DSB User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience26.8% of reviews
Neutral8.7% of reviews
Negative experience64.6% of reviews

~ Based on 127 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is DSB Safe?

DSB appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for DSB is 96/100.

This assessment is based on 2,822 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.8/5.

Safety Analysis

97.1% of ratings point to a safe experience
1.2% of ratings suggest some concerns
1.6% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 2,822 App Store ratings for DSB.

Is DSB Legit?

DSB appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for DSB is 93/100.

Based on 93 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Rubbish

I tried to set up an account. There is keyboard to type in my information. Totally useless.

Creepy

They want access to my mobility and health data? Creepy. No way!

Neither Dutch or German railways apps require this. DSB seem to only be able to calculate fairs based on my mobility data. I rather not.

Response from developer

To calculate the correct fare when using the Check In feature in the app, you need to allow access to your phone's location and motion/fitness activity while travelling. We do not access or - Anita

Easy

Super easy to use DSB app and nice clean trains

Do Not use it!

Do not waste your time with this app. The app has a serious issue with the ticket purchase flow. I selected Plan and Buy, chose a train from Copenhagen to Malmö, and instead of letting me purchase a ticket, the app forced me into a seat reservation only flow. It then redirected me to reserve bike space—even though I wasn’t traveling with a bike—and provided no way to proceed with buying the actual ticket.

The workflow is confusing, appears to be broken, and leaves users unable to complete a simple purchase. An app for a national railway should make buying a ticket straightforward, not force users into a dead end.
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United States

How do we login with our 10 digit cell phone numbers when the app only allows for 8 digits

Denmark train app

It can work, but the interface leaves much to be desired, as others have pointed out. It also tries to use a fancy location-tracking system to charge you for by-distance tickets, but it's unreliable. For example if you stop for a while in a station it may decide you got got off the train and finalize your ticket. You may then notice sometime later when a conductor nabs you for traveling without one. Finally the website blocks purchases from outside the country so good luck trying to prebook long-distance travel.
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User Friendly app

Great app for saving favorites and then setting up travel arrangements in Copenhagen.

Not able to get a receipt

Click get a receipt. Correct email on file shows up, when you click to get an email, you instead get a message. Saying “Something went wrong”

Unusable

Im traveling and don’t have text messages with my e sim . I cannot verify my number , and cannot use this app. at least use WhatsApp or data messages to verify phone numbers or use email seems very stupid to only use sms texting. Wasting my time and energy on this app!

Lacking Seat Selection

With today’s technology it’s truly amazing that DSB Denmark is so far behind that they cannot get an app to allow manual seat selection.

US cards and Apple Pay rejected

Payments rejected while my US bank confirms not rejected by them. Used to work a couple of years ago with US Mastercard. No help line to call?

Super App

Die Fahrrad Sitzplatzreservierung funktioniert gut! Man muss nur wissen, dass es bei nachträglicher Reservierung passieren kann, dass keine Stellplätze mehr frei sind. Deshalb am besten immer Fahrkarte und Stellplatz zusammen buchen.

We fixed minor things you won’t notice

You removed seat selection and return search, seriously? In that sense, if you cut your arms off, you will roll over faster, right?

Difficult to plan

Only seems able to search right now and not alternate trips or routes

Commuter card

So, I’m paying an enormous amount of money for my monthly commuter card, and it’s disappear from the app just because? It’s not my first time. Once I got fine because of that!

Can’t Enter phone number with +1 prefix

Got this app in preparation for an upcoming trip to Copenhagen but I have a United States phone number and the United States isn’t listed in the dropdown menu when setting up account phone number, so I couldn’t get very far.

Wow

Impressed

Can't access my ticket, stuck in a login loop

Second day of using the app, trying to activate Pendler20, the app logged me out and when trying to log in back, it gets stuck in a login loop. So I am stuck too at the station not being able to travel with the ticket I had purchased.

Whistles tourist

Best 30 dkk I’ve ever spent

Decent app for a meh service

The app in general is polished and easy to understand. The core features mostly work from the point you have picked out a journey plan. However getting there is hellish. The app retains the horrid logic of the website and many of it’s broken features. I have never once gotten the “Arrive by” feature working for example, instead having to guess a rough departure time based on the average length of the journey. The search timeout is a heinous limitation as well, as it can trip you up even if you’ve been viewing journey plans or about to book, requiring a whole new search. Which btw will be essentially from scratch, as the journey time field will be reset every time.
Also wish there was a more complete timetable to view in the app, the departures only show about an hour in advance, which is not enough time to re-plan in case something happens to your train or bus.
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