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Border wait times app for iPhone and iPad

Your crossing, made clearer.

Your favorites, lane waits and historical context to help you decide before you leave.

Download free

Free · Alerts with Pro · No ads

Check waits on the web, including Android
Garitas on iPad with favorites in the sidebar and San Ysidro detail with Now and Typical waits.
Garitas for Apple Watch showing San Ysidro and wait times for each lane.

Apple Watch · Garitas Pro

Crossing list and wait times in the Garitas iPhone app.
Example wait times and dates.
See the story
  • Mexico → U.S.
  • Canada → U.S.

App in English, Spanish and Canadian French. · No Garitas account · No ads

Free

Save your favorites, check live waits and compare hourly stats and holiday history. Also maps, nearby crossings, Home Screen widgets, StandBy and CarPlay.

Pro

Alerts, Lock Screen widgets, Apple Watch, Siri and Shortcuts.

Optional annual subscription.

01Free

Your favorites, ready to compare.

Save your favorites and check each lane’s wait at crossings in Mexico and Canada.

Compare with the nearest compatible crossing for passenger vehicles or pedestrians. The comparison does not include travel time.

See how it works

A guide to the example screens shown here.

  1. Save your favorite crossings and choose your travel mode.
  2. Open the detail to compare lanes.
  3. Check the nearest compatible crossing. Include travel time before deciding.
Nearest compatible crossing comparison in the Garitas iPhone detail view.

02Free

Put the wait in context.

Now and Typical, side by side in a table for each lane, with the reference hour in view.

The solid curve shows observed waits. The dotted typical pattern is historical context, not a forecast or a live report.

See how it works

A guide to the example screens shown here.

  1. Compare Now and Typical in the same row and check the reference time.
  2. Use the solid curve for observed waits and the dotted curve for the typical pattern.
  3. Check the chart's date. Historical context is neither a forecast nor a current reading.
Hourly statistics and typical wait comparison on an iPhone.

Mexican and U.S. holidays

Some days are different.

Mexican Independence Day, Holy Week, Day of the Dead and U.S. holidays. Explore the historical context available for each date.

The app identifies the holiday and reference year. Data appears only during the supported period and when records are available; it is not a forecast.

Garitas on iPhone showing Mexican Independence Day history and its reference year.
Mexican Independence Day · historical CBP context

New · iPhone Duo

Optimized for iPhone Duo.

Open the display to see your favorites alongside the detail. Compare waits and the nearest crossing with room to see more.

When closed, check your lanes in a compact view. Travel time and border waits are shown separately.

Garitas on an open iPhone Duo with favorites in the sidebar, wait times and the nearest crossing.
Open · favorites and detail
Crossing list and waits by lane on the outer display of iPhone Duo.
Closed · waits by lane

Example wait times and dates.

Also free · iPad

More room to decide.

Your crossings in the sidebar. The detail, lane table and map in a wider view.

Explore hourly statistics with room to compare. The same app, adapted to a larger screen.

Garitas on iPad with favorites in the sidebar and San Ysidro detail with Now and Typical waits.
Favorites and detail
San Ysidro hourly statistics in the expanded Garitas iPad view.
Expanded statistics

Apple ecosystem

Right at home.

Designed for the Apple devices you use every day.

iPad

Favorites, maps and statistics. With more room to see it all.

Free

Apple Watch

The wait on your wrist. In the app, complications and Smart Stack.

Garitas Pro

Mac

Open the iPad app on your Mac with Apple silicon, too.

Compatible with macOS

Mac with M1 chip or newer and macOS 26+. Available features vary by device.

03Free

Keep it in sight.

Home Screen widgets, StandBy and CarPlay. All free, too.

Free

CarPlay

Check your crossing's wait times on your car's CarPlay display.

Car interior with Garitas on the CarPlay display showing San Ysidro wait times.

Free

Home Screen widgets

Check your lanes and statistics from your iPhone Home Screen.

iPhone Home Screen with two small Centro widgets and a large Centro widget showing today's blue wait-time curve and the dashed typical curve.

Free

StandBy

Keep wait times in sight with your iPhone horizontal on its stand.

Landscape iPhone on its bedside charging stand showing Garitas in StandBy.

Free

Night Mode

See Garitas in StandBy Night Mode, with information displayed in red.

Garitas in StandBy Night Mode, with red text on the iPhone on its bedside stand.

Example wait times and dates.

Garitas Pro

An alert when the wait changes.

Set alerts for your crossing and lane. Also check your crossing from your wrist or with Siri.

Garitas showing Otay on Apple Watch.
Garitas alert settings for Centro: every change in the General lane for two hours.
Example wait times and dates.
  • Alerts
  • Lock Screen
  • Apple Watch
  • Siri
  • Shortcuts

Everything free, plus alerts, Lock Screen widgets, Apple Watch, Siri and Shortcuts.

Optional annual subscription. Activate Pro inside the app.

Download free

Alerts

Know when the wait changes.

Choose your crossing and lane. Get every change or only improvements.

Garitas alert settings for Centro: every change in the General lane for two hours.

Lock Screen

Your crossing at a glance.

Your port and lane without opening the app.

Garitas widget for Otay on an iPhone Lock Screen.

Apple Watch

Wait times on your wrist.

Check your crossing from your wrist. Includes complications and Smart Stack.

Apple Watch face with Otay complications and lane wait times.

Siri and Shortcuts

Ask. Check. Get going.

Check waits, compare crossings or find the best remaining hour. With Siri, too.

Configured Garitas shortcuts for comparing Otay and San Ysidro, checking Nuevo Mexicali and finding the best remaining pedestrian hour at El Chaparral.

Privacy in the app

Your crossing matters. So does your privacy.

No ads, advertising tracking or selling your data. Service records help us deliver your alerts and understand how Garitas is used.

  • No ads.
  • No selling your data.
  • No Garitas account required.
How we protect your privacy

Technical records are linked to an app installation and used for delivery, diagnostics and aggregate product metrics. The apps include no analytics SDK. Google Analytics is used only on the website.

Garitas · Free

  • Live waits by lane
  • Nearby crossing comparison
  • Maps and hourly statistics
  • Mexican and U.S. holiday history
  • Home Screen widgets
  • StandBy and CarPlay

Garitas Pro

  • Everything free
  • Alerts by port and lane
  • Lock Screen widgets
  • Apple Watch, complications and Smart Stack
  • Siri and Shortcuts

Start free. Use it on your next crossing.

Download free

Activate Pro inside the app.

No Garitas account · No ads