Comparison

Travlo vs Railside

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

Head to head
About

Travlo

This travel app helps you digitally log every flight, track countries visited, and visualize your travel history. It offers features like manual flight entry, boarding pass scanning, and multi-segment itinerary building. All data is stored locally and syncs when online, ensuring offline functionality.

Highlights
  • Log flights manually with auto-fill
  • Scan boarding passes for instant details
  • Build multi-segment itineraries
  • Store boarding passes in a vault
  • Visualize travel history on a timeline
  • View passport stats and charts
  • Multi-passenger support
  • Offline functionality
Features
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Travlo is a travel companion that logs every flight, tracks every country, and turns your travel history into a rich, visual record. Log trips your way Add flights manually with smart auto-fill — enter an airline, flight number, and date, and Travlo fetches the route and timing for you. Scan boarding pass barcodes to capture flight details instantly. Or forward booking emails (coming soon). Multi-segment itineraries Build complex trips with multiple legs — outbound flights, connections, and return legs all in one place. See layover durations calculated automatically. Boarding pass vault Scan and store boarding passes using your camera. Travlo extracts passenger names, seat assignments, gate numbers, and flight details using machine learning. Travel timeline See where you've been on a calendar view, color-coded by country. Presence is computed automatically from your flights, or add locations manually for non-flight travel. Passport stats A dark-themed dashboard shows your total flights, hours in the air, distance traveled, countries and cities visited, most-flown airlines, longest and shortest flights — all with visual charts. Multi-passenger support Track trips for your whole family. Create passenger profiles, filter trips and stats by traveler, and see co-passengers on shared flights. Works offline Every feature works without internet. Travlo saves everything locally and syncs when you're back online — no data lost, ever. Visual trip cards Each trip shows a route map with your flight path, airline logos, and key details at a glance.

About

Railside

This app provides real-time Amtrak train status, including delays and current location. It offers a clear, at-a-glance overview of your train's progress before, during, and after your journey.

Highlights
  • Live Amtrak train data
  • Delay information
  • Current train location
  • Pre-ride status
  • During-ride updates
  • Post-ride information
Features
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Railside turns live Amtrack U.S. rail data into one calm, glanceable answer: is your train running, how late is it, and where is it right now before, during, and after the ride.

Screenshots

Travlo4 screens
Railside4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Railside at 5.0 against Travlo's 4.0. Railside also leads on ratings volume (3 vs 1). Travlo's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Railside holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Travlo ships an update every 2 weeks, Railside every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Travlo versus Railside: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTravloRailside
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings13 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThe North American Chapter of the Indian school of Mines Alumni AssociationGovLense LLC

In-app purchases

None

Travlo

No in-app purchases

None

Railside

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Travlo free?
Travlo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Railside free?
Railside is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Travlo or Railside?
Railside is rated higher. Travlo averages 4.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Railside averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Travlo or Railside have ads?
Neither Travlo nor Railside shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Travlo or Railside?
Travlo ships an update every 2 weeks, and Railside every 10 days. Most recently, Travlo was updated on November 5, 2026 and Railside on October 31, 2026.

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