VRS Auskunft vs KVB
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
VRS Auskunft
Plan your journeys and purchase tickets for bus and rail in the Rhineland. This app offers route planning, timetable information, and digital ticket purchasing, including season tickets and supplementary services like bike sharing.
- Route navigator
- Timetable information
- Digital ticket purchases
- Deutschlandticket access
- Real-time notifications
- Bike and scooter sharing integration
- Interactive journey map
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Your schedule for bus & rail in the Rhineland. With the VRS app you have everything in view: navigator, timetable info and digital tickets. Everything key to getting around. Buy your Deutschlandticket or other digital tickets in the app itself. Get season tickets for your regular routes and receive the latest notifications at once on the homepage. Book supplementary services for getting around such as bike sharing or scooters. And use the ‘Take me to’ feature to find the quickest way to your destination. What the VRS app offers you: Ticket purchases: simpler than ever and simply for less · Get to the Deutschlandticket (D-Ticket) in a few clicks · HandyTickets for the Rhineland and whole of NRW · Einzeltickets, 24hTickets and Monatstickets · Bicycle and first class tickets · Save your ticket favourites & buy tickets for anyone going with you · Pay conveniently with PayPal Your homepage: tailored to how you get about · Find all options for your journey on the interactive map: rental bikes, scooters, bike lockers etc. · Add functional tiles and arrange them to suit your needs. · Instant access to your favourites, i.e. routes, stops and stations. · Press the ‘Straight home’ button for the quickest way home. · Subscribe for the latest reports about your favourite lines. Timetable information: Your personal navigator · Entry of start and destination with addresses, interim stops and mode of transport selection. · Pin your favourite route to the homepage: all live times at a glance. · View your journey on a map, incl. walking segments. · Alternative options at connecting stops/stations in case of delays (e.g. due to traffic jams) · Save your most important routes and stops as favourites. The VRS app can do even more: · Dark mode for comfortable use in the dark. · Useful detailed information on every stop and station in the VRS area: timetables, announcements, location maps, escalators and lifts.
KVB
Plan trips, view live departure times, and purchase tickets for public transport and shared mobility services in Cologne. Find and book bicycles, cars, and taxis.
- Trip planner with live data
- Departure monitor for stations
- Ticket purchasing
- KVB-Rad bicycle booking
- Car-Sharing and Taxi-Ruf integration
- Disruption information
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The KVB-App provides time tables, trip planning, navigation as well as a ticket shop for busses and trains in the area of Cologne and around. Beside the trip planner and discruption information you are able to get live data for your station. The KVB-App offers all information about KVB-Rad, Car-Sharing and Taxi-Ruf in Cologne. You can register yourself an account, localize vehicles and bicycles and you are able to book a bicycle/care directly. Overview of the functions: - Trip planner (live data) - Departure monitor for stations (live data) - Save station and ticket favorites and change their names individually - Purchase tickets (also anonymous) - Tariff price information - Information about disruptions - KVB-Rad (Bicylce search, prices, registration and booking) - Taxi-Ruf Cologne (Show places where you can get a taxi and booking within the KVB-App) - Car-Sharing (Vehicle location, registration and booking) The KVB-App will be updated and enhanced with new features and functions frequently.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: VRS Auskunft at 4.2 against KVB's 2.3. VRS Auskunft also leads on review sentiment (53% vs 21%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ratings volume, 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.
VRS Auskunft holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 53% of VRS Auskunft's written reviews are positive against 21% of KVB's.
VRS Auskunft ships an update every 3 weeks, KVB every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | VRS Auskunft | KVB |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (5 ratings) — better | 2.3 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 53.2% of reviews — better | 20.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 58 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg GmbH | Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe AG |
Customer experience
VRS Auskunft
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In-app purchases
VRS Auskunft
No in-app purchases
KVB
No in-app purchases
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