Virgin Atlantic vs Catenary Maps
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Virgin Atlantic
Manage all aspects of your travel with this app. View upcoming trips, check in, select seats and meals, and receive live updates. Track your loyalty program progress and access personalized support.
- View upcoming journeys
- Manage trip details (seats, meals)
- Mobile check-in with boarding pass
- Live journey notifications
- Track Flying Club points and tier
- Personalized travel support
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Plans, places, and possibilities. Everything you need to travel with Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Atlantic Holidays, with smart updates and personal support built in. Meet the Virgin Atlantic app. Keep every trip and holiday together, see your Flying Club tier progress at a glance, and get the details (and help) you need, exactly when you need them. Every trip, right here: See upcoming journeys at a glance Choose seats and meals, request assistance, and manage the finishing touches Treat yourself to an upgrade when the moment’s right View your Virgin Atlantic Holidays itinerary alongside your flights, so every detail is right where you need it. Check in, sorted: Check in on your phone and keep your boarding pass close Scan passports to add each guest’s details quickly Updates, as they happen: Live journey notifications Less refreshing. More knowing. Flying Club at your fingertips: Track points and tier progress wherever you are See how close you are to your next reward Virgin Atlantic Concierge: Personal support throughout your journey Help with trip info, your account, and the things you’d rather not have to figure out mid-travel Designed for every kind of traveller. Simple to use, built with accessibility in mind, and focused on keeping your details secure. Whether you’re flying with us for the first time or you know your way around the Clubhouse, this is travel made smoother - from this trip to the next.
Catenary Maps
Navigate public transport with live tracking of trains, buses, trams, metros, and ferries across numerous countries. View detailed vehicle information, timetables, route connections, and real-time platform updates with delay notifications. This open-source software offers comprehensive transit data for travelers.
- Live vehicle tracking
- Detailed vehicle information
- Timetable and route connections
- Nearby departures
- Platform information and delays
- Alerts
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Live tracking of railways, buses, trams, metros, and ferries across European Union, Switzerland, Norway, United Kingdom, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and more. Follow vehicles in realtime on the map. View detailed information such as vehicle assignment history, train formations, and vehicle amendities. View timetable information, route connections, nearby departures. Live platform information and delays. Detailed alerts information 100% open source software.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Virgin Atlantic at 72% against Catenary Maps's 0%. Virgin Atlantic also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (3.1K vs 3). On price, update cadence, 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.
Virgin Atlantic holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Virgin Atlantic has 3.1K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of Virgin Atlantic's written reviews are positive against 0% of Catenary Maps's.
Virgin Atlantic ships an update every 9 days, Catenary Maps weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Virgin Atlantic | Catenary Maps |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (3.1K ratings) — better | 4.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 72.1% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3.1K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #119 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 356 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited | Catenary |
Customer experience
Virgin Atlantic
Catenary Maps
In-app purchases
Virgin Atlantic
No in-app purchases
Catenary Maps
No in-app purchases








