Flitsmeister

Flitsmeister is a Dutch traffic app that warns drivers about speed cameras, traffic jams and hazards and also offers navigation. The company behind it is Flitsmeister B.V. in Veenendaal. The app is built on reports from its community, which the company puts at more than 2.8 million users, and says more than three million people in the Netherlands and Belgium use it on each trip.

Features

• Warnings for mobile speed traps, fixed cameras and section control, plus jam alerts and reasons for standstill
• Alerts about stationary vehicles, roadworks, obstacles and accidents, and notices when an ambulance with its siren on approaches from behind
• Navigation, paid parking and toll payment in the same app, plus automatic trip history
• DOT and DASH, additional devices for the car

Limits

The app is free to download, with paid subscriptions for further features. Its strength is the Netherlands and Belgium, and the Google Play listing shows a rating of 2.9 from more than 68,000 reviews. Rules on warnings about speed controls differ between countries, and in Germany, for example, using such functions while driving is prohibited, so drivers should check local law.