Comparison

Railwise vs Destinations

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

Head to head
About

Railwise

This app provides real-time reliability statistics for thousands of long-distance trains in Germany. It offers on-time rates, average delays, cancellation history, and platform changes to help you plan your journeys and make informed decisions about your travel.

Highlights
  • Real-time train reliability stats
  • On-time rates and average delays
  • Cancellation history
  • Platform change alerts
  • Personal travel map
  • Live Activities and Dynamic Island updates
Features
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Some trains in Germany are almost always on time. Others are late more often than not. The problem? There's no easy way to find out which is which, until now. Railwise tracks thousands of long-distance trains every day and turns that data into something actually useful: real reliability stats for every train. On-time rates, average delays, cancellation history, platform changes. All based on what actually happened, not what the schedule promised. Got a tight connection? Check whether that 8-minute transfer has worked in the past, or whether you're basically flipping a coin. Planning a trip? Compare trains and pick the one that actually shows up on time. But Railwise isn't just about delays. Save your journeys and build up a personal travel map of everywhere you've been. See your stats, total kilometers, hours on trains, cities visited, favorite routes. Think of it as a travel diary that fills itself in as you go. When you're on a train, Railwise keeps you updated right on your lock screen. Delays, platform changes, next stop — all through Live Activities and Dynamic Island, no need to open the app.

About

Destinations

Features
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Destinations turns your TV into a window to the world – travel ideas for every evening. Photos and stories from every city you can fly to direct from your nearest airport, one at a time, so your TV can simply keep going like an ambient screensaver. FROM HERE Every destination with direct flights from your airport, most departures first, with flight time and local time. Shuffle them all and let it run. MY TRIP Add your trip or holiday and count down with weather, local time, phrases read aloud, food and sights. Plan it on your iPhone – it shows up on your TV right away. WARM RIGHT NOW Where is it sunny and warm right now? A row of destinations with today's weather. GUESS THE PLACE Five rounds with clues from vague to obvious: distance, local time, food, a phrase and finally a photo. LIVE See where the planes above you are coming from and heading to. ON IPHONE AND IPAD A widget with a new destination every hour, your trip countdown on the Lock Screen, and a photo frame for your iPad or iPhone on the charger. Top Shelf shows your trip and today's destinations. IN YOUR LANGUAGE The app and the cards follow your device's language: English, Swedish, German, Spanish or French. Where a story isn't available in your language yet, you see it in English. Destinations is free to download and browse. The destinations, My Trip, Guess the Place, Live and the photo frame are part of one monthly subscription with a free week, valid on Apple TV, iPhone and iPad. Already subscribe to Destinations in Utkik on the same Apple TV? Then it's included. No accounts, no tracking, no ads. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy policy: https://daviden.se/destinations/privacy.html

Screenshots

Railwise4 screens
Destinations4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Railwise at none against Destinations's 1. Destinations's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 11 days). On price, ads, 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. Destinations sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Railwise asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Railwise ships an update every 11 days, Destinations every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Railwise versus Destinations: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRailwiseDestinations
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews94.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size118 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRailwise UG (haftungsbeschränkt)David Svensson

In-app purchases

None

Railwise

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Destinations

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly7 Days trial$1.991 Month

Questions

Is Railwise free?
Railwise is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Destinations free?
Destinations is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Railwise or Destinations have ads?
Neither Railwise nor Destinations shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Railwise or Destinations?
Railwise ships an update every 11 days, and Destinations every 4 days. Most recently, Railwise was updated on November 5, 2026 and Destinations on November 2, 2026.

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