Comparison

ASFINAG vs BorderWatcher

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

ASFINAG

Get real-time traffic and weather updates for Austria's motorways. Access over 2000 live webcam feeds and plan your journeys with an intermodal route planner. Features include toll information, e-charging station locations, and rest area details.

Highlights
  • Live traffic and weather information
  • Over 2000 live webcam images
  • Intermodal route planner
  • Toll purchase and information
  • E-charging station locator
  • Rest area overview
Features
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The ASFINAG app provides you with up-to-date information on the traffic situation and weather conditions on the Austrian motorway and expressway network. *********** As a special feature, you get free access to over 2000 live webcam images along the motorways and expressways. In addition, cameras from our partners (such as Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia) are available. Get your own view of the current traffic situation. For quick access, the webcams relevant to you can be saved as favourites. Your satisfaction is our concern, which is why the ASFINAG app also gives you a direct line to the ASFINAG Service Centre, which is available to you free of charge and around the clock. *********** Personalised homescreen - create a personalised homescreen by adding personal destinations, routes, or webcams. Webcams - Access to over 2000 live webcam images along with the motorway network including the webcams of the neighbouring countries Italy (Brenner), Croatia, Slovenia, and Hungary. Traffic info - overview of all events and road works along with the motorway network Rest areas - Overview of all rest areas along with the motorway network including the rest areas of the neighbouring countries Germany (Bavaria), Italy (Brenner), Croatia, Slovenia, and Hungary. E-Charging station – Overview of charging stations for electric cars in Austria with the help of E-Control All about tolls - purchase of digital vignette or digital route toll via the ASFINAG toll shop, GO self-care function via the Go-Maut portal, Austria-wide overview of all vignette and GO-Box sales points. Planning & Navigating - Intermodal Route Planner (Europe-wide) with the help of Traffic Information Austria On the road in Austria - Important information and telephone numbers ASFINAG News - top informed with news about ASFINAG Languages - ASFINAG App is available in 12 languages *********** For more information on the type and scope of personal data processed by ASFINAG and your rights of access, rectification, deletion, restriction of processing, revocation, and transferability, please visit www.asfinag.at/privacy.

About

BorderWatcher

This app provides real-time car traffic information for Hungarian border crossings and several other European countries. Users can contribute their own border crossing times to improve data accuracy. It helps travelers plan their journeys more effectively.

Highlights
  • Real-time border traffic data
  • Multiple European countries supported
  • User-contributed crossing times
  • Improved data accuracy through community input
  • Travel planning assistance
Features
Currently charting
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BorderWatcher was made in order to create a platform which informs about the car traffic at every Hungarian border crossings. The application gets the data periodically from the official website, but the information found there isn't accurate. To provide more accurate information it is necessary that you indicate how long did your border crossing take. Year after year its expanded with other countries such as (Serbia, Romania, Ukraine, Slovakia, Austria, Germany, Slovenia, Croatia, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Czech Republic, Italy, Switzerland, Turkey, Kosovo, Poland)

Screenshots

ASFINAG4 screens
BorderWatcher4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: ASFINAG at Free against BorderWatcher's $4.99. ASFINAG also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). BorderWatcher's advantage is chart position (#170 vs unranked). On review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

ASFINAG is free to download; BorderWatcher costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ASFINAG ships an update every 3 weeks, BorderWatcher every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
ASFINAG versus BorderWatcher: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterASFINAGBorderWatcher
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating4.8 (50 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews72.4% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings50 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#170 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size91 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperASFINAGTamas Szabo

Customer experience

ASFINAG

All ratings50 ratings
Positive98.0%
Neutral2.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive72.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative27.6%

BorderWatcher

Written reviews24 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

In-app purchases

None

ASFINAG

No in-app purchases

None

BorderWatcher

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ASFINAG free?
ASFINAG is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BorderWatcher free?
BorderWatcher costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do ASFINAG or BorderWatcher have ads?
Neither ASFINAG nor BorderWatcher shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ASFINAG or BorderWatcher?
ASFINAG ships an update every 3 weeks, and BorderWatcher every 2 months. Most recently, ASFINAG was updated on September 30, 2026 and BorderWatcher on October 1, 2026.

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