Comparison

Chiltern Railways vs Cabs4u

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

Head to head
About

Chiltern Railways

Easily plan your journeys, get live travel updates, and purchase train tickets for Chiltern Railways and the wider GB rail network. Securely store e-tickets on your phone and enjoy fee-free purchases, including group bookings and Flexi season tickets.

Highlights
  • Journey planning
  • Live travel information
  • E-ticket purchase
  • Fee-free fares
  • Group bookings
  • Live departure boards
  • Smartcard requests
Features
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Your free Chiltern Railways app helps make journey planning, accessing the latest travel information and buying your tickets even easier. It’s simple and secure to purchase your Chiltern Railways e-ticket through the app, download to your phone and use for your next journey. And if you’re planning to travel anywhere else on the GB rail network, you can buy your ticket on the Chiltern app too. And when you buy train tickets through our app, we’ll never charge you a credit card, debit card or booking fee. So, it’s goodbye pesky queues at the ticket office. And hello cheapest Chiltern fares around! Download and register the Chiltern Railways app to: - Always find the cheapest fares available in your search results - Get an instant e-ticket for many Chiltern Railways journeys, saving time at stations - Enjoy fee-free fares. You won’t ever pay credit card, debit card or booking fees when you book direct from Chiltern - Group save bookings for three or more customers can be purchased via the app - Quickly find your recent journeys in our new My Account section, where your details are securely maintained in the app for quick and easy repurchasing - Get up-to-the-minute updates on your train status with live departure boards, busyness indicators, number of carriages and platform numbers - Purchase tickets for any British train journey – and did we say NO BOOKING FEES Getting your ticket E-tickets may look like a humble barcode but when they’re stored in your app’s Booking section, they become the quick and easy way to travel, so no need to interact with anyone or anything when in the train station or onboard a train. Picking up tickets from a ticket machine If you plan to pick up your tickets from a ticket machine, you'll need your reference numbers which are stored in the bookings section to view at any time. Using your Smartcard Request a new Smartcard through the app when making your next ticket purchase. We will then send you your Smartcard in the post. You may then load the ticket onto your Smartcard at the gate. We sell Flexi season tickets to match your own travel requirements.

About

Cabs4u

Book a taxi quickly and easily with priority service. Features include passwordless registration, business account integration for automated expenses, price estimation, driver tracking, and the ability to schedule future rides.

Highlights
  • Passwordless registration
  • Business account integration
  • Automated expense tracking
  • Price estimator
  • Driver and vehicle tracking
  • Schedule future trips
Features
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The official taxi app of Cabs4u Book a taxi in under 10 seconds and experience exclusive priority service from Cabs4u - Passwordless registration flow - Login & book with your business account and automate expenses - Know an average of how much your trip will cost with the price estimator - See your driver’s and vehicle details and track their arrival on the map. - Schedule future trips

Screenshots

Chiltern Railways4 screens
Cabs4u3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Chiltern Railways at 332 against Cabs4u's 10. Chiltern Railways also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks). Cabs4u's advantage is review sentiment (60% vs 43%). On price, rating, 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Cabs4u holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Chiltern Railways has 332 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Chiltern Railways's written reviews are positive against 60% of Cabs4u's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chiltern Railways ships an update fortnightly, Cabs4u every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Chiltern Railways versus Cabs4u: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChiltern RailwaysCabs4u
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (332 ratings)5.0 (10 ratings) — better
Positive reviews43.4% of reviews60.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings332 — better10
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.616.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size99 MB92 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChiltern RailwaysEXECUTIVE PRIVATE HIRE (EPH) LIMITED

Customer experience

Chiltern Railways

All ratings332 ratings
Positive95.8%
Neutral3.0%
Negative1.2%
Written reviews106 reviews
Positive43.4%
Neutral13.2%
Negative43.4%

Cabs4u

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%

Bugs and requests

Chiltern Railways

Reported bugs

18 issues
  • App fails to load or crashes unexpectedly
  • Payment processing errors and duplicate charges
  • Saved card details not recognized
  • E-ticket preference settings not retained after booking
  • Live journey details don't load when tapping trains
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  • Platform information missing for certain routes
  • NFC ticket loading shows no pending tickets despite having them
  • Apple Wallet integration not functional
  • QR code in Apple Wallet unreadable by ticket barriers
  • Senior Railcard rejection with age criteria error
  • Return ticket booking only allows single tickets
  • Session loss when screen locks
  • Booking confirmation shows as unbought after payment
  • Train times display incorrectly or show wrong departures
  • Links to travel conditions direct to wrong pages
  • Preference Centre link broken
  • Report a problem chat window unresponsive
  • Add card function rejecting valid cards

Requested features

15 requests
  • Car parking booking through app
  • Return ticket purchase functionality
  • Save favorite stations and journeys
  • Timetable view beyond live trains
  • Carriage numbers displayed on live app
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  • Default payment method and station settings
  • Push notifications for delays and updates
  • Status page showing delays and issues
  • Calling stations information
  • Flex season ticket purchasing
  • Change ticket date/time functionality
  • Ability to modify e-ticket preferences after booking
  • Integration with underground/other transport systems
  • Faster real-time ticket loading via NFC
  • Refund option within app interface

Cabs4u

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Chiltern Railways

No in-app purchases

None

Cabs4u

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Chiltern Railways free?
Chiltern Railways is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cabs4u free?
Cabs4u is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Chiltern Railways or Cabs4u?
Cabs4u is rated higher. Chiltern Railways averages 4.8 out of 5 from 332 ratings, while Cabs4u averages 5.0 from 10 ratings.
Do Chiltern Railways or Cabs4u have ads?
Neither Chiltern Railways nor Cabs4u shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Chiltern Railways or Cabs4u?
Chiltern Railways ships an update fortnightly, and Cabs4u every 5 weeks. Most recently, Chiltern Railways was updated on November 6, 2026 and Cabs4u on November 3, 2026.

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