RET vs OV
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
OV
Easily store and display your public transport e-tickets for travel in Rotterdam, The Hague, or Amsterdam. Purchase tickets online and add them to the app using a wallet code from your email. Present your ticket for scanning when boarding buses, trams, or metros to check in and travel.
- Store e-tickets for public transport
- Supports Rotterdam, The Hague, Amsterdam
- Add tickets via wallet code
- Display tickets for scanner
- Check-in for bus, tram, metro
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In deze app kun je e-tickets voor het openbaar vervoer toevoegen, zoals dagkaarten voor Rotterdam, Den Haag of Amsterdam. Koop je ticket op OVshop.nl, Public-transport-holland.com of Mobizz.eu. Gebruik de wallet code uit je e-mail om het ticket in de app te zetten. Wanneer je in de bus, tram, metro of op het station bent, haal je het ticket tevoorschijn en houd je het voor de scanner. Je bent nu ingecheckt en klaar om te reizen!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: RET at 4.7 against OV's 1.0. RET also leads on ratings volume (163 vs 2) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 4 months). OV's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0.0 vs 17.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RET has 163 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
RET ships an update every 5 weeks, OV every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RET | OV |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (163 ratings) — better | 1.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 163 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 14.0.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 110 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | RET | Chip Bizz BV |
In-app purchases
RET
No in-app purchases
OV
No in-app purchases
