ÖBB Tickets vs Westbahn
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
Westbahn
Easily book train tickets on the go and manage all your travel details. Find the cheapest fares, view current and past tickets, and check in to your journey to earn rewards for future purchases.
- Book train tickets on the go
- Manage current and past tickets
- Quick connection search for cheapest fares
- View current offers
- Relax Check-In function
- Earn Westpoints for rewards
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Discover the possibility to buy tickets even more conveniently on the move. Manage everything important about your journey with the Westbahn. :: Find your tickets! :: The Westbahn app helps you keep track of current and already used tickets. We also save your tickets in your “Westbahn account”. Do you have a Klimaticket Ö? Then simply add it to your account. :: Always the cheapest ticket! :: Use the quick connection search to find the cheapest price for your chosen connection on the chosen day of travel. Discover all current Westbahn offers at a glance and book them conveniently. With the WestAI, this is now even easier. :: Check in yourself :: With the Relax Check-in function, you can conveniently check in yourself and collect Westpoints for doing so. You can then use these points for drinks and meals, additional tickets or upgrades. :: All key travel information. In real time :: With the WestBuddy, you can check your travel status instantly, keep an eye on your connections and get real-time platform information.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Westbahn at 4.3 against ÖBB Tickets's 1.9. Westbahn also leads on monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases) and review sentiment (30% vs 21%). ÖBB Tickets's advantage is ratings volume (159 vs 3) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks). 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.
Westbahn holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 1.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ÖBB Tickets has 159 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 21% of ÖBB Tickets's written reviews are positive against 30% of Westbahn's.
ÖBB Tickets ships an update fortnightly, Westbahn every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ÖBB Tickets | Westbahn |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.9 (159 ratings) | 4.3 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.6% of reviews | 30.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 159 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ÖBB-Personenverkehr AG | WESTbahn Management GmbH |
Customer experience
ÖBB Tickets
Westbahn
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
Westbahn
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ÖBB Tickets
No in-app purchases
Westbahn
No in-app purchases
