Railboard vs TrainSplit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Railboard
This app provides live train times, platform numbers, and disruption alerts powered by National Rail Enquiries. It also helps users save money by finding cheaper split train tickets for their journeys without requiring passengers to change trains.
- Live train times and platform numbers
- Finds cheaper split train tickets
- Instant etickets with Apple Wallet support
- No booking fees
- Railcard discounts
- Departure and arrival boards
- Disruption and delay notices
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Powered by National Rail Enquiries, Railboard is the best app for National Rail train times and platform numbers. Plus, you can save lots of money by finding super-cheap split train tickets on the app. With Split Tickets, our clever algorithms find combinations of tickets that together offer the same journey but at a lower price than a regular ticket. This is done by splitting regular train tickets at calling points along the journey. So instead of one ticket from A to C, you have two tickets from A to B and B to C. However, you stay on the same train as normal. There is no requirement to alight and re-board. And we do all the hard work to find them for you! But that’s not all; Railboard has tons of other features: ● No booking fees. ● Instant etickets, which you can add to Apple Wallet. ● Buy with Apple Pay. ● Supports Dark Mode. ● Set your railcard to get railcard discounts. ● Easily request refunds using an online form inside the app. ● Receipts available inside the app. ● An easy button to add journeys to your calendar. ● You can optionally toggle off seeing ticket prices. ● You can choose to see only direct trains. ● National Rail departure and arrival boards. ● Official National Rail platform numbers. ● Clear disruption, delay, and cancellation notices. ● Pin trains and journeys for easy access later on. ● You can save route searches for quick access. ● Optional settings, so you can customise Railboard to how you like it. Railboard is rated Excellent on Trustpilot! www.trustpilot.com/review/railboard.com We’re always working on improving your experience with Railboard. If there are any new features you want, please let us know by emailing hello@railboard.com
TrainSplit
This app helps you save money on train tickets by splitting your journey into multiple bookings. It intelligently searches for the cheapest options, allowing for significant savings of up to 40% on your travel.
- Split journey ticketing for savings
- Intelligent search for cheapest fares
- E-Tickets stored in-app
- Account for faster bookings
- Review past and future bookings
- Digital Railcard access
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TrainSplit is the easy way to make your train travel up to 40% cheaper. By simply splitting your train journey across two or more tickets, you can save money on your next trip. Thousands of people are now enjoying affordable train travel thanks to TrainSplit. Give TrainSplit a try today. How does it work? With our app it’s quick and easy. Imagine for a moment travelling from Birmingham to Leeds: • A return ticket costs £82.80*. • With TrainSplit you can buy a train ticket from Birmingham to Derby, another from Derby to Sheffield and finally one from Sheffield to Leeds, all for just £58.49. • A remarkable saving of £24.31. What do I need to do? • Using TrainSplit is as speedy and simple as using any other train booking system. • Simply enter your journey plan and TrainSplit does the rest. • Our powerful search engine will find you the cheapest options available ready for you to make your booking. Will I have to get on and off the train? • Make yourself comfortable and enjoy the journey. Though you’ll have multiple tickets, you can stay onboard. • If you’re in First Class, you may have to move seats (but not disembark the train) if they have been pre-allocated. Features: • Search - for cheap train tickets today. TrainSplit’s intelligent algorithm searches the National Rail’s vast and ever changing database offering you the cheapest travel options provided by Split Ticketing. • Book - your tickets for extreme savings. Once TrainSplit’s impressive search engine has found you the most affordable travel plan, get booking and get travelling. • E-Tickets - We offer E-Tickets for all supported routes and store them for you in the app once you’ve booked. Same great savings, much less paper. • Account - Save your details to speed up future bookings. • Review - Take a look at your previous bookings and check the details of your future journeys. • Railcards - Access your purchased Digital Railcards, and save up to 1/3rd extra on your travel. Purchase your next Railcard at railcards.trainsplit.com Split Ticketing is approved under the National Rail conditions of carriage. For more information visit trainsplit.com *All fares quoted are Off-Peak (returning the same day) and accurate as of June 2025. Saving at peak times can be even greater.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: TrainSplit at 4.9 against Railboard's 4.6. TrainSplit also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). Railboard's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). 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.
TrainSplit holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 77 and 35 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 85% of Railboard's written reviews are positive against 81% of TrainSplit's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Railboard ships an update monthly, TrainSplit every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Railboard | TrainSplit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (77 ratings) | 4.9 (35 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.3% of reviews — better | 81.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 77 — better | 35 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 85 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Railboard Ltd | TrainSplit.com Ltd |
Customer experience
Railboard
TrainSplit
Bugs and requests
Railboard
Reported bugs
9 issues- App freezes when selecting a train during booking
- Missing train results despite being available on other apps
- Platform numbers not displaying consistently
- Planned engineering work not shown in app
- False delay information reported
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- Network error messages requiring multiple refresh attempts
- QR code barcode too small for barrier scanners
- Difficulty saving stations as favorites
- Return journey booking interface confusing
Requested features
13 requests- iOS home screen widget showing pinned journeys
- Live activity notifications for pinned trains
- Apple Watch app support
- Fare zone information for stations
- First train option in journey planner (instead of specific time)
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- Track diagram integration
- Disruption and service alteration alerts
- Sorting trains by arrival time to destination
- Real Time Trains integration or links
- Check validity option for open return tickets
- Ability to disable ticket purchase features
- Simplified 'My Tickets' section with separate open/used tickets
- Station widget for quick access to live departures
TrainSplit
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Railboard
No in-app purchases
TrainSplit
No in-app purchases








