P+Rail vs PubliCar
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
P+Rail
This app allows you to pay for parking at SBB P+Rail locations and ten partner railways quickly and without cash. It helps you find nearby parking, provides details about each spot, and allows for easy cancellation of payments within the first few minutes. You can also manage multiple vehicles and favorite locations.
- Cashless parking payment
- Finds nearest parking spaces
- Displays parking space information
- Cancel parking payments
- View parking ticket history
- Manage multiple number plates
- Reserve parking spots
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More than a parking meter. Who said that trains and cars can’t be friends? With P+Rail, these two modes of transport can be combined with ease. With the SBB P+Rail app, you can pay for your parking quickly and cashfree. The P+Rail app unifies SBB P+Rail parking spaces with those of ten partner railways (BLS, RhB, RBS, TPF, SOB, MGB, OeBB, AB, AVA and Zentralbahn). And here’s why the SBB P+Rail app is so simple and fast: The app always knows exactly where your nearest parking space is, so you don’t need to go to the information board. Extra information about the parking spaces is displayed for each location, such as the number of electric car charging stations or important restrictions. If you make a mistake while booking, you can easily cancel your parking payment independently within the first few minutes. You can access an overview of your active, expired and refunded parking tickets. You can store several number plates and save your personal favourite locations in the quick selection view. Already using the SBB Mobile app for searching the timetable or purchasing tickets? You can use your SwissPass login for the SBB P+Rail app too. In future, you will be able to use your stored payment methods in both apps – wherever and whenever you are on the move. Make sure you have a spot: there is a binding reservation option for 30 busy locations – find it easily in the app menu. Find out for yourself!
PubliCar
Book individual journeys conveniently from your smartphone. Select your desired travel times, enter your start and destination, and pay flexibly. This service offers an easy way to arrange your transportation.
- Book individual journeys
- Select departure/arrival times
- Enter start and destination
- Flexible payment options
- Smartphone booking
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With the PubliCar app, you can easily and conveniently book an individual journey on your smartphone. It is as simple as that: Book your journey: • Select the desired departure or arrival time • Enter your start and destination address • Pay flexibly You can find further information on our website: https://postauto.ch/node/30675/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PubliCar at 4.9 against P+Rail's 4.6. PubliCar also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks). P+Rail's advantage is ratings volume (98 vs 12). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
PubliCar holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: P+Rail has 98 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two.
P+Rail ships an update every 6 weeks, PubliCar fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 13, 2026.
| Parameter | P+Rail | PubliCar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (98 ratings) | 4.9 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 77.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 98 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.7.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 81 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | SBB AG | ioki GmbH |
Customer experience
P+Rail
PubliCar
In-app purchases
P+Rail
No in-app purchases
PubliCar
No in-app purchases






