CTrail eTix vs Tover
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CTrail eTix
Purchase mobile rail tickets for Hartford Line and Shore Line East customers directly from your smartphone. Avoid lines and cash transactions by buying daily parking and various ticket types, including monthly bus add-ons for CTtransit users.
- Purchase mobile rail tickets
- Buy daily parking
- Save tickets for later
- Receive email receipts
- Add CTtransit bus passes
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Traveling on CTrail just got easier! No more waiting in line to purchase a paper ticket, swiping your credit card, or carrying around cash. Connecticut DOT’s CTrail eTix app allows Hartford Line and Shore Line East customers to buy mobile rail tickets using their smartphone. Daily parking at Wallingford and Berlin stations is also available for purchase using CTrail eTix. With CTrail eTix, One-Way, Weekly, Monthly, and Ten-Trip mobile tickets are available for purchase. For customers that also use CTtransit, a CTtransit Monthly (Local) Bus add-on is available for purchase with your monthly rail ticket. Pay on the go, and use your mobile tickets immediately or save them for later. Keeping track of expenses is easy with CTrail eTix receipts provided via e-mail. Get started right away by downloading CTrail eTix and creating your account.
Tover
Organize all aspects of your travel, from activities and schedules to budgets and memories. Collaborate with others on shared trips and keep all your travel details accessible in one convenient place.
- Organize trip events
- Add activities like tours and hotels
- Collaborate with multiple people
- Interactive map view
- Track trip spending
- Calendar and timeline views
- Save memories and notes
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Tover helps you organize every part of a trip in one place. Plan activities, keep schedules organized, manage budgets, collaborate with others, and save memories so you can look back on your experiences later. Whether you're planning a weekend getaway, family vacation, group trip, or long itinerary, Tover keeps everything connected and easy to access. Features: • Create trips and organize all events in one place • Add activities such as restaurants, tours, transportation, hotels, and more • Invite multiple people to collaborate on shared trips • View events on an interactive map • Track trip spending with budget summaries and breakdowns • See upcoming activities and schedules in calendar view • Stay organized with timelines and future events • Review places after you visit them • Add notes and descriptions so you remember experiences later • Keep travel details organized and accessible throughout your trip Tover is designed to help you spend less time managing details and more time enjoying the trip itself.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tover at 100% against CTrail eTix's 6%. Tover also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.6) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 6 months). CTrail eTix's advantage is ratings volume (184 vs 3) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). 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.
Tover holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CTrail eTix has 184 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 6% of CTrail eTix's written reviews are positive against 100% of Tover's.
CTrail eTix ships an update every 6 months, Tover every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CTrail eTix | Tover |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.6 (184 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 5.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 184 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | CTrail Connecticut Department of Transportation | Ryan Dalal |
Customer experience
CTrail eTix
Tover
Bugs and requests
CTrail eTix
Reported bugs
35 issues- Cannot create an account
- Password reset functionality broken
- Email already in use error when creating account, but no account found for password reset
- App crashes frequently
- Purchased tickets disappear from the app
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- Login errors/connection errors
- App reverts to old keyboard and screen size
- Apple Pay not working reliably
- Time change detected errors when accessing tickets
- App closes when selecting a destination/station
- App immediately crashes after an update
- No confirmation email received
- Cannot log in
- App doesn't let me select a destination
- App doesn't work at all
- Tickets disappear multiple times
- App crashes on first install
- App requires camera access unnecessarily
- App doesn't load over HTTPS reliably
- Payment form hosted on a different service
- App doesn't support larger screens/newer phones
- App doesn't allow copy/paste of passwords
- App doesn't interact with password managers
- App crashes when trying to start
- App doesn't let me purchase a ticket
- App doesn't allow me to select a destination
- App closes out when entering a station
- App keeps crashing
- App is incredibly buggy
- App requires camera access to verify tickets
- App displays browser windows within itself
- App requires constant logging in
- App is formatted for much older phones and does not display correctly
- App keeps telling me to confirm email with no way to do so
- App lacks proper support for newer phones
Requested features
18 requests- Modernize the app's UI/UX
- Add train schedules to the app
- Improve password management (copy/paste, password managers)
- Add Apple Wallet support
- Add Dynamic Island support
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- Add Live Updates
- Allow round trip ticket purchases
- Add trip planning ability
- Improve payment options (Apple Pay, security)
- Add a way to confirm email
- Fix app crashing issues
- Coordinate with Amtrak and Metro North apps
- Add a schedule page
- Add a reservation system
- Increase time window for ticket confirmation
- Improve security of backend and payment forms
- Add Dark Mode option
- Add an interactive schedule like the website
Tover
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
CTrail eTix
No in-app purchases
Tover
No in-app purchases
