Comparison

Time for Coffee! vs SBB Preview

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

Head to head
About

Time for Coffee!

This app provides real-time departure information for Swiss public transport across multiple regions. It offers features like favorite stations, widgets, and Apple Watch integration for convenient travel planning.

Highlights
  • Real-time departure data for multiple regions
  • Scheduled departures for all of Switzerland
  • iPhone widgets for quick access
  • Apple Watch app and complications
  • Favorite stations and connections
  • Open source
Features
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Get the only Swiss Public Transport App with real time data for multiple regions and support for all possible screens on Apple's mobile devices, including Siri support. * Support for real time data (delays) for multiple regions. All SBB trains and local transport (Bus/Tram) for the Zurich Area, Lucerne, Berne, Geneva, North-Western and Eastern part of Switzerland and many more. * Scheduled departure times for the rest of Switzerland (incl. Bus/Trams/Boats/Cablecar) * iPhone App: Departures of nearby stations, favourite stations. See where that connection takes you to. And a map of the ride or the surrounding area. * iPhone Widgets: See immediately when the next connections leave (with favourites first) without even opening the App or unlocking the screen. * Apple Watch App: All the info of the iPhone Today screen. On your watch. * Apple Watch Complication: Put Time for Coffee! as a complication on your watch face and you don't even have to open or tap anything anymore. * Favourite your stations and/or connections to only see the information you care about. * Tested and proven in real life to make it as convenient to use as possible. * Open Source. * Have more time for a coffee at home or in the office. If you have Apple Watch complications installed, we ask for the "Always" permission for location updates, so that we can update the complication in the background on demand. Also enable in Settings "Privacy -> Location Services -> System Services -> Frequent Locations", it does use this feature and therefore not use lots of battery power, but still may dramatically decrease battery life. If you set the location permission to "While using", complications are still updated, but only every 45 minutes. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

About

SBB Preview

Test the latest travel planning and ticketing features before they are released to the public. This app offers early access to new functionalities for Swiss public transport, including journey planning, ticket purchasing, and real-time travel updates.

Highlights
  • Early access to new features
  • Journey planning with touch timetable
  • Two-click ticket purchasing
  • Supersaver tickets and Saver Day Passes
  • Real-time delay and disruption notifications
  • Digital travelcards with SwissPass Mobile
  • EasyRide for automatic fare calculation
Features
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SBB Preview — always be among the first to test the latest features. Important: SBB Preview is the preview version of the SBB Mobile app. We are using SBB Preview to test new and innovative functions and features which we want to include in the SBB Mobile app in future. The basic functions for timetable enquiries – and for ticket purchases – for journeys anywhere in Switzerland are the same in SBB Preview as in SBB Mobile. We’ve kept the Preview app in grey to make it easier to distinguish. The heart of the app is the new navigation bar with the following menu points and contents: Plan: • Plan your journey with a simple timetable request via the touch timetable or use your current position as the origin or destination, locating it on the map. • Buy your ticket for the whole of Switzerland in just two clicks. Your travelcards on your SwissPass are applied. • Travel particularly affordably with supersaver tickets or Saver Day Passes. Trips: • When purchasing tickets, your journey will be saved in the ‘Journeys’ tab. • Even if you don’t buy a ticket, you can save your journey manually in the timetable. • The app accompanies you from door to door as you travel and you will receive information about delays, disruption and interchange times via push notification. EasyRide: • Check in, get on and set off – across the entire GA Travelcard network. • EasyRide calculates the right ticket for your journey on the basis of the routes you travelled on and charges you the relevant amount subsequently. Tickets and travelcards: • Show your public transport travelcards digitally with SwissPass Mobile. • It also gives you an overview of your valid and expired tickets and travelcards on the SwissPass. Profile: • Straightforward access to your personal settings and our customer support. Contact us. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact us: https://www.sbb.ch/en/timetable/mobile-apps/sbb-mobile/contact.html Data security and authorisations. Why does SBB Preview need permissions? Location: For connections starting from a current location, the GPS function has to be activated so that SBB Preview can find the nearest stop. This also applies if you want to have the nearest stop displayed in the timetable. Calendar and e-mail: You can save connections in your own calendar and send them by e-mail (to friends, an external calendar). SBB Preview requires read and write permissions to be able to import your desired connection into the calendar. Access to the camera: To take photos straight in SBB Preview for the personalised touch timetable, the app needs access to the camera. You will be asked for permission. Internet access: SBB Preview needs internet access for timetable informations and ticket purchase options. Memory: To support offline functions such as the list of stops, connections (history) and ticket purchase, SBB Preview needs access to your device’s memory (save app-specific settings).

Screenshots

Time for Coffee!4 screens
SBB Preview4 screens

Verdict

The call

Time for Coffee! and SBB Preview both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Time for Coffee!'s written reviews are positive against 52% of SBB Preview's. Time for Coffee! also leads on ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). SBB Preview's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Time for Coffee! against 5.0 for SBB Preview. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Time for Coffee!'s written reviews are positive against 52% of SBB Preview's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Time for Coffee! ships an update every 2 weeks, SBB Preview every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Time for Coffee! versus SBB Preview: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTime for Coffee!SBB Preview
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better52.0% of reviews
Number of ratings4 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB384 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developeropendata.chSBB

Customer experience

Time for Coffee!

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

SBB Preview

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive52.0%
Neutral12.0%
Negative36.0%

In-app purchases

None

Time for Coffee!

No in-app purchases

None

SBB Preview

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Time for Coffee! free?
Time for Coffee! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SBB Preview free?
SBB Preview is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Time for Coffee! or SBB Preview?
Time for Coffee! and SBB Preview are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Time for Coffee! or SBB Preview have ads?
SBB Preview shows ads; Time for Coffee! does not.
Which is updated more often, Time for Coffee! or SBB Preview?
Time for Coffee! ships an update every 2 weeks, and SBB Preview every 9 days. Most recently, Time for Coffee! was updated on June 1, 2026 and SBB Preview on September 15, 2026.

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