RailPASS vs NS Rating
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 Rating
This app allows users to get shipping rates for Norfolk Southern. It enables rate inquiries, requests for new rates, and viewing past searches. Users can also favorite common searches for quick access.
- Perform rate inquiries
- Request new rates
- View historical rate searches
- Favorite searches
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Get rates for shipments with Norfolk Southern using the NS Rating mobile app. With the NS Rating app, you can: * Perform rate inquiries * Request new rates * View historical rate searches * Favorite searches for easy access to commonly searched rates
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: NS Rating at 5.0 against RailPASS's 3.2. NS Rating also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). RailPASS's advantage is ratings volume (130 vs 5). 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 Rating holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RailPASS has 130 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two.
RailPASS ships an update every 2 months, NS Rating every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RailPASS | NS Rating |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (130 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 23.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 130 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| 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 | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BNSF Railway | Norfolk Southern Corporation |
Customer experience
RailPASS
NS Rating
In-app purchases
RailPASS
No in-app purchases
NS Rating
No in-app purchases
