ShipCSX vs RailGuard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ShipCSX
Access real-time rail shipment status updates and manage freight movements from your iPhone. This app allows CSX customers to trace shipments by equipment, location, or train, and submit switch requests. Trucking companies can also manage freight drop-offs and pick-ups at terminals.
- Real-time shipment status updates
- Trace by equipment, location, or train
- Inventory Management Switch Request
- XGate for freight terminal management
- Anywhere/anytime access
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Please note: Only CSX customers with valid login credentials for ShipCSX will have access to the features on the ShipCSX mobile application. The ShipCSX mobile application provides customers anywhere/anytime access to updates on the status of their rail shipments from an iPhone. Customers can retrieve up-to-date information about their shipments using Trace by equipment, Trace by location, and Train Trace, or send information to CSX using the Inventory Management Switch Request features. ShipCSX mobile allows trucking company customers to enter information about freight to be dropped and picked up at the CSX terminals through the XGate part of the application, providing a more efficient experience at the terminals. ShipCSX Mobile is designed with our supply-chain and logistics conscious business customers in mind. For security reasons, only authenticated CSX customers can access shipment information through the application. If you need to set up a new secure login ID or reset your password, contact the ShipCSX team.
RailGuard
Report issues and disruptions related to freight railroad operations. Your feedback helps improve efficiency and community relations. Some disruptions, like train horns, are unavoidable due to safety regulations.
- Report rail yard disruptions
- Submit feedback on network operations
- Document rail crossing issues
- Provide details for investigation
- Help improve community relations
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Freight railroads like BNSF operate 24/7, sustaining our nation's economy by bringing you the products you need to live your daily lives and by hauling the materials companies need to make those products. Railroads are vital to preserving our way of life, but living next to a rail yard, track, or one of the hundreds of thousands of rail crossings can present unique challenges. Using the RailGuard app to send details about these challenges helps BNSF mitigate disruptions where we can. We value the feedback you send us about our network and our operations. It can help us operate more efficiently and be better neighbors to the communities we serve. Some disruptions are unavoidable, such as sounding train horns at rail crossings or blocking crossings, due to safety considerations or even federal law. Our Resource Protection team will use the information you provide to investigate the situation. Thank you for using BNSF's RailGuard app. We appreciate you helping us to run a great railroad!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: ShipCSX at every 2 months against RailGuard's every 22 months. ShipCSX also leads on review sentiment (18% vs 0%) and ratings volume (77 vs 5). RailGuard's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, 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.
ShipCSX holds the better App Store score, 2.0 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ShipCSX has 77 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 18% of ShipCSX's written reviews are positive against 0% of RailGuard's.
ShipCSX ships an update every 2 months, RailGuard every 22 months. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ShipCSX | RailGuard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (77 ratings) — better | 1.8 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 18.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 77 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 22 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 100 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CSX | BNSF Railway |
Customer experience
ShipCSX
RailGuard
In-app purchases
ShipCSX
No in-app purchases
RailGuard
No in-app purchases
