Comparison

DB Navigator vs Freiburg Visit & Guide

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

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About

DB Navigator

Plan and manage your journeys across Germany with this comprehensive travel app. Book tickets, find the best prices, and receive real-time travel updates for all public transport, including trains, subways, trams, and buses. It offers convenient features like seat reservations and coach information to ensure a smooth travel experience.

Highlights
  • Ticket booking
  • Deutschland-Ticket integration
  • Best price search
  • Travel notifications
  • Journey information
  • Komfort Check-in
  • Demand indicator
Features
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DB Navigator – your smart travel companion for Germany and beyond. With DB Navigator, you can plan your route, find the right connections and book tickets for local and long-distance travel directly in the app. Whether you're using the Deutschland-Ticket, commuting by bus and train, or travelling on ICE, IC and regional services, real-time travel information, up-to-date timetables and bookable e-scooters and bikes help you stay flexible wherever you go. YOUR BENEFITS AT A GLANCE • Subscribe to and manage your Deutschland-Ticket • Book tickets for local and long-distance travel • Real-time timetables, journey planning and route planning • Journey Companion with automatic travel updates • Real-time travel information, platform details and coach sequence information • Komfort Check-in for more relaxed long-distance journeys • Demand indicator for many trains • Rent e-scooters and bikes directly in the app • Send travel information to your smartwatch DEUTSCHLAND-TICKET & PUBLIC TRANSPORT Travel conveniently across Germany with the Deutschland-Ticket on local public transport. Subscribe to your Deutschland-Ticket directly in DB Navigator and find connections for buses, trains, S-Bahn, U-Bahn and regional services. Our filters help you quickly identify which connections are valid with the Deutschland-Ticket. BOOK TICKETS AT THE BEST PRICE Book your tickets and use mobile tickets for local and long-distance travel in just a few steps. Whether you're travelling by regional train, ICE or IC, the Best Price Finder helps you discover great-value fares and compare suitable connections with ease. Travel across Germany from as little as €6.99. REAL-TIME TIMETABLES, TRAVEL UPDATES & ROUTE PLANNING Use DB Navigator as your timetable and route planner for Germany and beyond. Access up-to-date timetable information, find the right connection and stay informed with real-time departure, arrival and interchange information. We'll keep you updated every step of the way. TRAVEL COMPANION FOR STRESS-FREE TRAVEL Keep track of your journey at all times with your digital travel companion. Save connections and automatically receive important updates about your route. If there are any changes, you'll be notified immediately so you can stay up to date throughout your journey. MAKE LONG-DISTANCE TRAIN TRAVEL EVEN MORE COMFORTABLE Take advantage of special features designed for long-distance rail travel. With Komfort Check-in, you can check yourself in conveniently. Journey details also include the latest coach sequence information, allowing you to see exactly where your coach will stop on the platform. The demand indicator helps you find a more comfortable seat. BUS, TRAIN, E-SCOOTER & BIKE Combine different modes of transport in a single journey. Alongside bus and train services, you can book a suitable e-scooter or bike seamlessly in the app and cover the first or last mile with ease. The integrated map also helps you find your way around and displays walking routes to nearby stops and stations. TRAVEL INFORMATION ON YOUR SMARTWATCH Keep an eye on your connection wherever you are. Send important travel information directly to your smartwatch and access real-time updates about your journey right from your wrist. DB NAVIGATOR – YOUR SMART TRAVEL COMPANION No matter where you're travelling to, DB Navigator keeps timetables, tickets, travel information, buses, trains, e-scooters and bikes right at your fingertips. For stress-free travel by rail and public transport throughout Germany and beyond. Download now for free from the App Store! For more information about DB Navigator features, visit bahn.de/en Enjoying the app? We'd love to hear your feedback in the App Store.

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Freiburg Visit & Guide

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Discover our guided walking tours of Freiburg on your phone and at your own pace! You decide when and what itineraries to do, besides being offline and without having to worry about the loss of coverage! Forget the maps and spending data or mobile phone battery! With the itineraries that our passionate Tourblinkers, instagrammers, bloggers and local inhabitants have made with images, we will guide you step by step, indicating which direction to take showing you images of the place and monument that you have in front of you! We will be your freetour guide on your own mobile phone. As if we were the genie of the lamp, who will make you the tour you decide, at the time you like, and spending the time you wish! We offer you itineraries lasting from 60 mins to 3 hours so you can choose the time that best suits you (especially if it is the first time you are visiting this place or you are staying here only for the weekend). OFFLINE APPLICATION Don’t you have mobile data or connection? No problem! You can visit Freiburg and read all the practical information even in “airplane mode”, without spending any of that. Tourblink specializes in walking tours always available offline and through images and audios. Without maps, we guide you in the most intuitive possible way, so you don’t get lost. CURIOUS AND QUALITY INFORMATION Our Tourblink team is composed by professionals and local guides who are art passionated and who know what questions you may be asking yourself and what would you like to see during your visit in Freiburg, optimizing your time. The information in the app is concise, useful, fun and easy to understand. The one related to the monuments is free! In addition of explaining what you already knew you were coming to visit, we also tell you what we like the most about each monument that you didn’t know you were going to see. So that when you leave this place, you leave it with a good taste of knowledge. ITINERARIES Don't you exactly know how to profit your time? Where to start? We are here to solve that! We propose itineraries by hours, in order to enjoy the place as much as you can! You will feel like on a tour, but on your own and at your own pace. Once you choose one of the itineraries (paying a ridiculous price of less than € 5), you can follow the route and listen to the audio guides, which will give you information to understand what you see once you are in front of it. Or if you prefer, you can read it.

Screenshots

DB Navigator4 screens
Freiburg Visit & Guide4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DB Navigator at none against Freiburg Visit & Guide's 2. DB Navigator also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 months) and chart position (#199 vs unranked). Freiburg Visit & Guide's advantage is iOS requirement (10.2 vs 15.1). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Freiburg Visit & Guide sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. DB Navigator asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DB Navigator ships an update fortnightly, Freiburg Visit & Guide every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
DB Navigator versus Freiburg Visit & Guide: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDB NavigatorFreiburg Visit & Guide
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (17K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews30.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings17K — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#199 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.110.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size303 MB99 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDeutsche BahnGUIDELING OU

In-app purchases

None

DB Navigator

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Freiburg Visit & Guide

One-time2
  • Audio The center of Freiburg$0.99
  • Complete Audioguide$0.99

Questions

Is DB Navigator free?
DB Navigator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Freiburg Visit & Guide free?
Freiburg Visit & Guide is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do DB Navigator or Freiburg Visit & Guide have ads?
Neither DB Navigator nor Freiburg Visit & Guide shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DB Navigator or Freiburg Visit & Guide?
DB Navigator ships an update fortnightly, and Freiburg Visit & Guide every 5 months. Most recently, DB Navigator was updated on November 10, 2026 and Freiburg Visit & Guide on November 7, 2026.

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