Basel & Regio vs Explorial
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Basel & Regio
This travel app provides real-time departure information and journey planning for public transport routes across Northwest Switzerland, Southern Baden, and Alsace. It displays upcoming departures from any station and offers detailed route planning with travel times and transfer information.
- Real-time departure information
- Journey planning from A to B
- Route duration and transfer details
- Nearby station identification
- Walking route display
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Die neue BVB-App: Basel & Regio bietet Ihnen Fahrplaninformationen für die Triregio (Nordwestschweiz, Südbaden und Elsass). Die Hauptfunktionen: * Die Abfahrtstabelle zeigt die nächsten Abfahrtsmöglichkeiten von einer bestimmten Haltestelle. Anzeige der nächsten Haltestelle auf Basis der aktuellen Position. * Fahrplanauskunft von A nach B: Eingabe von Start- und Zielort, Anzeige von Fahrtverbindung, Fahrtdauer, Umsteigemöglichkeiten und Anzeige von Umgebungskarten und Fusswegen.
Explorial
Explore cities by solving interactive puzzles and challenges on foot. This game offers a fun and engaging way to discover new places, earning points as you go. It's designed for groups and can be played at your own pace, taking around 1-2 hours to complete a tour.
- Interactive puzzle solving
- City exploration
- Point collection system
- Self-paced gameplay
- Group activity
- Discover new cities
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Solve puzzles. Have fun. Get to know the city. Explorial is an interactive and challenging game in which the objective is to collect as many points as possible as a group. You explore the city on foot and get points for solving different types of tasks. Whether you know your way around the city or are just visiting, with Explorial you are guaranteed to get to know the city in a new way. To start a trail, you will need a smartphone with an active internet connection, the free Explorial app, and a valid ticket for each player. With the ticket you can start the game immediately. No reservation is necessary. You can explore the city at your own pace. The game is not limited in time. Typically, it takes about 1-2 hours.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Basel & Regio at 5.0 against Explorial's 3.3. Basel & Regio also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10). Explorial's advantage is review sentiment (69% vs 40%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Explorial sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Basel & Regio asks for nothing beyond the download.
Basel & Regio holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 7 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 40% of Basel & Regio's written reviews are positive against 69% of Explorial's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Basel & Regio ships an update every 3 months, Explorial every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Basel & Regio | Explorial |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | 3.3 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | 68.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 116 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Basler Verkehrs-Betriebe | Explorial GmbH |
Customer experience
Basel & Regio
Explorial
In-app purchases
Basel & Regio
No in-app purchases
Explorial
- Ticket (2x)$13.99
- Ticket (2x)$15.99
- Ticket (2x)2 variants$17.99
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- Ticket (3x)$20.99
- Ticket (2x)$23.99
- Ticket (2x)$24.99
- Ticket (3x)$24.99
- Ticket (3x)$26.99
- Ticket (4x)$36.99
