Comparison

AutoTrek vs KVB

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

AutoTrek

Track your driving trips, recording route, distance, duration, and speed. Add photos and notes to document your travels, and easily share session data or generate reports for business or personal use.

Highlights
  • Records travel route, distance, and duration
  • Tracks varying driving speeds with color-coded map segments
  • Allows adding photos and notes to trips
  • Generates monthly and annual reports of total distance and duration
  • Exports session data and reports in PNG or PDF format
  • Useful for business mileage tracking and vacation documentation
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This app tracks your driving trip and records your travel route, travel distance, total duration and varying driving speeds throughout the trip. The app can be used to keep track of your business trips mileage and time, or to keep a detailed record, accompanied by photos and a note, of your vacation trip to a destination. Furthermore, you may send any session data, along with all the photos (in PNG or PDF) to your friends and/or yourself; or in case of a car accident, you may send your latest session data to your insurance company for filing a claim. Specifically the app records the following data of your trip and stores them into a session: a) A session title (optional) b) Total distance traveled c) Total duration of the trip d) Average driving speed e) The fastest and the slowest driving speed f) The last driving speed when you stop the session g) A map that shows your travel route h) A set of photos you take for the session i) A user entered note (optional) In addition to the above, the map depicts your travel route with colored segments that represent the varying driving speeds throughout the trip. The colored segments are: a) Green segments - speed 50 Mi/hr and above b) Yellow segments - speed 30 Mi/hr - 49 Mi/hr c) Red segment - speed 0 - 29 Mi/hr You may email any session data, via PNG or PDF file, to friends or your employer for expense reimbursement. Furthermore, the app can generate a report that tallies the total distance and duration taken, per month and annually, for all saved sessions. You may email the report, via plain text or PDF, to friends or your employer for expense reimbursement. Note: continue use of GPS running in background can dramatically decrease battery life.

About

KVB

Plan trips, view live departure times, and purchase tickets for public transport and shared mobility services in Cologne. Find and book bicycles, cars, and taxis.

Highlights
  • Trip planner with live data
  • Departure monitor for stations
  • Ticket purchasing
  • KVB-Rad bicycle booking
  • Car-Sharing and Taxi-Ruf integration
  • Disruption information
Features
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The KVB-App provides time tables, trip planning, navigation as well as a ticket shop for busses and trains in the area of Cologne and around. Beside the trip planner and discruption information you are able to get live data for your station. The KVB-App offers all information about KVB-Rad, Car-Sharing and Taxi-Ruf in Cologne. You can register yourself an account, localize vehicles and bicycles and you are able to book a bicycle/care directly. Overview of the functions: - Trip planner (live data) - Departure monitor for stations (live data) - Save station and ticket favorites and change their names individually - Purchase tickets (also anonymous) - Tariff price information - Information about disruptions - KVB-Rad (Bicylce search, prices, registration and booking) - Taxi-Ruf Cologne (Show places where you can get a taxi and booking within the KVB-App) - Car-Sharing (Vehicle location, registration and booking) The KVB-App will be updated and enhanced with new features and functions frequently.

Screenshots

AutoTrek4 screens
KVB4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: AutoTrek at 100% against KVB's 21%. AutoTrek also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.3). KVB's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99). On ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

KVB is free to download; AutoTrek costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

AutoTrek holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of AutoTrek's written reviews are positive against 21% of KVB's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AutoTrek ships an update every 3 months, KVB every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
AutoTrek versus KVB: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAutoTrekKVB
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better2.3 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better20.6% of reviews
Number of ratings24 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB58 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDynetix Design Solutions IncKölner Verkehrs-Betriebe AG

Customer experience

AutoTrek

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

KVB

All ratings4 ratings
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%
Written reviews34 reviews
Positive20.6%
Neutral8.8%
Negative70.6%

In-app purchases

None

AutoTrek

No in-app purchases

None

KVB

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AutoTrek free?
AutoTrek costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is KVB free?
KVB is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, AutoTrek or KVB?
AutoTrek is rated higher. AutoTrek averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while KVB averages 2.3 from 4 ratings.
Do AutoTrek or KVB have ads?
Neither AutoTrek nor KVB shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AutoTrek or KVB?
AutoTrek ships an update every 3 months, and KVB every 2 months. Most recently, AutoTrek was updated on October 24, 2026 and KVB on October 25, 2026.

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