Västtrafik To Go vs UL
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.
UL
Easily search for bus and train trips, buy tickets, and track your vehicle in real-time. Get instant updates on traffic disruptions and delays for a smoother journey.
- Quick trip search
- Real-time vehicle tracking
- Ticket purchasing
- Favorite trips
- Traffic disruption alerts
- Multiple payment options
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In the UL app, you can search for your trip quickly and easily and buy tickets for our buses and trains. Search travel: • Quickly search for your trip from your current position or by choosing where and when you want to travel. • The search results show various travel options and possible walking distances to the stops as well as a map that makes it easier to find the right one. • Save your most frequent trips as favorites. Use the heart in the search results to favorite a trip. • Keep an eye on the bus and see where it is directly on the map. Buy ticket: • Buy a 75-minutes, 24- or 72-hour ticket in just a few seconds. • Pay easily with Swish, credit card (Visa or MasterCard) or travel funds. • If a ticket reader is on board, tap the phone with the ticket towards it, otherwise you will show the ticket to the bus driver or train host. Traffic disruptions: • Any traffic disruptions or delays are displayed along with your search result. You need an internet connection to be able to buy tickets and apply for travel. The app also needs to have access to the mobile's location function to be able to suggest travel options from your current location. See you on board!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Västtrafik To Go at 4.8 against UL's 1.3. Västtrafik To Go also leads on review sentiment (48% vs 11%) and ratings volume (1.2K vs 25). UL's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, update cadence, 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.
Västtrafik To Go holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Västtrafik To Go has 1.2K ratings behind it against 25, 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 11% of UL's.
Västtrafik To Go ships an update every 6 weeks, UL every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | Västtrafik To Go | UL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.2K ratings) — better | 1.3 (25 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 48.1% of reviews — better | 11.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.2K — better | 25 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Västtrafik AB | Landstinget i Uppsala län |
Customer experience
Västtrafik To Go
UL
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
UL
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Västtrafik To Go
No in-app purchases
UL
No in-app purchases
