Value Cabs vs Iarnród Éireann
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Value Cabs
Easily book and track taxis with Belfast's leading taxi service. This user-friendly app allows you to order a ride, cancel bookings, and monitor your vehicle's arrival in real-time. Pay conveniently with cash or card and schedule rides for a specific time.
- Order a taxi
- Cancel a booking
- Track vehicle on map
- Real-time status notifications
- Pay by cash or card
- Schedule exact pick-up times
- Store favorite locations
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Book and track your Taxi easily with Belfast’s No.1 Taxi Company. This app is simple and easy to use and gives the user the capability of booking a taxi with a few taps of your screen, Through this app you can: • Order a taxi • Cancel a booking • Track the vehicle on the map as it makes its way towards you! • Receive real-time notifications of the status of your taxi • Pay by cash or with card • Order a taxi for an exact pick-up time • Store your favourite pick up points for easy booking
Iarnród Éireann
Plan your rail journeys and book tickets directly through this official app. Search departure times, select travel dates, passenger types, and confirm your train selections for a seamless travel experience.
- Book train tickets
- Plan rail journeys
- Search departure times
- Select travel origin and destination
- Choose passenger and ticket types
- Confirm train selections
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Welcome to the new version of the Iarnród Éireann Irish Rail app. Thank you for downloading or updating our mobile app. This version includes some bug fixes and a system update. Customers can start their booking journey within our app and select their travel origin and destination details followed by the required travel dates, passenger and ticket type selections before confirming their train selections. Customers can also search station departure times and plan their rail journey.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Value Cabs at 57% against Iarnród Éireann's 8%. Value Cabs also leads on rating (4.6 vs 1.7) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 10 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Value Cabs holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Value Cabs has 89 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of Value Cabs's written reviews are positive against 8% of Iarnród Éireann's.
Value Cabs ships an update every 6 weeks, Iarnród Éireann every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Value Cabs | Iarnród Éireann |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (89 ratings) — better | 1.7 (14 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 56.6% of reviews — better | 8.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 89 — better | 14 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.7 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 143 MB | 85 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Value Cabs | Iarnrod Eireann Irish Rail (IE) |
Customer experience
Value Cabs
Iarnród Éireann
In-app purchases
Value Cabs
No in-app purchases
Iarnród Éireann
No in-app purchases
