Comparison

Rail vs BuildSafe

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

Head to head
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.

About

BuildSafe

Features
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This app is integrated with Autodesk Construction Cloud, all the needed and master data will come from Autodesk Construction Cloud to our web server, and our API will use the received data and process the permit to work business flow in this app, final PDF report will be sent to Autodesk Construction Cloud software using our web API. Permit to Work is digitalized to offer a better solution for Safety Management Team. This is an excellent management software that can be downloaded and used on any mobile device or PC. Once our Permit to Work software form has been filled out and all safety measures are completed, your safety executive can sign off on the form electronically. If your property is in compliance, the issuing officer may sign as well, add their comments and email a copy of the permit to the appropriate parties. Throughout the application process, this permit management software keeps your management in control and saves everyone time.

Screenshots

Rail3 screens
BuildSafe3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: BuildSafe at every 3 weeks against Rail's every 3 months. BuildSafe 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

Rail ships an update every 3 months, BuildSafe every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 6 level
Rail versus BuildSafe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRailBuildSafe
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 weeks โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size32 MB97 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAgileAppCo. LtdShajahan Mohamed

In-app purchases

None

Rail

No in-app purchases

None

BuildSafe

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Rail free?
Rail is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BuildSafe free?
BuildSafe is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Rail or BuildSafe have ads?
Neither Rail nor BuildSafe shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Rail or BuildSafe?
Rail ships an update every 3 months, and BuildSafe every 3 weeks. Most recently, Rail was updated on October 15, 2026 and BuildSafe on October 25, 2026.

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