RailGuard vs myMSC
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RailGuard
Report issues and disruptions related to freight railroad operations. Your feedback helps improve efficiency and community relations. Some disruptions, like train horns, are unavoidable due to safety regulations.
- Report rail yard disruptions
- Submit feedback on network operations
- Document rail crossing issues
- Provide details for investigation
- Help improve community relations
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Freight railroads like BNSF operate 24/7, sustaining our nation's economy by bringing you the products you need to live your daily lives and by hauling the materials companies need to make those products. Railroads are vital to preserving our way of life, but living next to a rail yard, track, or one of the hundreds of thousands of rail crossings can present unique challenges. Using the RailGuard app to send details about these challenges helps BNSF mitigate disruptions where we can. We value the feedback you send us about our network and our operations. It can help us operate more efficiently and be better neighbors to the communities we serve. Some disruptions are unavoidable, such as sounding train horns at rail crossings or blocking crossings, due to safety considerations or even federal law. Our Resource Protection team will use the information you provide to investigate the situation. Thank you for using BNSF's RailGuard app. We appreciate you helping us to run a great railroad!
myMSC
Manage and track your container shipments with this official e-business solution from a global shipping leader. Place bookings, submit instructions, and monitor your cargo's status throughout its journey. Access vessel schedules and view shipments made through third-party platforms.
- Place bookings
- Manage bookings dashboard
- Create shipping instructions
- Submit VGMs
- Track container status
- Check vessel schedules
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Place, manage and track your shipments the smart way. myMSC is the official 24/7 e-business solution from MSC, a world leader in container shipping. MSC offers global services with local knowledge across its integrated network of sea, road and rail transportation networks. myMSC is a single beacon to place, manage and track your container shipments with MSC. Log in now and start shipping the smart way. - Place your bookings - Manage bookings at a glance through the dashboard - Create and submit Shipping Instructions - Submit VGMs (Verified Gross Mass) for all your shipments - Track the status of your container related to key events during the voyage - Check vessel schedules - View MSC shipments made via third-party platforms (INTTRA, GT Nexus, CargoSmart)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: myMSC at 3.9 against RailGuard's 1.8. myMSC also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 22 months) and ratings volume (31 vs 5). RailGuard's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment, 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.
myMSC holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: myMSC has 31 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 0% and 0% positive.
RailGuard ships an update every 22 months, myMSC every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RailGuard | myMSC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.8 (5 ratings) | 3.9 (31 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 31 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 22 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 97 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BNSF Railway | Mediterranean Shipping Company |
Customer experience
RailGuard
myMSC
In-app purchases
RailGuard
No in-app purchases
myMSC
No in-app purchases
