NTES vs UTS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NTES
This official Indian Railways app provides real-time train status and location tracking. It offers features like live station updates, train schedules, and the ability to save favorite routes for easy access during travel.
- Spot Your Train with map
- Live Station updates
- Train Schedule with save
- Trains between Stations
- Manage favorite trains/stations
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National Train Enquiry System iOS App Indian Railways Official Mobile App for travelers using railways for taking holiday vacation trips, official trips, tours, and daily commute. Site provides train-running related and real-time status queries for all trains of India. Features- • Spot Your Train with map feature • Live Station • Train Schedule with save feature • Trains between Stations • Train Exception Info • Manage favourite trains, stations and train schedules
UTS
Book unreserved train tickets for Indian Railways directly from your smartphone. Features include ticket booking and cancellation, profile management, and saving frequent routes. Choose between paper or paperless ticketing options.
- Book unreserved tickets
- Cancel tickets
- Manage user profile
- Save frequent travel routes
- Paper ticket option
- Paperless ticket option
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UTS is an Indian Railways official iOS mobile ticketing application which allows the daily train travellers to book unreserved tickets of Indian Railways using their Smartphone. The application is designed in such a way that it is easy to use and has user friendly interface with features like book ticket, cancel ticket, maintain their profile, manage frequent travel routes , etc.The passenger will use Railway wallet to book the ticket. There are two modes for booking Tickets : (i) Paper (ii) Paperless. In case of paper ticket user has to take a printout from kiosk/counter at concerned station. Whereas in case of Paperless ticket user's Location will be captured to determine he/she is present in valid ticketing area. In this mode no printout is required and the user can directly show his ticket from his smartphone to the TTE. Moreover an alternative to location check has also been introduced in limited stations where a user can scan a unique barcode present at station premises to book his paperless ticket.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: UTS at 4.7 against NTES's 3.1. UTS also leads on ratings volume (1.7K vs 66) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
UTS holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: UTS has 1.7K ratings behind it against 66, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 48% of NTES's written reviews are positive against 49% of UTS's.
NTES ships an update every 2 weeks, UTS every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NTES | UTS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.1 (66 ratings) | 4.7 (1.7K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 47.9% of reviews | 49.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 66 | 1.7K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 34 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Centre for Railway Information Systems | Centre for Railway Information Systems |
Customer experience
NTES
UTS
Bugs and requests
NTES
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
UTS
Reported bugs
5 issues- Inability to change class or payment mode
- Tickets not getting generated after payment
- Stations not showing up in search
- Frequent logout issues
- Inconsistent behavior across different devices
Requested features
5 requests- Download or email ticket option
- Offline ticket access
- Ability to book tickets from within the station
- Seamless multi-segment journey booking
- Improved announcement and service updates
In-app purchases
NTES
No in-app purchases
UTS
No in-app purchases
