Comparison

Time for Coffee! vs Swiss Trainbook

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

Swiss Trainbook

Features
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Do you still keep paper lists with the locomotives / trains you have seen? With Swiss Trainbook this is over. You can digitally record all the trains you have seen. At the same time you can also save the geo data to see on the map overview where you have already spotted trains. Here are some features in detail: - Start with the already existing trains and start capturing right away - Create your own train types and trains in your region - Save your favorite photo of the train as well - Your data will be synchronized to your other devices via iCloud. Start now with your digital train logbook!

Screenshots

Time for Coffee!4 screens
Swiss Trainbook4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Time for Coffee! at Free against Swiss Trainbook's $1.99. Time for Coffee! also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On update cadence, ads and device support 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

Time for Coffee! is free to download; Swiss Trainbook costs $1.99 up front. Swiss Trainbook sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Time for Coffee! asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Time for Coffee! ships an update every 2 weeks, Swiss Trainbook every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Time for Coffee! versus Swiss Trainbook: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTime for Coffee!Swiss Trainbook
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB127 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developeropendata.chYves Bamert

In-app purchases

None

Time for Coffee!

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Swiss Trainbook

One-time3
  • Snack$0.99
  • Coffee$2.99
  • Lunch$9.99

Questions

Is Time for Coffee! free?
Time for Coffee! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Swiss Trainbook free?
Swiss Trainbook costs $1.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Do Time for Coffee! or Swiss Trainbook have ads?
Neither Time for Coffee! nor Swiss Trainbook shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Time for Coffee! or Swiss Trainbook?
Time for Coffee! ships an update every 2 weeks, and Swiss Trainbook every 3 weeks. Most recently, Time for Coffee! was updated on October 11, 2026 and Swiss Trainbook on October 7, 2026.

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