TPL Bus vs P+Rail
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TPL Bus
Get real-time bus arrival times for your stop. Find nearby stops, view line routes, and track vehicle locations. Plan your journeys with departure and destination inputs.
- Real-time arrival predictions
- Stop and line search
- Save favorite stops/lines
- Live vehicle tracking on map
- Trip planning with route options
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L’App dei Trasporti Pubblici Luganesi: scaricala ora, ti fa risparmiare tempo! Il tuo bus, in tempo reale. Scopri tra quanti minuti passa il prossimo bus alla tua fermata. Cosa puoi fare • Prossimi passaggi: consulta i tempi di arrivo previsti per ogni fermata, aggiornati in tempo reale. • Fermate e linee: cerca una fermata per nome, sulla mappa o vicino a te, oppure sfoglia le linee e il loro percorso. • Preferiti: salva le fermate e le linee che usi ogni giorno per ritrovarle con un tocco. • Bus sulla mappa: guarda dove si trovano i veicoli lungo la linea. • Pianifica il viaggio: indica partenza e destinazione e ottieni le soluzioni di viaggio con orari e cambi Semplice e rapida Nessuna registrazione richiesta. Apri l’app e ottieni subito le informazioni che ti servono.
P+Rail
Easily pay for parking at SBB P+Rail locations and partner railways without cash. The app locates nearby parking, provides details on amenities and restrictions, and allows for quick cancellation of bookings. Manage your parking tickets and reserve spots at busy locations.
- Cashless parking payment
- Locates nearest parking spaces
- Parking space information
- Cancel parking payments
- View parking ticket history
- Store multiple number plates
- Reserve parking spots
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More than a parking meter. Who said that trains and cars can’t be friends? With P+Rail, these two modes of transport can be combined with ease. With the SBB P+Rail app, you can pay for your parking quickly and cashfree. The P+Rail app unifies SBB P+Rail parking spaces with those of ten partner railways (BLS, RhB, RBS, TPF, SOB, MGB, OeBB, AB, AVA and Zentralbahn). And here’s why the SBB P+Rail app is so simple and fast: The app always knows exactly where your nearest parking space is, so you don’t need to go to the information board. Extra information about the parking spaces is displayed for each location, such as the number of electric car charging stations or important restrictions. If you make a mistake while booking, you can easily cancel your parking payment independently within the first few minutes. You can access an overview of your active, expired and refunded parking tickets. You can store several number plates and save your personal favourite locations in the quick selection view. Already using the SBB Mobile app for searching the timetable or purchasing tickets? You can use your SwissPass login for the SBB P+Rail app too. In future, you will be able to use your stored payment methods in both apps – wherever and whenever you are on the move. Make sure you have a spot: there is a binding reservation option for 30 busy locations – find it easily in the app menu. Find out for yourself!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: P+Rail at 4.6 against TPL Bus's 2.5. P+Rail also leads on review sentiment (77% vs 50%) and ratings volume (101 vs 2). TPL Bus's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
P+Rail holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: P+Rail has 101 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of TPL Bus's written reviews are positive against 77% of P+Rail's.
TPL Bus ships an update every 2 weeks, P+Rail every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | TPL Bus | P+Rail |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (2 ratings) | 4.6 (101 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 77.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 101 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TEQ SA | SBB AG |
Customer experience
TPL Bus
P+Rail
In-app purchases
TPL Bus
No in-app purchases
P+Rail
No in-app purchases
