BOOKKARU vs RABTA
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BOOKKARU
This platform simplifies travel and hotel reservations, offering a comprehensive and reliable solution for planning your trips. Discover economical and high-quality services with perfect deals to enhance your travel experience.
- Online travel reservations
- Hotel bookings
- Exclusive travel deals
- Economical services
- High-quality services
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Bookkaru is one of the biggest online portal in Pakistan, enabling travelers to unleash the potential of their travel and hotel reservations. This app includes every single thing that must be required for a perfect tour. We have tried our best to bring the perfect deals, by making suppliers who provide economical and high quality services. It is comprehensive, reliable and easy to use. Download the Bookkaru app today to avail exciting offers on all travel services across Pakistan.
RABTA
Book, cancel, and inquire about train tickets conveniently online. This official Pakistan Railways app allows passengers to manage their travel bookings anytime, anywhere.
- Online ticket booking
- Ticket cancellation
- Online payment
- Order inquiry
- 24/7 booking access
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RABTA is a ticketing application officially authorized by Pakistan Railways, providing passengers with convenient online ticket booking, ticket cancellation, online payment and order inquiry. Passengers can book tickets through this application anytime and anywhere.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: BOOKKARU at 3.8 against RABTA's 2.6. BOOKKARU also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (26% vs 11%). RABTA's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 weeks) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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.
BOOKKARU holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BOOKKARU has 102 ratings behind it against 13, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 26% of BOOKKARU's written reviews are positive against 11% of RABTA's.
BOOKKARU ships an update every 6 weeks, RABTA every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and August 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BOOKKARU | RABTA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (102 ratings) — better | 2.6 (13 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 25.8% of reviews — better | 11.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 102 — better | 13 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 95 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Bookkaru | EASYWAY INNOVATIONS PAKISTAN (PRIVATE) LIMITED |
Customer experience
BOOKKARU
RABTA
In-app purchases
BOOKKARU
No in-app purchases
RABTA
No in-app purchases
