Skyss vs Svipper
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Skyss
Plan your public transport journeys across Vestland, including buses, light rail, ferries, and trains. Purchase tickets, view real-time departures and service locations, and receive delay notifications. The app also helps you find city bikes and e-scooters.
- Real-time departure information
- Journey planning with walking time
- In-app ticket purchasing
- Live service tracking on map
- Delay and disruption alerts
- Save favorite stops
- Find city bikes and e-scooters
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Find all public transport departures across Vestland, including bus, light rail, ferry, and train. Plan your journey and buy tickets – all in one app. With the Skyss app, you can: • see how long your journey will take from where you are to where you're going, including walking time • buy tickets for yourself or others • view departure times and see where your service is on the map, in real time • receive up-to-date information about delays and disruptions • save stops as favourites • find available city bikes and e-scooters If you sign in to the app, you can also: • rest assured that your tickets, journey history, and favourites are safely stored with us – even if you change your phone • book on-demand bus services through Skyss Book-a-ride • get faster and better support from our customer service team We're continuously working to improve and develop the app. Thank you for travelling with Skyss!
Svipper
Plan your trips, view departure times, and purchase tickets for travel within Troms. Search for journeys from your current location, an address, or a stop. Track your vehicle in real-time and save favorite locations or departures.
- Travel search by location, address, or stop
- Ticket purchasing
- Real-time vehicle tracking
- Departure time updates
- Save favorite locations/departures
- In-app navigation
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I Svipper-appen kan du planlegge reiser, se avgangstider og kjøpe billetter i Troms. Dette kan du gjøre: - Gjør reisesøk fra din posisjon, en adresse eller et stoppested - Velg ditt reiseforslag og kjøp billetter - Få oppdaterte avgangstider og reiseinformasjon - Følg fremkomstmiddelet i sanntid - Lagre dine favorittsteder eller favorittavganger - Kartfunksjonen veileder deg gjennom hele reisen
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Skyss at weekly against Svipper's every 3 weeks. Skyss also leads on ratings volume (63 vs 12). Svipper's advantage is review sentiment (75% vs 67%). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Skyss against 4.8 for Svipper. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Skyss has 63 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 67% of Skyss's written reviews are positive against 75% of Svipper's.
Skyss ships an update weekly, Svipper every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Skyss | Svipper |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (63 ratings) | 4.8 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 63 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 88 MB | 106 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Skyss | Troms fylkeskommune |
Customer experience
Skyss
Svipper
In-app purchases
Skyss
No in-app purchases
Svipper
No in-app purchases
