ÖBB Tickets vs BusExpress
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ÖBB Tickets
Purchase train, bus, metro, and tram tickets quickly and easily. Access exclusive discounts, reserve seats, and manage your travel information on the go. Enjoy a seamless public transport experience with real-time updates and convenient payment options.
- Book tickets for trains, buses, metro, and trams
- Access exclusive online specials and discount fares
- Graphic seat reservation for Railjet
- Find best fares sorted by lowest price
- ÖBB Account for personal data and payment storage
- SimplyGo! for automatic fare calculation
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Fast Track to Your Ticket How can you buy your tickets even faster and get updates on your journey on top of that? You get it with the ÖBB App, round the clock, wherever you are. Take the train and take it easy. The ÖBB App comes with the following features: • Tickets for trains, buses, the metro and trams: book your ÖBB tickets & get exclusive online specials such as the Sparschiene Österreich discount fares. You can also book the city tickets and weekly or monthly tickets of Austrian regional transport operators • Pay your fares on the go with SimplyGo! The handy add-on for the ÖBB App automatically identifies the routes you travelled and calculates the matching public transport fare for your complete journey • Secure your favourite seat on the Railjet: use the graphic seat reservation • Find the best fare: see the ÖBB train services sorted by lowest fare first • ÖBB Account: conveniently and securely store your personal data and means of payment, save your favourite routes, and receive additional exclusive offers (e.g. the Vorteilscard 66 discount card) We are continuously working on the app to enrich it with new features and improve the usability. Further information: https://www.oebb.at/en/tickets-kundenkarten/online-mobile-ticketing/oebb-app
BusExpress
Easily find and purchase bus tickets for domestic and international routes. Compare prices, access real-time travel information, and secure your seat with convenient online payment options.
- Find bus tickets
- Compare prices
- Buy tickets online
- Real-time travel info
- Customer feedback
- Secure payment
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BusExpress has the simple mission to provide you with a quick and convenient way to find and buy bus tickets for routes across the country or abroad, finding for you the best offers and prices! JUST CHOOSE A JOURNEY AND LEAVE ALL THE REST TO BusExpress! You no longer have to browse the Internet, to make phone calls or go on site. Here you will always find the most current information for every travel, including feedback from other customers. BUY YOUR TICKETS ONLINE! Just select a ticket and pay directly on your mobile – via debit/credit card or via the ePay system. Your data protection is absolutely guaranteed, the ticket is issued immediately in the app and your seat is guaranteed. MAKE YOUR PLANS WITH BUSEXPRESS No matter where you go or from where you come, we shall take care about everything connected to your travel. You need only to go to the bus station in time and have your ticket with you – printed or in your app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: BusExpress at 67% against ÖBB Tickets's 21%. BusExpress also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and device support (3 vs 1). ÖBB Tickets's advantage is rating (1.9 vs 1.0) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 7 months). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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.
ÖBB Tickets holds the better App Store score, 1.9 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ÖBB Tickets has 158 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 21% of ÖBB Tickets's written reviews are positive against 67% of BusExpress's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
ÖBB Tickets ships an update fortnightly, BusExpress every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ÖBB Tickets | BusExpress |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.9 (158 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 20.6% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 158 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ÖBB-Personenverkehr AG | BusExpress GmbH |
Customer experience
ÖBB Tickets
BusExpress
Bugs and requests
ÖBB Tickets
Reported bugs
4 issues- Tickets disappearing from the app after purchase
- Inability to add or manage discount cards
- Inconsistent behavior when switching between devices
- Crashes when trying to access purchased tickets
Requested features
5 requests- Integration with Apple Wallet and Apple Pay
- Improved seat selection and reservation options
- Offline mode for accessing tickets and schedules
- Multilingual support beyond just German and English
- Better notifications and alerts for travel disruptions
BusExpress
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ÖBB Tickets
No in-app purchases
BusExpress
No in-app purchases
