Heathrow Express vs TubeLoos
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Heathrow Express
Plan and book your journey quickly and easily with live train times and instant ticket access. Manage your account details, payment options, and preferences for a personalized travel experience.
- Personalized travel information
- Quick ticket booking
- Live train times
- Mobile ticket wallet integration
- Account management
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The new improved Heathrow Express app has some great features and benefits to help make planning and booking your trip quick and easy. Personalized experience – Create an account and login to activate all the features of the app. Including presenting your travel day information with your tickets along with live train times on your home screen. Quick booking – Need a ticket in a hurry? Book a ticket in seconds. Once you are logged in you will have the option to activate this new feature, allowing you to book at ticket on the day of travel in just a few clicks. Live train times – In addition to the scheduled times and service information, you will now be able to see live train times on the day you travel, making your trip planning even easier. Accessing tickets – Your tickets can easily be accessed and managed in one place on the app, allowing you to view upcoming tickets for travel and manage past tickets. Plus, you can still add your Heathrow Express tickets to your mobile wallet. Manage your account – With all your details in one place, including payment options, personal details, language and currency settings it’s easy to create and manage your experience how you want it.
TubeLoos
Find toilets quickly on the London Underground. This app provides real-time information sourced directly from TfL to help you avoid getting caught short.
- Locate toilets on London Underground
- Real-time information
- Data sourced from TfL
- Fast and convenient
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Avoid getting caught short on the Underground with Tube Loos for iOS. Tube Loos is the fastest way to find toilets on the London Tube, with data sourced directly from TfL.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Heathrow Express at every 3 weeks against TubeLoos's every 15 months. Heathrow Express also leads on ratings volume (7.3K vs 2). On price, rating, 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.
TubeLoos holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Heathrow Express has 7.3K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Heathrow Express ships an update every 3 weeks, TubeLoos every 15 months. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Heathrow Express | TubeLoos |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (7.3K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 30.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7.3K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 15 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Heathrow Express | Chris Radford |
Customer experience
Heathrow Express
TubeLoos
Bugs and requests
Heathrow Express
Reported bugs
5 issues- App crashing on ticket viewing
- Incorrect ticket dates/directions
- Payment processing failures
- Account creation issues
- Ticket information not syncing properly
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to add/manage tickets in app
- Improved ticket downloading/syncing
- More payment options
- Better account management features
- Live service updates and notifications
TubeLoos
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Heathrow Express
No in-app purchases
TubeLoos
No in-app purchases
