Zeelo vs Southeastern
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Zeelo
This platform helps organizations provide smart bus transportation for employees and students. Riders can easily purchase passes, manage their trips, and track their bus in real-time. Get instant updates on delays and board with a digital ticket.
- Purchase and manage travel passes
- Edit booked trips
- 24/7 in-app support
- Real-time vehicle tracking
- Delay notifications
- Digital ticket for boarding
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Zeelo is a smart bus platform for organisations, taking thousands of people to work or school everyday. Use our app to purchase rides, manage travel passes and track your driver on the day of your journey. FOR THE RIDERS – Book and manage your travel passes – Edit your booked trips – Speak to our 24/7 support team on the app – Track your vehicle – Receive notifications of any delays – Show your ticket for boarding on the app
Southeastern
Purchase train tickets for any UK railway station with no booking fees. Get real-time updates, digital railcards, and automatic delay compensation claims. This app offers a user-friendly interface with accessibility features.
- Buy train tickets to any UK station
- eTickets and Key Smartcard options
- Personalized common journeys
- One-click delay compensation claims
- Real-time journey alerts
- Digital Railcards
- SeatFinder busy train information
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Travel anywhere: buy train tickets to and from any UK railway station, getting you where you need to go. eTickets and Key Smartcard tickets: offer more sustainable alternatives to paper tickets. Common Journeys: personalise your home screen and receive real-time updates on journeys you regularly make. One Click Delay Repay: making delays easier! We’ll automatically generate a delay replay claim and tell you about the compensation you’re entitled to if your train is delayed by 15 minutes or more. Journey alerts: get real-time notifications for journeys you are about to make straight to your phone. Digital Railcards: save money with the convenience of a Digital Railcard on your phone. Check how busy your train will be with SeatFinder information. Powered by data from Southeastern, National Rail Enquiries and Transport for London. Built with accessibility in mind: the user-friendly interface helps those with accessibility needs, and makes booking travel assistance easy.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Zeelo at free against Southeastern's free with in-app purchases. Zeelo also leads on ratings volume (756 vs 85). Southeastern's advantage is review sentiment (43% vs 29%). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Zeelo against 4.7 for Southeastern. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Zeelo has 756 ratings behind it against 85, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 29% of Zeelo's written reviews are positive against 43% of Southeastern's.
Zeelo ships an update every 4 weeks, Southeastern every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Zeelo | Southeastern |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (756 ratings) — better | 4.7 (85 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 28.8% of reviews | 42.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 756 — better | 85 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 110 MB | 85 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zeelo LTD | The Go-Ahead Group plc |
Customer experience
Zeelo
Southeastern
User reviews
Zeelo
From 756 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Convenient transportation
- 💡 Recurring booking option
- 👍 Simple to use app
- 🚌 Smooth ride experience
- 💰 Cost savings
Room to improve
- 🐛 Buggy and unreliable app
- 🕰️ Inaccurate timetables and delays
- 🤖 Poor customer support and AI chatbot
- 🚌 Poorly maintained buses
- 🤬 Rude and unprofessional drivers
Southeastern
From 85 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Easy to use
- 👍 Convenient for booking tickets
- 🚀 Fast and efficient
- 💡 Useful features like delay repay
- 👍 User-friendly interface
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent issues with loading tickets to key card
- 🐛 Unreliable app performance, crashes and glitches
- 🐛 Confusing and unintuitive user experience
- 🐛 Inconsistent functionality across different device types
- 🐛 Poor accessibility for disabled users
Bugs and requests
Zeelo
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes and freezes
- Incorrect journey details and booking information
- Inability to log in or access account
- Inconsistent app behavior and functionality
Requested features
5 requests- Improved booking flexibility
- Real-time bus tracking
- Seamless integration with mobile wallets
- Reliable notifications and alerts
- Better multi-user support
Southeastern
Reported bugs
5 issues- Inability to load tickets onto key card
- Inconsistent behavior when purchasing tickets
- Errors and crashes when trying to claim delay repay
- Issues with recognizing and applying railcard discounts
- Problems with syncing ticket purchases across devices
Requested features
6 requests- Ability to save and reuse common journeys
- Offline support for accessing tickets
- Integration with mobile wallets like Apple Pay
- Improved accessibility features
- Better tracking and management of purchased tickets
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- More intuitive and streamlined user interface
In-app purchases
Zeelo
No in-app purchases
Southeastern
No in-app purchases
