Vy vs Kolumbus Billett
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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!
Kolumbus Billett
Purchase transit tickets conveniently before boarding buses, trains, and boats in Rogaland. The app uses location services to suggest tickets and can share tickets with contacts. Receive notifications for ticket and payment card expirations.
- Purchase tickets before boarding
- Location-based ticket suggestions
- Share tickets with contacts
- Expiration notifications for tickets and cards
- Offline ticket purchase capability (with manual entry)
- Background updates for ticket inspection codes
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Buy your tickets – as easy as 1-2-3. Kolumbus' mobile app lets you buy your ticket before you get on board. The app is valid on buses and some train and boat departures in Rogaland. Kolumbus Billett requests access permission to the following functions: * Location Used in connection with ticket purchases so that Kolumbus Billett can automatically suggest a ticket based on the zone in which you are located. You can still purchase a ticket even if the location function is turned off, but you must manually enter the stop or station from which the ticket will apply. * Contacts Used when sending tickets to phone numbers stored in your contacts. * Notifications Used to send notifications when tickets and payment cards expire. You can still purchase a ticket even if the notification function is turned off. * Background App Refresh Used at night when updating your control code and today's picture so that next day you always have the valid code and picture ready for a ticket inspection. You can still purchase a ticket even if the background update function is turned off. * Mobile Data Used when communicating with Kolumbus during ticket purchases. If the app's access to mobile data is blocked, you can only buy a ticket if you have access to a wireless network (Wi-Fi). You must also have network access in order to display the control code and today's picture during a ticket inspection. If you want to block access, you can do so from your phone on Kolumbus Billett's "Settings" page. https://www.kolumbus.no/en/ https://www.kolumbus.no/en/contact-us/contact-us/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Kolumbus Billett at 3.2 against Vy's 2.9. Kolumbus Billett also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). Vy's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (19% vs 8%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Kolumbus Billett holds the better App Store score, 3.2 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 40 and 9 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 19% of Vy's written reviews are positive against 8% of Kolumbus Billett's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Vy ships an update every 10 days, Kolumbus Billett every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Vy | Kolumbus Billett |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (40 ratings) | 3.2 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 19.2% of reviews — better | 8.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 40 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 164 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vygruppen AS | Kolumbus AS |
Customer experience
Vy
Kolumbus Billett
In-app purchases
Vy
No in-app purchases
Kolumbus Billett
No in-app purchases







