APSRTC vs IRCTC Tourism
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
APSRTC
Book bus tickets, cancel reservations, and manage your travel with an official mobile application. Track city and long-journey buses in real-time. Offers an e-wallet for convenient transactions.
- Online ticket booking
- Ticket cancellation
- e-Wallet functionality
- Live tracking of long journey buses
- Live tracking of city buses
- Online passenger reservation
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APSRTC is committed to provide consistently high quality of services and to continuously improve the services through a process of teamwork for the utmost satisfaction of the passengers and to attain a position of pre-eminence in the Bus Transport sector. The APSRTC APP is Official Mobile Application, includes: - APSRTC OPRS Online Ticket Booking - Ticket Cancellation - APSRTC e-Wallet, Online Passenger Reservation & Cancellation - Live Tracking Long journey Buses. - Live Tracking City Buses.
IRCTC Tourism
Easily plan and book your vacations, holidays, and stays. Securely reserve tour packages, hotels, retiring rooms, and lounges. Purchase flight and bus tickets with convenient online booking options.
- Book tour packages
- Hotel bookings
- Retiring room and lounge booking
- Flight ticket booking
- Bus ticket booking
- View, book, and cancel tickets
- Guest login
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Plan your Vacations/Holidays/Stays through IRCTC TOURISM - Tour Package, Stays - Lounge, Retiring Room, Hotel bookings now made simpler and available anytime, anywhere SELECT and BOOK. Install the newly launched IRCTC iOS app and book your vacations Features:- - One step login to existing users. - Guest login feature is provided. - Book Tour Packages for travel within India and abroad, covering all the important tourist places at comparatively cheaper prices. - View, Book and cancel Tickets. - Bharat Darshan, one of the most affordable Train packages. - Retiring Room Booking - Lounge Booking - Hotel Booking - Flight Tickets - Bus Tickets IRCTC App offers Bus tickets across India Book Online and avoid queues at counters Offering affordable and hassle free bookings with various options of luxury and deluxe buses from multiple bus operators Book both Private and SRTC bus tickets Get Bus timings, availability, price, boarding & dropping point and select your seat online 24/7 customer support With IRCTC every transaction is simple, safe and secure. Provide the last mile connectivity for the train travellers. Enjoy the never before experience of online IRCTC Tourism mobile app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: IRCTC Tourism at 3.3 against APSRTC's 2.0. IRCTC Tourism also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months) and review sentiment (21% vs 13%). On price, ratings volume, 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.
IRCTC Tourism holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 13% of APSRTC's written reviews are positive against 21% of IRCTC Tourism's.
APSRTC ships an update every 4 months, IRCTC Tourism monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | APSRTC | IRCTC Tourism |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (7 ratings) | 3.3 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 12.5% of reviews | 21.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 119 MB | 73 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation | Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited |
Customer experience
APSRTC
IRCTC Tourism
In-app purchases
APSRTC
No in-app purchases
IRCTC Tourism
No in-app purchases
