BA Transfer vs Southeastern
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BA Transfer
Book safe, reliable, and cost-effective airport transfers across the UK. Covers all major London airports and other UK mainland locations through a partner network. Travel in comfort with a diverse fleet.
- Airport transfers
- UK-wide coverage
- Partner network
- Diverse fleet
- Safe and reliable
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Welcome to BA Transfer — where customer satisfaction is always our top priority. Helping our customers enjoy safe, reliable, and cost-effective airport transfers has always been our mission. With BA Transfer, you can rest assured that you're in safe hands. Whether you need transportation to or from Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Luton, London City, Southend Airport, or any other location within Greater London, BA Transfer has you covered.
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: BA Transfer at free against Southeastern's free with in-app purchases. BA Transfer also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Southeastern's advantage is ratings volume (85 vs 1) and review sentiment (43% vs 25%). 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.
BA Transfer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Southeastern has 85 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 25% of BA Transfer's written reviews are positive against 43% of Southeastern's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
BA Transfer ships an update every 2 weeks, Southeastern every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BA Transfer | Southeastern |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.7 (85 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 42.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 85 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 weeks |
| 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 | 69 MB | 85 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BA-Soft | The Go-Ahead Group plc |
Customer experience
BA Transfer
Southeastern
Bugs and requests
BA Transfer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
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
BA Transfer
No in-app purchases
Southeastern
No in-app purchases
