iPhone users can finally top up their Leap Card on their mobile devices as the National Transport Authority has released a new Apple app.
Anyone with an iPhone or iPad can now check their balance, top-up on the go and collect pre-purchased tickets, including TaxSaver tickets.
Anyone with an iPhone 7 or newer will no longer have to trek to a shop or ticket machine to top up or collect tickets bought online earlier.
Most Android users have been able to top-up with the app since 2016, and now iPhone users can finally avail of the convenient service.
To use the app, customers simply just touch the TFI Leap Card against their phone.
Minister for Transport, Eamon Ryan said: “The TFI Leap Card along with the top-up app has made journeys across the TFI network more convenient for everyone.
“This additional feature for Apple device users will make public transport a more attractive option to people.
“I look forward to seeing public transport users throughout the country availing of this hassle-free way of topping up their TFI Leap Card.
"I’d like to acknowledge the work that NTA has been doing in responding to customers’ needs by rolling out innovative products like this using the latest smartphone technology."
Chief Executive Officer of the National Transport Authority, Anne Graham said: “It has always been our ambition to make the TFI Leap Card Top-Up App available to a wider cohort of public transport users.
“ I am delighted that we are now in a position to expand this service to Apple devices.
“We expect that the Apple app will be just as popular as the Android app. At the moment Android top-ups account for 30 percent of all TFI Leap Card top-ups.
“Based on these figures this additional service should result in 60 percent of all TFI Leap Card users topping up via a mobile app.
“In light of COVID-19, the ability to top-up from anywhere at any time from the comfort of your own home, will be a welcomed function for public transport users across the TFI network.
"Paying for your fare using the TFI Leap Card continues to be the safest way to complete your journey as restrictions are eased”.
The iOS app has been in real-live customer testing for the last number of months and the NTA received positive feedback.
The app can be downloaded from the Apple and Android App store and further information on how you can use the feature can be found here .
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