enhanced pie chart experience
o Increased the number of MyTrains from 3 to 4
Note: Departure board and Leaderboard are now components of the Premium experience.

Bug fixes

o Extended the Snooze range and fixed issue with 2022
o In-app purchase has been overhauled

See all release notes at https://clevercommute.com/release-notes

Features and End User Experience
o New ability for Premium users to see reason and end date

o Users of free app now see official info from transit providers
o Content sharers automatically get free Premium service
o In-app icon changes for clarity and consistency

Bug Fixes

o Font size on Departureboard
o Hidden text on Provide Metrics page
o Repairs to train metrics reports
Tech and Infra

Upgrades and investigations for tech platform
o Enhancements to B2B platform / XML
o Upgrade to push notification infrastructure
o Fix handling of train schedule imports
o Renew iOS Distribution Certificate

Maintenance release for aesthetics and consistent end-user experience.

Vastly improved response time
Bug fixes
Infrastructure upgrades/updates

All release notes can be found at https://clevercommute.com/release-notes

View all release notes at https://www.clevercommute.com/release-notes

In this version:

Bug Fixes
- Unsubscribe link not working properly
- 6 and 22 hour snooze feature does not default to proper start time
- Metro North MyTrains Selector shows (#)
- Fix RSS feeds rendering issue

Tech / Infrastructure
- Resolve timezone issue for app log
- Update Web SSL certificate valid until June 2020
- UIWebView API Deprecation
- iOS – Missing Push Notification Entitlement
- Implement remote hosted database backups
- Update e-mail inbox structure
- Improve monitoring/alerts for back-end servers
- Ensure proper function of ads on free version
- Upgrade push notification library
- Update overall app wrapper/handler
- Fix LIRR GTFS memory size issue
- Upgrade the Firebase Crashlytics SDK
- Upsize back-end server
- Fix GTFS duplicate validation
- Fix Comms & Config (toggles)
- Upgrade plugin for push notifications
- Fix MyTrains and Commuter Forecast add/remove/render

Bug fixes, useability and infrastructure 
as follows

(1) Enhanced "News Your Need"
o Acknowledge an announcement after reading it
o Decrement the counter on the "Recent Alerts" page
o Also improved the way images are rendered there.
(2) Overhauled "MyTrains" for Metro North
(3) Upgraded the plumbing for sending e-mails and text messages
(4) Upgraded the operating system we use to code the back-end
(5) Fixed duplicate push notifications

o Fixed bug affecting new subscribers
o Overhauled outbound e-mail processing
o Performance improvements
o Updated “News You Need.” Add  “Dismiss” feature.
o Make password requirements easier to understand at signup
o Other back-end bug fixes

See all changes at https://clevercommute.com/release-notes

Enhancements and New Features in v4.1.1
o New! Service Status watcher – our bots find and share early warnings that your providers don’t

o New! Get a heads up about your commute before it starts
o Participate page – Removed ads
o Recent Alerts – Port Authority alerts are now richer and faster
o Recent Alerts- PATH alerts are now richer and faster
o News You Need – Updated to reflect MTA monthly ticket sales dates
o Premium – Overhauled the back-end process to better-handle subscriptions
o Train Geolocation (NJT) – Streamlined and clarified the display

Bug fixes
o News You Need – Added the ability to show icons/graphics
o MyTrains – users now have full ability to modify their selections

Enahncements
o Improve handling of Recent Alerts from transit providers
o Enahnced archive routine
o UI fixes and consistency changes

Bug Fix – iOS badge reset

See all release notes at https://www.clevercommute.com/release-notes/

o Infrastructure upgrades (UI, e-mail)
o Back-end: Timeliness of GTFS data
o Fortify integrity of train history

No changes to features. This is a modernization of the underlying technology. It's faster and more stable than ever.

- Improvements/Consistency to “recent Alerts”
- Improve off-line behavior
- Back-end changes for stability and performance
- Improve granularity/suitability of Metro North official alerts
- Improve automation of “News you need”
- Fixed bugs on Track Predictor pie charts

We re-introduced the “Conductor Message” (it's now called "News You Need"

Other Fixes and Improvements
- Prevent duplicate entries in Recent Alerts
- Recent Alerts is now more consistent
- Fixed – Persist the user’s preference: “Show/Hide Message box”
- Enhance snooze to better-handle year roll-over
- Consistent/better handling of long alerts from transit providers
- Upgrade to emoji support
- Remove banner ads from “Participate” page