Wemlin vs SwissTrains
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Wemlin
Plan your public transport journeys across Switzerland and Liechtenstein with real-time departure information. Easily find nearby stops, view entire routes, and discover connections. The app works offline and allows ticket purchases where available.
- Real-time departure information
- Offline schedule management
- Locate nearby stops
- View entire route and connections
- Ticket purchasing (where enabled)
- Nighttime service maps
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Traveling without haste in Switzerland’s public transport, with schedules from OSTWIND, BLT, Liechtenstein mobil and ZVV. With a single tap Wemlin displays the departures of any public means of transport for: - Zurich's Transport Network (Zürcher Verkehrsverbund - ZVV) incl. Winterthur and Schaffhausen - in the OSTWIND area - for BLT (Baselland Transport) - in Liechtenstein (LIEmobil) - TPF Transports publics Fribourgeois Stops can easily be selected from a list or can be found by using „Locate Me“. Times of departure are automatically updated. After selection of transport line, its entire route with departure times is displayed along with possible connections. Functions: - Scheduled departures incl. nighttime schedules of trains, trams, buses and ships - Realtime support for transport units with a connection to the control center - Service alerts for transport units with special support from the control center - "Locate Me" shows any nearby stops - Buy a ticket for your local transport company (where enabled) - Display of possible connections and their departure times - Management of schedules within the application - Network and nighttime service maps - Works offline too - List of recently used stops - Easy toggling between waiting time and departure time
SwissTrains
Explore the intricate Swiss Railways Network with real-time train tracking and detailed station information. Visualize the entire network in 3D, jump forward in time to preview traffic, and accelerate animations to experience the system's efficiency.
- Real-time train tracking
- Detailed station information
- 3D network visualization
- Time jump and preview
- Accelerated traffic animation
- Official data integration
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SwissTrains for iOS is the application that allows you to see and interact with the amazing Swiss Railways Network, one of densiest and punctual in the whole world. The figures behind it are quite impressive: the railroad network has more than 5,000 km in length and inside which run daily ca. 15,000 trains that generate 150,000 timetables stops across 1,800 stations. Main Features: - Display all running trains: at a moment in time there are more than 700 trains. - For each train you can see the stops and navigate to their position on the map. - Display all network stations: there are more than 1,800 stops. - For each stop you can see the upcoming departures and localize the train. - 3D-mode of the network, amazing city-detail level views for Bern and Basel. - Jump in time and pre-visualize traffic: i.e. check the new Gotthard Base Tunnel. - Fast-Forward mode: you can accelerate the network traffic and enjoy the animation! The animation is based on the official data provided by http://www.fahrplanfelder.ch The project is inspired by the web version of #SwissTrains created in 2007 http://maps.vasile.ch/transit-sbb/ Designed and engineered by: Vasile Coțovanu http://www.vasile.ch DISCLAIMER: This app cannot be held responsible for any late, missed or changes to the timetables on any journeys made by you, which have occurred by the operator or due to construction works. This is not the responsibility of "SwissTrains" to ensure that any routes are operating correctly, but it is the responsibility of the operators who run these services.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Wemlin at none against SwissTrains's 3. Wemlin also leads on rating (4.3 vs 4.1) and update cadence (every 4 months vs every 12 months). SwissTrains's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 79%) and ratings volume (10 vs 3). On price, ads, monetization model 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. SwissTrains sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Wemlin asks for nothing beyond the download.
Wemlin holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 10 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 79% of Wemlin's written reviews are positive against 100% of SwissTrains's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Wemlin ships an update every 4 months, SwissTrains every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Wemlin | SwissTrains |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (3 ratings) — better | 4.1 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 78.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Netcetera AG | M23 Solutions GmbH |
Customer experience
Wemlin
SwissTrains
In-app purchases
Wemlin
No in-app purchases
SwissTrains
- Support Further Development$2.99
- Support Further Development$4.99
- Support Further Development$9.99
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