ÖBB Tickets vs Schönbrunn
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
Schönbrunn
Explore Schönbrunn Palace and its grounds at your own pace. Discover facts, hidden gems, and culinary options with interactive navigation and pre-planned routes. Purchase tickets and skip lines with your smartphone.
- Interactive exploration
- Site-wide navigation
- Ticket purchasing
- Skip-the-line access
- Customizable daily plans
- Daily suggested routes
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Experience Schönbrunn individually and up close with this app. We accompany you through the day and across the entire area. Find and experience interesting facts, fun, hidden highlights and culinary delights. We offer you a navigation across the entire site. You can get your tickets without queuing and you can go straight to the entrance with your smartphone. Plan your day on site or in advance, and put together your own route - or choose from daily plans that we provide.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Schönbrunn at 4.7 against ÖBB Tickets's 1.9. Schönbrunn also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and device support (3 vs 1). ÖBB Tickets's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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.
Schönbrunn holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 160 and 133 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 21% of ÖBB Tickets's written reviews are positive against 26% of Schönbrunn's.
ÖBB Tickets ships an update fortnightly, Schönbrunn monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ÖBB Tickets | Schönbrunn |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.9 (160 ratings) | 4.7 (133 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 20.6% of reviews | 26.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 160 — better | 133 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Monthly |
| 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 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 199 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ÖBB-Personenverkehr AG | Imperial Austria Palaces Service GmbH |
Customer experience
ÖBB Tickets
Schönbrunn
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
Schönbrunn
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
ÖBB Tickets
No in-app purchases
Schönbrunn
No in-app purchases









