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Öffi vs Railway: catalog facts
Öffi	Railway

Best for: Public transport users in Europe who want one timetable app	Best for: Linux users who look up train connections and want one app for several operators
Free Free to download; the site has a page for giving the developer a gift.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0-or-later licence.
Android	Linux
Covers many European transport authorities in one app Live departures including delays Interactive network plans Widget for departures at nearby stations	Brings several railway operators into one search Native Linux app distributed on Flathub Part of a project aimed at Linux phones as well as desktops
Android only Coverage outside Europe is limited to a few regions	Linux only Coverage depends on which railway operators the app supports
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Not open source	Open source
License not stated	License: GPL-3.0-or-later
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Öffi oeffi.schildbach.de f-droid.org/packages/de.schildbach.oeffi Catalog checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Railway mobile.schmidhuberj.de/railway Catalog checked October 1, 2026

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