P+Rail vs MountainAccess
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!
MountainAccess
Your digital travel companion for vacation planning in Andermatt+Sedrun+Disentis. Purchase ski passes, book accommodations, reserve event tickets, rent ski equipment, and make restaurant reservations directly from your smartphone.
- Purchase ski passes
- Find accommodation
- Book events and experiences
- Rent ski equipment
- Reserve restaurant seats
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Enjoy your vacation in Andermatt+Sedrun+Disentis with your personal digital travel companion. With the MountainAccess app you can plan your ski vacation directly on your smartphone: - Buy ski passes, day passes, guest passes, half-price passes and annual passes. - Find the right accommodation - Book exclusive events and experiences - Rent your ski equipment - Reserve seats in our restaurants
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: MountainAccess at 4.9 against P+Rail's 4.6. MountainAccess also leads on review sentiment (89% vs 77%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 weeks). P+Rail's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and ratings volume (98 vs 28). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
MountainAccess holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 98 and 28 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of P+Rail's written reviews are positive against 89% of MountainAccess's.
P+Rail ships an update every 6 weeks, MountainAccess every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | P+Rail | MountainAccess |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (98 ratings) | 4.9 (28 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 77.5% of reviews | 88.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 98 — better | 28 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 249 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SBB AG | Andermatt Sedrun Disentis Marketing AG |
Customer experience
P+Rail
MountainAccess
In-app purchases
P+Rail
No in-app purchases
MountainAccess
No in-app purchases
