Comparison

PolishTrains vs AsterTrek

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

PolishTrains

Book Polish and international train tickets quickly and easily in English. Get QR code tickets that work offline, pick your seats, and pay with various methods. Offers instant customer support and an AI assistant for travel assistance.

Highlights
  • Book Polish and European train tickets
  • Offline QR code tickets
  • Seat selection on interactive map
  • Multiple payment options
  • Instant customer support
  • AI travel assistant
  • Calendar integration
Features
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Book any Polish train - and connections across 15+ European countries - in English, in minutes. No registration needed. Your ticket lives on your phone, ready to show offline. QR code ticket on your phone - ready to show offline PKP Intercity timetables Pick your carriage and seat on an interactive map BLIK, Google Pay, Apple Pay, card, bank transfer and deferred payment Refunds always go back to the card you paid with Customer support daily 7:00–23:00. Answer time: under 1 minute AI assistant available any hour, in 32 languages Your ticket works offline. The train enters a tunnel exactly when the conductor asks for your ticket. Your ticket lives in the app - no email to search, no signal required. One tap adds it to Apple Wallet, straight from your lock screen. From search to ticket, all in one app. Your route is saved, so next time you'll buy even faster. International routes included. Know if your train is delayed. Standing on the platform, unsure whether your train is running on time? Delay information is in your order details, along with your carriage and seat number. Your trip, in your calendar. You buy a ticket three weeks ahead and it's easy to forget. One tap adds it to your calendar - departure time, station, seat number. On the day, your phone reminds you. Every ticket you've ever bought, in one place. Need a ticket from March for an expense report? It's in your archive, along with every other trip. Travel the same route often? Rebook it in seconds. No account. No queue. Find your train, pick your seat, pay - done. No registration required, ever. Create an account whenever you decide it's useful. Pay the way you always do. No wallet to top up, no balance to watch, no money frozen for later. Pay by BLIK, card, Apple Pay, Google Pay or bank transfer - the way you pay for everything else. Buy now, pay later. Holiday tickets for the whole family are best booked early - but you don't have to pay for everything the same day. Reserve your seats now and pay up to 30 days later. Change your plans, not your mood. Meeting pushed back two hours and the 18:30 ticket is useless. Exchange it in minutes. Before you confirm, you see it all on screen: what the new ticket costs, what comes back for the unused one, and when the money reaches your account. Money goes back where it came from. No internal wallet, no store credit, no waiting for "next time". Refunds return to the card or account you paid with - and you see the full breakdown before you confirm. Something went wrong? We answer in under a minute. Change of plans, trouble with a ticket? You call - and in under a minute you're talking to someone who takes it from there. Daily, 7:00 to 23:00. Need help? Our AI assistant speaks your language. 2:17 a.m., an empty platform, and you need a ticket for the next train. Iris is there. Tell her where you're going and she'll book it for you. Ask which connection to take, or which carriage suits travelling with a child. Any hour, in 32 languages. Across Poland, across Europe. Berlin, Prague, Vienna - or Rijeka on the Adriatic? Original tickets from international carriers, including DB and ÖBB, across more than 15 European countries. Your invoice, without the hunt. End of the month, accounting is waiting, and you're looking for a ticket invoice? You're not. Enter your tax ID and the invoice arrives by email and goes straight to KSeF. Travel with confidence.

About

AsterTrek

Features
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AsterTrek is a ride sharing app where you can call a ride for yourself or for a friend with multiple stoppages.

Screenshots

PolishTrains4 screens
AsterTrek3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: AsterTrek at 11.0 against PolishTrains's 16.4. On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
PolishTrains versus AsterTrek: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPolishTrainsAsterTrek
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews44.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.411.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size99 MB191 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperTravelTECH LTDSYED QUADER

In-app purchases

None

PolishTrains

No in-app purchases

None

AsterTrek

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PolishTrains free?
PolishTrains is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is AsterTrek free?
AsterTrek is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PolishTrains or AsterTrek have ads?
Neither PolishTrains nor AsterTrek shows ads.

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