Comparison

Bahnhof vs Gleis 6

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

Head to head
About

Bahnhof

Track live train times, departures, arrivals, and delays across Germany. This app acts as your personal train station board, offering real-time updates on platforms, cancellations, and route information for daily commutes and travel.

Highlights
  • Live train times
  • Departures and arrivals
  • Platform information
  • Delay updates
  • Cancellations and status
  • Favorite stations
  • Route and connection info
Features
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Track live train times, departures, arrivals, platforms and delays in one clear view. Whether you commute by rail, travel by regional train or check a station before boarding your next train, Bahnhof helps you follow real-time train information across Germany. Use Bahnhof as your train station board, departure board and rail planner app for everyday travel. Key features: • Live train times • Train departures and arrivals • Station departures • Departure boards and station boards • Platform info and platform numbers • Train delay updates • Cancellations and real-time status • Route and train connection information • Map view for your train route • German trains and regional trains • Save favorite stations • Useful for commuters, frequent travelers and rail professionals Bahnhof focuses on trains only. The app helps you check departure and arrival times, follow delays, view platform information, save favorite stations and track your train journey before and during your trip. Plan your next trip by rail, check your train station in Germany and stay informed with real-time information for departures, arrivals, platforms, delays and cancellations. Bahnhof is designed for: • Daily rail commute • Regional train travel • Train station checks • Saving favorite stations • Following train delays • Viewing live departure boards • Tracking your next train If you travel by train in Germany, Bahnhof gives you the essential railway information you need: train timetable, live train times, train schedule, station boards, platform info, delays, cancellations, favorite stations and live tracking. Track your train journey with Bahnhof. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Gleis 6

Features
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Where are you off to next? Gleis 6 keeps your long-distance journeys in Germany in one place: the route on the map, your arrival in view, and how your train usually runs. En route · Adding a trip Ticket in, trip in. Pick a DB ticket PDF or share one with Gleis 6 from another app, and the train, date, time, origin and destination are set. A connection copied from the DB Navigator works just as well. Rather type it in? Choose the train type, the number, the date and — when the train's run is known — the stops in running order. En route · On the line Your train, live on the map. The home screen is a map with the real route, not a straight line. Your leg glows, the rest of the train's run stays quiet. On the day, a dot moves along with it — calculated from the timetable and the current delay. En route · On the day Arrival, delay, platform. The board shows when you will really get there — and from which platform. Below it, the whole run: actual and scheduled time stop by stop, platform changes, cancelled stops, messages. En route · Phone in your pocket Your arrival, without keeping the app open. Open Gleis 6 once on the day of travel and a Live Activity puts arrival, delay and platform on the Lock Screen and, where it exists, in the Dynamic Island. The widget keeps the next journey ready. Switch notifications on for a trip and you hear about delays from 5 minutes, platform changes and cancellations. You stay in your book, Gleis 6 stays awake. En route · Before you book Know your train. Once the train number is in — and the dataset knows that train — Gleis 6 tells you how it usually runs: mostly on time, or late more often than not, with the average delay and the trend across recent months. Once the trip is saved, the average shows at every single stop. Drawn from months of real journeys — knowing that makes the trip easier, ideally before you book. Last stop · Honestly So you know what you're getting: Long-distance only: ICE, IC, EC, ECE, FLX, NJ, RJ. No regional or suburban trains. No connection search: the train number comes from your ticket or from you. The ticket import reads DB online tickets (PDF text) and connections copied from the DB Navigator — no other providers, no camera scan. The dot on the map is calculated from scheduled and actual times, not a GPS signal from the train. Real track geometry covers around 94 % of station pairs; otherwise a straight line bridges the gap — usually short stretches inside cities, unmarked. Live data comes from public sources, applies on the day of travel and is sometimes incomplete. Notifications are checked on the server every five minutes, not second by second. The widget and the Live Activity show whatever the app loaded last; they fetch nothing on their own, and without a fresh reading the dot stays away. Not every train is in the statistics dataset; then the punctuality card stays empty. And punctuality is a monthly figure from the past, not a forecast for your day. The widget and the Live Activity need iOS 17; the app runs from iOS 15 and is dark throughout, with no light mode. Your journeys live on this device only: no backup, no sync. Last stop · Your data No account, no tracking. Gleis 6 starts without a sign-up and without an email address; journeys and notes stay on your device. The ticket is only read, never stored — your name and booking reference never leave your iPhone. Only with notifications on does the app sign in anonymously and mirror that one trip — without your note. Your location appears on the map only when you tap for it. Error reports carry no names, no ticket data, no screenshots. Gleis 6 is an independent project by Franz Bernack and is not affiliated with Deutsche Bahn AG. Data: Deutsche Bahn AG — timetable/delay (via piebro/deutsche-bahn-data) and stations (DB Station&Service), each CC BY 4.0, aggregated and modified. Routes: Transitous/MOTIS, OpenStreetMap. Maps: Apple Maps. Licence notices in the About screen. Have a good trip.

Screenshots

Bahnhof4 screens
Gleis 64 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Gleis 6 at none against Bahnhof's 2. Gleis 6 also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Bahnhof sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.79 per month. Gleis 6 asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
Bahnhof versus Gleis 6: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBahnhofGleis 6
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSteinpilz GmbHFranz Bernack

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Bahnhof

Subscriptions2
  • Premium monatlich3 Days trial$1.791 Month
  • Premium jährlich3 Days trial$14.991 Year
None

Gleis 6

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bahnhof free?
Bahnhof is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Gleis 6 free?
Gleis 6 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Bahnhof or Gleis 6 have ads?
Bahnhof shows ads; Gleis 6 does not.

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