Next Train vs EL AL
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Next Train
Quickly access real-time train departure times, directions, and platform information with a single touch. This app simplifies finding your next train, remembering your frequent stations for faster access.
- One-touch train information access
- Departure time, direction, and platform details
- Route and stops data
- Remembers usual station choices
- Offline access to schedules
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Easiest and Quickest way to see next train information! One touch - and your got all the info about the train YOU NEED. Departure time, direction, platform - all of it. No searching through time-tables! One touch - and it's like you're at the station YOU NEED. Just choose the station and see all relevant data! All trains info, including platform, given in order of departure (North vs. South marked in color). One more touch and you see all route and stops data about the chosen train!! The program remembers your usual choices. What added value do you get? You can sit in a cafe or at a business meeting and you can know what your train options at this second are IN JUST ONE TOUCH and at the station YOU need. You can always optimize your train choice and make the right train just in time. It doesn't get easier or quicker than that!! ********************* The program "NextTrain" by Serge Nes is not affiliated in any way with "Israel Railway". Any information inside the program is not checked or approved by "Israel Railways" and it is not responsible for its accuracy in any way. ********************* הדרך הקלה לראות מידע על רכבות קרובות. נגיעה אחת - וכל המידע על הרכבת הבאה מולך! הרכבת שאתה צריך (לא צריך לסרוק את כל לוח הזמנים). ממש כאילו אתה כבר בתחנה. פשוט ונוח לצפייה. פשוט בוחרים תחנת רכבת ורואים זמנים, כיוונים (צפון-דרום), רציפים - כל מה שצריך! נגיעה נוספת ורואים מידע על כל התחנות בדרך. התכנה זוכרת את התחנות,שבהם בד"כ משתמשים. למה צריך את זה? תוכלו בכל רגע בשנייה לבדוק מהם בדיוק הרכבות הקרובות בתחנה רלוונטית. בלי אינטרנט ובלי חיפושים בטבלאות ! תוכלו לצאת מפגישה ולהספיק בדיוק לרכבת הנכונה! תמיד וללא כל מאמץ! אין יותר מהיר או פשוט מזה
EL AL
Book flights, manage your reservations, and check in effortlessly. Keep all your travel documents, including boarding passes and baggage tags, conveniently on your mobile device. Receive important updates for your upcoming trips and plan your airport transportation.
- Book flights
- Manage bookings
- Easy check-in
- Flight notifications
- Biometric identification for frequent flyers
- Mobile travel documents
- Airport ride planning
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Stay connected with EL AL APP! Book a flight, manage your booking, check-in easily & get flight notifications. • Frequent flyer members stay connected with biometric identification • Keep all travel documents on your mobile device (booking details, boarding pass, baggage tags & more). • Stay updated with important information for your upcoming trip. • Plan your ride to the airport.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: EL AL at none against Next Train's 1. EL AL also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (1.3K vs 7). Next Train's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating and iOS requirement 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. Next Train sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. EL AL asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Next Train against 4.4 for EL AL. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: EL AL has 1.3K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 55% of Next Train's written reviews are positive against 68% of EL AL's.
Next Train ships an update every 5 months, EL AL every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Next Train | EL AL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (7 ratings) | 4.4 (1.3K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 55.0% of reviews | 67.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 1.3K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 322 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AnswerSolutions LLC | EL AL Israel Airlines Ltd. |
Customer experience
Next Train
EL AL
Bugs and requests
Next Train
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
EL AL
Reported bugs
5 issues- App crashes on login
- Service unavailable error
- Unable to access account information
- Inconsistent behavior across devices
- Difficulty changing flights or seats
Requested features
6 requests- Add Apple Wallet support
- Improve customer service accessibility
- Enhance seat selection and management
- Provide more language options
- Improve app stability and reliability
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- Streamline login and account management
In-app purchases
Next Train
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EL AL
No in-app purchases
