Västtrafik To Go vs Vy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Västtrafik To Go
Plan your journeys, purchase tickets, and receive real-time traffic updates. This app covers travel within Västra Götaland and Kungsbacka, offering features like trip planning, ticket purchasing, and real-time vehicle tracking.
- Trip planning and route search
- Purchase single, period, and daily tickets
- Real-time vehicle location
- Traffic disruption updates
- Save favorite trips and stops
- Cashback registration and ticket lending
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Hi! This is Västtrafik’s app. You can plan your trip, buy tickets and stay updated on our traffic. You can travel with the app in Västra Götaland and Kungsbacka. With our app you can: • Buy single-, period- and daily tickets. Pay with payment card or Swish • Search trips and find the quickest route • See vehicle location in real time and stay updated on traffic disruptions • Register for cashback on single tickets, securing your period tickets and the possibility to lend your period ticket • Save your favorite trips and stops as favorites • Export your trip to your calender or share it with your contacts • See departures and arrivals for specific stops • Purchase company tickets if your employer is connected to Västtrafik Företag • See where on-call traffic is an option to our regular traffic (shown when searching trips) Thank you for travelling together.
Vy
Plan and purchase tickets for various public transport options across Norway, including trains, buses, and boats. Get real-time departure information, journey suggestions, and notifications for delays. Access your tickets digitally and enjoy additional travel-related content.
- Find train, bus, metro, tram, and boat departures
- Buy tickets from Vy and other transport companies
- See suggested itineraries with walking/biking times
- Get real-time departure information
- Receive delay and cancellation notifications
- View and present digital tickets
- Check train carriage occupancy
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You can use the Vy app to quickly find departures for journeys by train, bus, metro, tram and boat across Norway. You can buy tickets from Vy and other transport companies such as Go-Ahead, SJ, Ruter, Kolumbus, Skyss and Brakar. It should always be easy to make the eco-friendly choice when travelling, so the Vy app also lets you: · See relevant suggested itineraries in the journey planner – including how long it takes to walk or bike · Get real-time information on all departures · Receive push notifications about delays and cancellations affecting your journey · View your tickets and present your ticket for inspection · Check how full each carriage on your train is · Save your favourite routes and places that you frequently visit · Book taxis across much of the country · Listen to audiobooks and podcasts, and read newspapers and magazines Thank you for travelling by public transport. Every journey counts!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Västtrafik To Go at 4.8 against Vy's 2.9. Västtrafik To Go also leads on review sentiment (48% vs 19%) and ratings volume (1.2K vs 40). Vy's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 6 weeks). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Västtrafik To Go holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Västtrafik To Go has 1.2K ratings behind it against 40, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 48% of Västtrafik To Go's written reviews are positive against 19% of Vy's.
Västtrafik To Go ships an update every 6 weeks, Vy every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Västtrafik To Go | Vy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.2K ratings) — better | 2.9 (40 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 48.1% of reviews — better | 19.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.2K — better | 40 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 164 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Västtrafik AB | Vygruppen AS |
Customer experience
Västtrafik To Go
Vy
Bugs and requests
Västtrafik To Go
Reported bugs
2 issues- Payment failures with non-Swedish cards
- Crashes on launch for some devices
Requested features
3 requests- Add auto-moving map with bus location
- Support for international payment methods like Apple Pay
- Allow account creation without Swedish ID number
Vy
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Västtrafik To Go
No in-app purchases
Vy
No in-app purchases









