Basel & Regio vs Basel Go!
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.
Basel Go!
Navigate Basel's public transport with real-time schedules, route planning, and disruption alerts. This app offers multi-modal planning, including bike integration, and a helpful chatbot for inquiries.
- Real-time departure times
- Multi-modal route planning
- Disruption reports with push notifications
- GPT-based chatbot for inquiries
- Pick-e-Bike integration
- Intuitive user interface
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Basel Go! - Your Smart Public Transport Schedule & Route Planner for Basel Stay informed anywhere, anytime with Basel Go!, your essential app for public transport in Basel and the TNW region. Get real-time departure times, schedules, and connections for bus, tram, and other public transport services within the TNW (and beyond) directly on your smartphone. Plan your route smartly with multi- & intermodal route planning – including Pick-e-Bike integration for flexible navigation through Basel public transport. Stay up-to-date with current disruption reports: The integrated disruption reporter with filter function, subscription options, and push notifications automatically informs you about relevant events on your route or line. The Basel Go! app is easy and intuitive to use. Also use the integrated, GPT-based chatbot to interactively get information or ask questions anytime. We regularly update the app based on user feedback to continuously improve usability and offer you the best service for your journeys by bus and tram in Basel.
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Verdict
Basel & Regio and Basel Go! both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 50% of Basel Go!'s written reviews are positive against 40% of Basel & Regio's. Basel Go! also leads on ratings volume (6 vs 2). Basel & Regio's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.5 vs 18.0). On price, rating, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Basel & Regio holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 6 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 40% of Basel & Regio's written reviews are positive against 50% of Basel Go!'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, Basel Go! every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Basel & Regio | Basel Go! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.8 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 116 MB | 86 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Basler Verkehrs-Betriebe | BLT Baselland Transport AG |
Customer experience
Basel & Regio
Basel Go!
In-app purchases
Basel & Regio
No in-app purchases
Basel Go!
No in-app purchases
