RailPASS vs NS Trax
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RailPASS
Streamline your intermodal facility experience with this mobile application. Input shipment details in advance to bypass kiosks, track your assigned shipments, and update parking locations directly from your device. Save time and reduce gate entry friction.
- Expedited gate experience
- Pre-input shipment details
- Real-time shipment status
- Update parking location
- Reduce gate entry time
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RailPASS is a BNSF Railway mobile application designed to create an efficient and expedited gate experience for truck drivers who need to drop off, pick up or locate a shipment at a BNSF Intermodal Facility. From RailPASS, you can: • Input shipment details directly through the RailPASS app to avoid having to manually enter information at the intermodal facility kiosk. This feature will reduce time spent at the kiosk by eliminating screen requests and touches – cutting current entrance gate times by more than half. • Have up-to-date status information on shipments assigned to you once it is in your personalized "My Units" screen. • Update Parking: You will have the ability to update your assigned parking location directly through the RailPASS app eliminating the need to call your dispatcher or flag down a yard checker when there is an existing shipment in a designated spot.
NS Trax
Manage your shipments and view pipeline information with this business application. Track your equipment, browse exceptions, and view waybill details. You can also order and release cars, and access local service information.
- Search equipment
- View pipeline information
- Track shipments
- Browse exceptions
- View waybill information
- Order and release cars
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Manage your shipments with Norfolk Southern from the NS Trax mobile app. With the NS Trax mobile app, you can: * Search equipment * View pipeline information * Track your shipments * Browse exceptions * View waybill information * Watchlist equipment * Order and Release cars * View local service information.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: NS Trax at 3.7 against RailPASS's 3.2. NS Trax also leads on review sentiment (33% vs 24%) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). RailPASS's advantage is ratings volume (130 vs 29). On price, update cadence, 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.
NS Trax holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 130 and 29 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 24% of RailPASS's written reviews are positive against 33% of NS Trax's.
RailPASS ships an update every 2 months, NS Trax every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RailPASS | NS Trax |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (130 ratings) | 3.7 (29 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 23.5% of reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 130 — better | 29 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BNSF Railway | Norfolk Southern Corporation |
Customer experience
RailPASS
NS Trax
In-app purchases
RailPASS
No in-app purchases
NS Trax
No in-app purchases
