Vy vs Skyss 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!
Skyss Billett
Easily purchase single and season tickets for bus travel in Hordaland County. Supports multiple payment methods including mobile account, Vipps, credit card, and phone bill. Manage multiple users under one account for convenient travel charging.
- Purchase single tickets
- Purchase season tickets
- Bus travel in Hordaland
- Multiple payment options
- Associate multiple users
- Save credit card details
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From 1 August 2026, you will no longer be able to earn a travel discount in this app. Switch to the new Skyss app – you can still earn travel discount there. This old Skyss Billett app will be closed in autumn 2026. For more information visit skyss.no Skyss Billett is the easiest way to purchase public transportation tickets in Hordaland County. The application allows you to purchase both single tickets and season tickets for travel by bus. The payment methods can be used in the application: - Mobile account, refilled via VISA/MasterCard or by money transfer. - Vipps. - Credit card (VISA/MasterCard). - Phone bill. It is possible to associate multiple users to one mobile account, so that travels are charged to only this account. The mobile account is not the same account as the account associated with the Skyss-card. After downloading the app you only have to add your credit cards the first time you use them. Future purchases can be made with the same cards. Skyss Billett allows you to easily and quickly purchase tickets, but you must buy your tickets before you embark the vehicles. Customers are responsible for having a valid ticket and enough battery power left on their device to show the ticket to any inspector as long as you are onboard one of our vehicles.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Skyss Billett at 4.6 against Vy's 2.9. Skyss Billett also leads on review sentiment (31% vs 18%) and ratings volume (176 vs 40). Vy's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). 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.
Skyss Billett holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 40 and 176 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 18% of Vy's written reviews are positive against 31% of Skyss Billett's.
Vy ships an update every 2 weeks, Skyss Billett every 2 months. Both last shipped on September 20, 2026.
| Parameter | Vy | Skyss Billett |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.9 (40 ratings) | 4.6 (176 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 18.2% of reviews | 31.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 40 | 176 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 157 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vygruppen AS | WTW AS |
Customer experience
Vy
Skyss Billett
In-app purchases
Vy
No in-app purchases
Skyss Billett
No in-app purchases








