APSRTC vs RABTA
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.
RABTA
Book, cancel, and inquire about train tickets conveniently online. This official Pakistan Railways app allows passengers to manage their travel bookings anytime, anywhere.
- Online ticket booking
- Ticket cancellation
- Online payment
- Order inquiry
- 24/7 booking access
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RABTA is a ticketing application officially authorized by Pakistan Railways, providing passengers with convenient online ticket booking, ticket cancellation, online payment and order inquiry. Passengers can book tickets through this application anytime and anywhere.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: RABTA at 2.6 against APSRTC's 2.0. RABTA also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). APSRTC's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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.
RABTA holds the better App Store score, 2.6 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 13 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 13% of APSRTC's written reviews are positive against 11% of RABTA's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
APSRTC ships an update every 4 months, RABTA every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and August 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | APSRTC | RABTA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (7 ratings) | 2.6 (13 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 12.5% of reviews — better | 11.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 13 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 119 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation | EASYWAY INNOVATIONS PAKISTAN (PRIVATE) LIMITED |
Customer experience
APSRTC
RABTA
In-app purchases
APSRTC
No in-app purchases
RABTA
No in-app purchases
