UTS vs IRCTC Tourism
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
UTS
Book unreserved train tickets for Indian Railways directly from your smartphone. Features include ticket booking and cancellation, profile management, and saving frequent routes. Choose between paper or paperless ticketing options.
- Book unreserved tickets
- Cancel tickets
- Manage user profile
- Save frequent travel routes
- Paper ticket option
- Paperless ticket option
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UTS is an Indian Railways official iOS mobile ticketing application which allows the daily train travellers to book unreserved tickets of Indian Railways using their Smartphone. The application is designed in such a way that it is easy to use and has user friendly interface with features like book ticket, cancel ticket, maintain their profile, manage frequent travel routes , etc.The passenger will use Railway wallet to book the ticket. There are two modes for booking Tickets : (i) Paper (ii) Paperless. In case of paper ticket user has to take a printout from kiosk/counter at concerned station. Whereas in case of Paperless ticket user's Location will be captured to determine he/she is present in valid ticketing area. In this mode no printout is required and the user can directly show his ticket from his smartphone to the TTE. Moreover an alternative to location check has also been introduced in limited stations where a user can scan a unique barcode present at station premises to book his paperless ticket.
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: UTS at 4.7 against IRCTC Tourism's 3.3. UTS also leads on review sentiment (49% vs 21%) and ratings volume (1.7K vs 3). On price, update cadence, 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.
UTS holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: UTS has 1.7K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 49% of UTS's written reviews are positive against 21% of IRCTC Tourism's.
UTS ships an update every 3 weeks, IRCTC Tourism monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | UTS | IRCTC Tourism |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.7K ratings) — better | 3.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 49.3% of reviews — better | 21.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.7K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 73 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Centre for Railway Information Systems | Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited |
Customer experience
UTS
IRCTC Tourism
Bugs and requests
UTS
Reported bugs
5 issues- Inability to change class or payment mode
- Tickets not getting generated after payment
- Stations not showing up in search
- Frequent logout issues
- Inconsistent behavior across different devices
Requested features
5 requests- Download or email ticket option
- Offline ticket access
- Ability to book tickets from within the station
- Seamless multi-segment journey booking
- Improved announcement and service updates
IRCTC Tourism
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
UTS
No in-app purchases
IRCTC Tourism
No in-app purchases
