RET vs @Transdev
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RET
Plan your journeys across the Netherlands with real-time public transport information for Rotterdam. View departure times, track your travel history, and purchase tickets and subscriptions directly through the app.
- Real-time departure times
- Trip planner for all of Netherlands
- Barcode ticket purchases
- Travel history tracking
- Disruption notifications
- Shared mobility options
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In the RET app you can find up to date information about public transport services in Rotterdam, see your travel history and buy barcode tickets to travel with the RET. The RET app also shows the nearest stops with current departure times. Get a push notification when there is a disruption at one of your favorite lines or stops. With the planner you can travel with public transport from any location to every address in The Netherlands. The planner contains the latest departure times for bus, tram, metro and trains. Why use the RET app? - Connect your payment cards and view your full travel history with the RET; - Buy a barcode ticket to travel with RET busses, trams and metros; - Buy savings subscriptions and place them on your bank card; - Buy Park and Ride Combi Ticket; - View the latest departure times on your favorite lines, stops - Plan your trip in the travel planner; - View the available shared mobility options nearby; - Push notifications of disruptions; - Overview of all the disruptions for bus, tram & metro and lifts en escalators; - Latest weather forecast - Contact customer service
@Transdev
Access real-time departure times for nearby or favorite stops. Plan journeys across various public transport options and receive notifications for disruptions. Manage your travel history and purchase e-tickets.
- Real-time departure times
- Journey planner for bus, tram, metro, train, ferry
- Stop and line search
- Disruption notifications
- Favorite stops
- Travel history
- E-ticket purchase
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Transdev – The Mobility Company. With the Transdev app, you always have up-to-date departure times close at hand. The app shows current departure times for the nearest stops or your preferred stop. The app uses your location to find nearby stops. The screen shows at a glance whether your ride will leave the stop on time or if the vehicle is running early or late. What the app offers: • The app has a handy journey planner that gives travel advice from your current location or a chosen address to any destination in the Netherlands. The planner gives advice for bus, tram, metro, train, and ferry. • You can search directly by stop name. Each stop shows which lines stop there. Once you pick a line, you see real-time departure times. Use the bell icon on this page to sign up for notifications about detours or disruptions. You can choose to get these during peak hours only or at all times. • Use the heart icon next to the stop name to save a stop as a favorite. This stop will appear by default on your Favorites screen. • Link your debit/credit card (OVpay) to your My Account to view your full travel history with Transdev and its brands. • Buy an e-ticket to travel on Transdev buses. • The Detours icon shows planned and unplanned detours and disruptions. Tip: sign up for push notifications to get this information right away if something happens on your route. • Insights into recent trips. • Contact customer service. • Overview of available shared mobility systems nearby. • The option to personalize the app's homepage. • The app includes a region filter so you can see information relevant to your area. This can be set based on your location or configured manually. The following regions are included in the Transdev app: o Amstelland-Meerlanden o Gooi & Vechtstreek o Haarlem-IJmond o Hoeksche Waard and Goeree-Overflakkee o Noord-Holland Noord o Parkshuttle o Zeeland o Zuidoost-Brabant The Transdev app is constantly evolving. Do you have any questions? Go to: www.transdev.nl/contact.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: RET at 50% against @Transdev's 0%. RET also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.9) and ratings volume (163 vs 18). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
RET holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RET has 163 ratings behind it against 18, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of RET's written reviews are positive against 0% of @Transdev's.
RET ships an update every 5 weeks, @Transdev every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on October 13, 2026.
| Parameter | RET | @Transdev |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (163 ratings) — better | 3.9 (18 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 163 — better | 18 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 110 MB | 112 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | RET | Connexxion Nederland B.V. |
Customer experience
RET
@Transdev
In-app purchases
RET
No in-app purchases
@Transdev
No in-app purchases








