Translink Planner vs Mobilityways
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Translink Planner
Plan bus, coach, and rail journeys across Northern Ireland and border regions. Get real-time travel updates, view departure boards, and purchase tickets for specific rail services. Features include interactive planning, ticket storage, and personalized alerts.
- Interactive journey planning
- Purchase NI Railways tickets
- In-app ticket wallet
- Real-time departure boards
- Personalized travel updates
- Accessible planning options
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Plan Northern Ireland and cross border bus, coach and rail journeys with the Translink Journey Planner. Plan from any stop, station or address, see your next departures and get the latest travel updates from Metro, Glider, Ulsterbus, Goldline, NI Railways and Enterprise services. You can also buy single, day return and 3 day select tickets for NI Railways journeys. Features include: - Fully interactive journey planning - Buy single, day return and 3 day Select tickets for NI Railways services - Store purchased tickets within the app wallet - ‘Next Service’ departure board - Plan with Park and ride and bike journeys - Personalised travel updates - Accessible planning - Interactive map planning with real-time Metro and Glider location and a tracking feature - Quick planning using your current location, favourite stops and recent searches - CO2 journey saving calculation
Mobilityways
This app connects drivers and passengers for carpooling, helping users save money on travel and reduce their carbon footprint. It also offers features for employers to encourage sustainable commuting among employees and provides rewards for eco-friendly travel choices.
- Public carpooling network
- Employer-specific carpooling communities
- Commute logging for multiple modes
- CO2e savings tracking
- Commuter rewards and incentives
- Priority parking for carpoolers
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The Mobilityways app hosts: Liftshare – The carpooling network that enables members of the public to easily find sharers and discover personal CO2e savings. Liftshare For Work employer communities – For sustainable and affordable commuting with work colleagues. CommuteBoost - For logging multi-modal commutes, including lift-sharing and to reward employees for using sustainable commuting modes. Liftshare is the UK & Ireland’s largest public car sharing network, with almost 700,000 members. It’s a free-to-use journey matching platform for drivers and passengers taking both regular and one-off journeys. Liftshare provides a journey cost estimate to help sharers know how much to contribute. Liftshare members save £1034 a year, on average. They cut their fuel costs in half by sharing with just one other person. The Liftshare app displays your personal CO2e savings so you can see how much your sharing is helping the environment. Use the app to find and review journey matches, message other members and ask to share. There are also regular member rewards available for Liftshare public members from our select partners. Liftshare for Work utilises the Liftshare platform to enable sharing between colleagues and reduce an organisation’s commuting emissions. These employer-led and -branded Liftshare communities provide a closed/private car share scheme for employees (with public matches optional). The user will receive all the tried and tested features of the Liftshare app, and can see personal as well as community CO2e savings. The employer can monitor lift-sharing stats, measure site and company-wide CO2 emission reduction, plus manage members. With the addition of Liftshare parking permits, members can authenticate their journey in the app to receive a priority parking space at work on the day they car share. Ideal for organisations looking to reduce congestion and parking problems on-site, as well as reward sustainable commuting. CommuteJournal is a privacy-first tool that logs multi-modal legs of your commute and provides a carbon saving reporting. Modes that can be logged are: walking, running, cycling, driving, car sharing, bus and train. Employers providing the tool, gain collective data on viable transport routes and can identify gaps in provision to develop sustainable commuting options. Discover trends in employees’ travel habits, with real-time data for speedy analysis of new initiatives. Using CommuteJournal with the CommuteBoost rewards engine encourages participation in sustainable travel initiatives with rewards and incentives set against specific challenges. Commute Boost is a rewards engine where users can collect boosts for using sustainable travel modes. Employers can set targeted rewards that work for both the company and its staff – from additional annual leave to parking spaces, or even merchandise. Challenges can be set daily, weekly, monthly or ongoing. For example, Bike Week could be used to promote active travel and encourage physical wellbeing. Or those who carpool could receive preferential parking every day. Employees choose which challenges to join and can view colleagues who are taking part in the challenge. CommuteBoost enables employers to incentivise the specific sustainable commuting action and modal shift required, per organisation or site. Plus, directly track the success of new initiatives with daily data.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Mobilityways at fortnightly against Translink Planner's every 6 months. Mobilityways also leads on monetization model (ad-supported vs free with in-app purchases). Translink Planner's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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.
Translink Planner ships an update every 6 months, Mobilityways fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Translink Planner | Mobilityways |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (215 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 18.5% of reviews — better | 11.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 215 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 111 MB | 91 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Ulsterbus Ltd | Mobilityways Limited |
Customer experience
Translink Planner
Mobilityways
Bugs and requests
Translink Planner
Reported bugs
17 issues- App crashes on iPhone during ticket purchase
- Password reset emails not received
- Unable to renew or change passwords
- Journey planner adds unnecessary stops and complications
- Bus stops disappear when zooming in on map
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- Location loading blocks text input
- App doesn't refresh automatically without returning to start page
- Tickets purchased not visible in app
- Cannot book tickets for multiple passengers
- Concession tickets unavailable on mobile
- Inconsistent journey suggestions vs actual timetables
- Bus times don't match timetable posters at stops
- Cancelled buses don't show as cancelled, just disappear
- App shows buses arriving but they never show up
- Incorrect fare calculations and pricing display
- Unable to access certain routes (e.g., Kilkeel from bus centre)
- Timetable PDFs show 'page not found' error
Requested features
18 requests- Unified app for journey planning AND ticket purchasing
- Live bus tracking with real-time location updates
- Ability to view actual departure times instead of countdown minutes
- Show actual time alongside minutes remaining
- Complaint/feedback option for late or cancelled services
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- Simple timetable view without complex journey planning
- Live delay and cancellation notifications
- Apple Watch compatibility
- Exclude walking time option in journey results
- Direct access to timetables from home page
- Show platform/stop information for transfers
- One-click bus tracking from schedule view
- Ability to book tickets for groups over 10 people
- Support for concession tickets on mobile devices
- Better accessibility for tourists and non-locals
- Contactless card payment on vehicles
- Extended booking window beyond 3 weeks
- Proper ticket visibility after purchase
Mobilityways
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Translink Planner
No in-app purchases
Mobilityways
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Translink Planner free?
Is Mobilityways free?
Do Translink Planner or Mobilityways have ads?
Which is updated more often, Translink Planner or Mobilityways?
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