Comparison

Mind The App vs Traxplorer | Settle Carlisle

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

Head to head
About

Mind The App

Stay informed about London's public transport with real-time updates on tube, bus, rail, and river services. Receive notifications, use widgets, and add favorite lines for personalized alerts. Share updates easily and check service status on your Apple Watch.

Highlights
  • Live service updates
  • Delay and disruption alerts
  • Push notifications
  • Widgets and Siri shortcuts
  • Favorite line management
  • Shareable status updates
  • Apple Watch complications
Features
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Get live service updates for the London public transport system. Find out if there are any delays or disruptions on your tube lines, buses, rail and river services. A simple app with one purpose: to give you status updates that are easy to digest without getting in your way. Choose from a variety of options to keep up-to-date with the latest status changes, including push notifications, widgets, Siri shortcuts and more. Add lines to your favourites to only see updates you actually care about. Easily share status updates with your friends and family. Use the Apple Watch app to get glanceable service information right on your wrist with our carefully crafted complications. The app uses official TfL live data to make sure you get the most up-to-date and correct information.

About

Traxplorer | Settle Carlisle

Features
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Enhance your journey on the Settle to Carlisle line with Traxplorer. Features include: • My Journey : Interactive live map of your journey. Discover more about landmarks and points of interest that can be seen from the train window. Log your journeys and collect postcards for every station you visit. Get helpful information and assistance during your journey. • Train and Bus Times : Live train time information for every station in the UK. Check when the next trains from your local station are departing with one click. Also, discover bus links from stations along the line. • Line Guide : Simple but informative guide to the Hull to Scarborough railway. View each station on the line. Learn about old railways and closed stations along the route. • Station Guide : Detailed information for all 11 stations on the line. Includes a useful map, platform, and accessibility information. Explore what attractions and services each station has to offer. • Trolley service information : Discover the train services which include trolley service, and browse the list of available items for purchase. • Achievements and Leaderboard : Collect rewards for finishing journeys and completing fun tasks within the app. Compete against other passengers in stats such as number of journeys and number of stations visited with public leaderboards. • Seasons : Work together with user users to unlock seasonal rewards every month. Aim to be the number 1 traveller each season to earn exciting accessories. • Customisation and Unlockables : Create your own passenger which will be displayed on the map. Unlock new accessories and customisation by completing achievements.

Screenshots

Mind The App4 screens
Traxplorer | Settle Carlisle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Traxplorer | Settle Carlisle at none against Mind The App's 4. Traxplorer | Settle Carlisle also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 27.0). Mind The App's advantage is device support (5 vs 2). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Mind The App sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Traxplorer | Settle Carlisle asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mind The App ships an update every 2 months, Traxplorer | Settle Carlisle every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Mind The App versus Traxplorer | Settle Carlisle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMind The AppTraxplorer | Settle Carlisle
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS27.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB211 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAttila NemetYonosphere

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Mind The App

One-time4
  • Small Tip$1.00
  • Medium Tip$3.00
  • Large Tip$5.00
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  • Extra Large Tip$10.00
None

Traxplorer | Settle Carlisle

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mind The App free?
Mind The App is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Traxplorer | Settle Carlisle free?
Traxplorer | Settle Carlisle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Mind The App or Traxplorer | Settle Carlisle have ads?
Neither Mind The App nor Traxplorer | Settle Carlisle shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mind The App or Traxplorer | Settle Carlisle?
Mind The App ships an update every 2 months, and Traxplorer | Settle Carlisle every 6 weeks. Most recently, Mind The App was updated on October 24, 2026 and Traxplorer | Settle Carlisle on October 28, 2026.

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