TransPennine Express vs ComCab Liverpool
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TransPennine Express
Plan your UK train journeys and purchase tickets without booking or card fees. Save money with advance tickets, store eTickets and digital railcards, and access live departure and arrival times for all UK rail services.
- Book advance tickets for savings
- Store eTickets and digital railcards
- View live departure/arrival times
- Save common journeys
- Manage bookings in 'My account'
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No booking or card fees – download the TransPennine Express app to plan your next journey and buy train tickets to any UK railway station. Key Features: - Book in advance and you could save over 50%* with Advance tickets - Store eTickets in our app or save them to your Apple wallet - Buy Digital Railcards, conveniently stored in our app for easy access - Enjoy discounts and promotions on TransPennine Express fares, subject to availability - View live departure and arrival times for all UK Rail services - Make searching quick and easy by saving common journeys - Easily manage your bookings on the go in My account Together, we’re going places. Download now and book your journey. Information to note: Got a question? See our FAQs: https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/help/contact-us/faqs Need to get in touch? Find the best way to here: https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/help/contact-us Follow us on Social Media @TPExpressTrains on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook Learn more about us at https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/ * Full T&Cs for Advance tickets available at https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/special-offers/advance-bookings
ComCab Liverpool
Book a taxi quickly and conveniently with this app. It offers personalized booking, real-time vehicle tracking, and upfront fare information. Save favorite journeys and access detailed driver and vehicle information for a seamless travel experience.
- Mobile taxi booking
- Personalized booking experience
- Real-time vehicle tracking
- Upfront journey cost information
- Save favorite addresses and journeys
- Wheelchair accessible vehicle options
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The ComCab Liverpool App offers a slick and convenient mobile booking experience, perfect for people on the move. The app ensures efficiency and continuity of service as well as providing a personalised booking experience that can be tailored to individual customer preferences. The app works seamlessly with the new improved ComCab Liverpool online web-booker (https://book.comcab-liverpool.taxi/portal) and has numerous features allowing users to track their vehicles, switch between passenger preferences and save favourite journeys. ComCab (Liverpool) has 75 years’ experience in ground transportation, processing 14,000 trips per day in the UK alone. It is owned by Addison Lee Limited, one of the largest ground transport providers in the UK Why choose ComCab Liverpool? - All vehicles are wheelchair accessible traditional cabs from TX4, LEVC, FORD and Mercedes Vito - Features of the improved app include vehicle tracking, booking history and the ability to set favourite addresses and journeys - Up front journey cost information - Journey time and distance estimates - Driver and Vehicle details once your booking has been allocated - Book now or up to three months in advance - View your trip history and see how many trips you have left - Select from multiple trip options including wheelchair accessibility - Operational and support infrastructure built over more than 40 years ensuring customer experience is at the forefront - App seamlessly interfaces with the ComCab Liverpool’s online web-booker and dedicated contact centre.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: TransPennine Express at free against ComCab Liverpool's free with in-app purchases. TransPennine Express also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months) and rating (4.5 vs 4.2). On price, review sentiment, 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.
TransPennine Express holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TransPennine Express has 205 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 28% of TransPennine Express's written reviews are positive against 30% of ComCab Liverpool's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
TransPennine Express ships an update every 2 weeks, ComCab Liverpool every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TransPennine Express | ComCab Liverpool |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (205 ratings) — better | 4.2 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 27.9% of reviews | 30.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 205 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 169 MB | 77 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TransPennine Express | ComCab Liverpool |
Customer experience
TransPennine Express
ComCab Liverpool
Bugs and requests
TransPennine Express
Reported bugs
3 issues- Tickets disappearing from the app
- Issues with adding tickets to Apple Wallet
- App not working outside the UK
Requested features
5 requests- Add tickets to Apple Wallet
- Remember login details and payment info
- Improve user interface and flow
- Provide better information on tickets and journeys
- Allow booking of open return tickets
ComCab Liverpool
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
TransPennine Express
No in-app purchases
ComCab Liverpool
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is TransPennine Express free?
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