TransPennine Express vs Wrexham Taxis
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TransPennine Express
Plan your next UK train journey and purchase tickets without any booking or card fees. Save money with advance bookings and store your eTickets or digital railcards directly within the app for easy access.
- Book train tickets with no fees
- Save up to 50% with advance tickets
- Store eTickets and digital railcards
- View live departure and arrival times
- Save common journeys for quick search
- 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
Wrexham Taxis
Easily book a taxi in seconds with priority service. Features include passwordless registration, business account integration for expense automation, price estimation, real-time driver tracking, and future trip scheduling.
- Passwordless registration
- Business account integration
- Price estimator
- Real-time driver tracking
- Schedule future trips
- Priority service
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Book a taxi in under 10 seconds and experience exclusive priority service from Wrexham Taxis - Passwordless registration flow - Login & book with your business account and automate expenses - Know an average of how much your trip will cost with the price estimator - See your driver's and vehicle details and track their arrival on the map. - Schedule future trips
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Wrexham Taxis at 63% against TransPennine Express's 28%. Wrexham Taxis also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.4). TransPennine Express's advantage is ratings volume (197 vs 4) and device support (3 vs 1). 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.
Wrexham Taxis holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TransPennine Express has 197 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 28% of TransPennine Express's written reviews are positive against 63% of Wrexham Taxis's.
TransPennine Express ships an update every 2 weeks, Wrexham Taxis monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TransPennine Express | Wrexham Taxis |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (197 ratings) | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 27.9% of reviews | 62.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 197 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 83 MB | 91 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TransPennine Express | Wrexham & Prestige Taxis Limited |
Customer experience
TransPennine Express
Wrexham Taxis
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
Wrexham Taxis
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
TransPennine Express
No in-app purchases
Wrexham Taxis
No in-app purchases
Questions
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