Comparison

Checkpoint Authority vs Rail

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ€” with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Checkpoint Authority

Features
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The Checkpoint Authority App is designed to help manage railway personnel seeking authority to enter a worksite. It provides features for both supervisors and personnel to send, accept and manage worksite authority.

About

Rail

This app helps UK rail industry suppliers manage worker time and travel according to regulations. It allows administrators to plan shifts, track worker progress, and generate reports on hours worked and travel time. Workers receive shift notifications and log their time with tap-ins.

Highlights
  • Shift planning and rostering
  • Rest period compliance checks
  • Worker time tracking (tap-in/out)
  • Real-time worker progress monitoring
  • Exceedance alerts and remote risk assessment
  • Preformatted reporting
Features
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โ€ข Rail-Time is the complete compliance solution for UK rail industry suppliers to manage their worker's time and travel in accordance with industry regulations. โ€ข The system has been designed to allow admin users to plan and roster staff shifts ensuring they meet with all relevant rest periods and breaks required. โ€ข It will also calculate the FRI scores for all planned shifts ensuring that every shift meets the required standards before being passed to the workers phone or tablet. The worker then receives notification that they have been rostered on to a shift. The worker is required to 'tap-in;' when they leave their place of rest, again when they reach the work location, when they leave the work location and finally, when they arrive at their place of rest. Each 'tap-in' is then recorded for audit and time-management purposes. The admin user is able to track in "rail-time" the workers progress through the planned shift. Where an exceedance of working hours is identified the system will notify the worker and the allocated Supervisor where a risk assessment can be carried out remotely to either approve or deny the exceedance. A series of preformatted reports are available for download by the Admin user ranging from total company worked hours, individuals worked hours and travel time for a given period and the hours worked against a specific project.

Screenshots

Checkpoint Authority2 screens
Rail3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Checkpoint Authority at every 10 days against Rail's every 3 months. Checkpoint Authority also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Checkpoint Authority ships an update every 10 days, Rail every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 6 level
Checkpoint Authority versus Rail: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCheckpoint AuthorityRail
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviewsโ€”100.0% of reviews
Update frequencyEvery 10 days โ€” betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetizationโ€”Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 โ€” better15.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size59 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperC & G SYSTEMS LIMITEDAgileAppCo. Ltd

In-app purchases

None

Checkpoint Authority

No in-app purchases

None

Rail

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Checkpoint Authority free?
Checkpoint Authority is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Rail free?
Rail is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Checkpoint Authority or Rail have ads?
Neither Checkpoint Authority nor Rail shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Checkpoint Authority or Rail?
Checkpoint Authority ships an update every 10 days, and Rail every 3 months. Most recently, Checkpoint Authority was updated on September 17, 2026 and Rail on September 12, 2026.

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