Reisbalans vs RET
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Reisbalans
Easily register and claim commuting expenses and business journeys. Access various transport modes and use automated journey registration with GPS tracking for insight into travel behavior and automatic expense claim creation.
- Commuting expense registration
- Business journey claims
- Multiple transport modes
- Automated journey registration
- GPS travel tracking
- Expense claim creation
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The Reisbalans app enables you to register and claim your commuting expenses and business journeys in an easy manner and gives you access to different modes of transport: from taxi to shared car and from OV-fiets to bus. You can claim and confirm your journeys in the Reisbalans app at the click of a button. Using automated journey registration gives you the opportunity to automatically keep track of all journeys, even when you are not using the app. This GPS option gives immediate insight in your travel behaviour. Automated travel registration is also used to create new expense claims. They will be visible in 'Overview' after they have been processed. The app can be used by users with a Reisbalans account. Your employer decides if Reisbalans is available for you and which options you can use. Want to know more? Check www.reisbalans.nl.
RET
Access real-time public transport information for Rotterdam, including departure times and nearest stops. Plan your journeys across the Netherlands and purchase barcode tickets or savings subscriptions. Receive disruption alerts and view your travel history.
- Real-time departure times
- Journey planner for all of Netherlands
- Barcode ticket purchases
- Savings subscription management
- Disruption notifications
- Travel history tracking
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In the RET app you can find up to date information about public transport services in Rotterdam, see your travel history and buy barcode tickets to travel with the RET. The RET app also shows the nearest stops with current departure times. Get a push notification when there is a disruption at one of your favorite lines or stops. With the planner you can travel with public transport from any location to every address in The Netherlands. The planner contains the latest departure times for bus, tram, metro and trains. Why use the RET app? - Connect your payment cards and view your full travel history with the RET; - Buy a barcode ticket to travel with RET busses, trams and metros; - Buy savings subscriptions and place them on your bank card; - Buy Park and Ride Combi Ticket; - View the latest departure times on your favorite lines, stops - Plan your trip in the travel planner; - View the available shared mobility options nearby; - Push notifications of disruptions; - Overview of all the disruptions for bus, tram & metro and lifts en escalators; - Latest weather forecast - Contact customer service
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: RET at 4.7 against Reisbalans's 4.0. RET also leads on ratings volume (167 vs 2). Reisbalans's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). 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.
RET holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RET has 167 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Reisbalans ships an update every 2 weeks, RET every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Reisbalans | RET |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (2 ratings) | 4.7 (167 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 167 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 98 MB | 113 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Reisbalans BV | RET |
Customer experience
Reisbalans
RET
In-app purchases
Reisbalans
No in-app purchases
RET
No in-app purchases
