UTS vs Bruised Passports
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.
Bruised Passports
This travel companion app offers video guides and tips for destinations worldwide. Plan trips, find scenic spots with directions, track visited countries on a digital map, and access exclusive brand offers.
- Video travel guides
- Trip planning tools
- Scenic spot directions
- Digital scratch-map country tracker
- Exclusive brand offers
- Travel workshops
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A traveller’s best friend, Bruised Passports: The Ultimate Travel App contains travel tips and video guides across 7 continents, based on Savi & Vid’s first-hand research. You can plan your next trip for free, get exact directions to reach scenic & offbeat spots, track your country count and share it with your friends via a fun digital scratch-map, attend workshops, and avail exclusive offers from amazing brands that will help you in your travels.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Bruised Passports at 100% against UTS's 49%. Bruised Passports also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and update cadence (every 11 days vs every 3 weeks). UTS's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (1.7K vs 2). On price, 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. Bruised Passports sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. UTS asks for nothing beyond the download.
Bruised Passports holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: UTS has 1.7K ratings behind it against 2, 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 100% of Bruised Passports's.
UTS ships an update every 3 weeks, Bruised Passports every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | UTS | Bruised Passports |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.7K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 49.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.7K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 139 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Centre for Railway Information Systems | Bruised Passport Private Limited |
Customer experience
UTS
Bruised Passports
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
Bruised Passports
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
UTS
No in-app purchases
Bruised Passports
- Premium Membership$9.99
- Upgrade Exclusive Membership$99.99
- Exclusive Membership$119.99
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