Connect.Mobile vs Realtime Trains
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Connect.Mobile
Access your travel itineraries and booking insights on the go. Get instant updates on travel advice and helpful resources for business trips, including guidance on specific regulations.
- View upcoming trip itineraries
- Access booking behavior insights
- Get up-to-date travel advice
- Direct links to travel how-tos
- Business travel guidance
- Brexit information
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'Connect mobile' mimics your current online booking tool giving you greater flexibility. View itineraries for upcoming trips, and Insights on your booking behaviours whenever you need it. Stay up to date with the latest advice in one tap. The app offers direct links to useful information on how to’s, hints and tips on your business travel as well as guidance on Brexit. Our app is ours, built by us, designed around you - simply download, log in and you are good to go.
Realtime Trains
Access live train times and real-time locations across Great Britain's mainline railway network. This app provides detailed information, including onboard amenities and non-passenger train movements, for professional travelers and enthusiasts alike. Get ahead of the rush with accurate, independently processed data.
- Live train times
- Real-time train location
- Onboard amenities information
- Detailed mode for enthusiasts
- Non-passenger train tracking
- Favorite stations and routes
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Shhh, it's the secret that no-one else wants you to know about. Get ahead of the rush when boarding your trains at some of the busiest stations. We're Realtime Trains, and we're Great Britain's largest independent service for train times - used by millions every year. And we're back - finally - with our new app. Get live train times from any mainline railway station, see where your train is and what's available onboard. Favourite your frequently used stations, routes and services. See train information in far more detail than any other app with our detailed mode! For the professional travellers and enthusiasts, you can even see non-passenger trains like freight and empty stock - so you can really tell if there's a steam train coming... or what's in the way. From Penzance to Thurso, and Arisaig to Lowestoft, we cover the entire mainline railway network with live, up to date, train information. Unlike many other apps, we process data from Network Rail and signalling systems ourselves rather than just showing everything the industry wants to tell you. We're not funded by the rail industry: we pride ourselves on being as accurate as we can be. We started Realtime Trains from a frustration of missing trains and incorrect information and are still at it nearly 15 years later. However, if you spot an issue as they do happen sometimes - let us know and we'll do our best to make sure it doesn't happen again!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Realtime Trains at 60% against Connect.Mobile's 3%. Realtime Trains also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). Connect.Mobile's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Connect.Mobile ships an update every 2 months, Realtime Trains weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Connect.Mobile | Realtime Trains |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 2.5% of reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 122 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Clarity Business Travel | Swlines Ltd |
Customer experience
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In-app purchases
Connect.Mobile
No in-app purchases
Realtime Trains
No in-app purchases









