P+Rail vs Explorial
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!
Explorial
Explore cities by solving interactive puzzles and challenges on foot. This game offers a fun and engaging way to discover new places, earning points as you go. It's designed for groups and can be played at your own pace, taking around 1-2 hours to complete a tour.
- Interactive puzzle solving
- City exploration
- Point collection system
- Self-paced gameplay
- Group activity
- Discover new cities
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Solve puzzles. Have fun. Get to know the city. Explorial is an interactive and challenging game in which the objective is to collect as many points as possible as a group. You explore the city on foot and get points for solving different types of tasks. Whether you know your way around the city or are just visiting, with Explorial you are guaranteed to get to know the city in a new way. To start a trail, you will need a smartphone with an active internet connection, the free Explorial app, and a valid ticket for each player. With the ticket you can start the game immediately. No reservation is necessary. You can explore the city at your own pace. The game is not limited in time. Typically, it takes about 1-2 hours.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: P+Rail at 4.6 against Explorial's 3.3. P+Rail also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 17) and ratings volume (98 vs 7). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. Explorial sells 16 one-off in-app purchases. P+Rail asks for nothing beyond the download.
P+Rail holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: P+Rail has 98 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of P+Rail's written reviews are positive against 69% of Explorial's.
P+Rail ships an update every 6 weeks, Explorial every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | P+Rail | Explorial |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (98 ratings) — better | 3.3 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 79.7% of reviews — better | 68.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 98 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SBB AG | Explorial GmbH |
Customer experience
P+Rail
Explorial
In-app purchases
P+Rail
No in-app purchases
Explorial
- Ticket (1x)$8.99
- Ticket (1x)$11.99
- Ticket (2x)$13.99
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- Ticket (2x)$15.99
- Ticket (2x)2 variants$17.99
- Ticket (3x)$20.99
- Ticket (2x)$23.99
- Ticket (3x)$23.99
- Ticket (2x)$24.99
- Ticket (3x)$24.99
- Ticket (3x)$26.99
- Ticket (4x)$27.99
- Ticket (5x)$29.99
- Ticket (4x)$36.99
- Ticket (3x)$39.99
- Ticket (4x)$49.99








