SBB FreeSurf
Free Internet on Swiss trains.
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App description
Android App Analysis and Review: SBB FreeSurf, Developed by Schweizerische Bundesbahnen SBB. Listed in Travel & local Category. Current Version Is 1.6.11, Updated On 29/09/2025 . According to users reviews on Google Play: SBB FreeSurf. Achieved Over 153 thousand Installs. SBB FreeSurf Currently Has 828 Reviews, Average Rating 1.1 Stars
Internet access free of charge from the app. SBB FreeSurf is available on all SBB long-distance trains (IC and IR). SBB FreeSurf is based on the excellent mobile phone coverage along the Swiss rail routes – passengers can benefit from a faster and smoother internet connection with more bandwidth than you get with conventional train Wi-Fi. Customers with a digitec, Quickline, Salt (Das Abo, GoMo, Lidl Connect are included), Sunrise or Swisscom mobile phone contract can surf the internet for free with die SBB FreeSurf app.Passengers from abroad will be able to surf the internet for free with a SIM card (also eSIM) from a mobile phone provider participating in SBB FreeSurf. Trains with a free internet connection are marked with «FS» (for FreeSurf) in the online timetable.
When boarding the train, the customers can open the SBB FreeSurf app. Automatic recognition takes place using a beacon. After registering successfully, the customers will receive an SMS text confirming that they can surf for free via their mobile phone provider. When alighting from the train or switching off the connection, you will receive a message stating that free internet access is no longer active. We only need customers to provide the mobile number to be used for registration.
https://www.sbb.ch/en/station-services/during-your-journey/on-board-service/freesurf.html
We are currently offering version 1.6.11. This is our latest, most optimized version. It is suitable for many different devices. Free download directly apk from the Google Play Store or other versions we're hosting. Moreover, you can download without registration and no login required.
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What's New
• General bug fixes
Recent Comments
Elodie
Well I get the concept. But the execution is disastrous and after quite a few years of the system being in place and numerous negative reviews there's still no improvement. The app still cannot be used if one doesn't own a swiss phone number, great for tourists and internationals isn't it? And if you manage to get into the system you'll still randomly get disconnected at any point of the journey. Some ICE or IR aren't even detected by the system at all. From CFF, disappointing
A Google user
This is one of the most swiss solution I've seen in a while : Ridiculously over-complicated while technologically unsound. App needs Bluetooth plus location plus data usage. You'd better not forget your charger.... It's completely asinine. Tailored to one use case. It excludes anyone with a laptop, a mobile device running a less popular os and tablets without a sim card. You'd be better off doing nothing. On the bright side, the app works well.
Dave Robinson
SBB free train WiFi means "free if you already have a Swiss phone contract" or an eSim from Sunrise or Swisscom. If you haven't, don't even bother trying. I'm giving this one star, although this is a reflection on SBB's ridiculously insular and unwelcoming policy, rather than the app itself.
Mauricio
Why even bother trying? Didn't expect it to work and, oh what a surprize, it didn't work! C'mon we have working WiFi in United Airlines airplanes, thousands of feet over the ocean and it aint possible to get a working internet connection on Swiss trains?! Not even to mention that IF the app worked, laptops, tablets, older phones, etc etc. wouldn't be able to use it. Even the german DB has it. And that's only one of the downsides of swiss trains.... Update: Actually seems to work...👍
Holger Spamann
The App only works for customers of Digitec, Quickline, Salt, Sunrise, and Swisscom. Having noticed in the app, I now see that it does actually say that in the app description. Still, for clarity, I'd recommend renaming the app "SBB NationalSurf-No Foreigners please". (Incidentally, foreigners are obviously the ones most in need of free wifi because they are on roaming.)
A Google user
An over-engineered mess that works maybe half the time. A simple wifi-login would have been much better. You might say that internet quality is better over GSM than WiFi, but in all honesty, how many people really care and are willing to download an additional app for that and then grant Bluetooth access and location information for that.
Martin Strommer
A solution that excludes a large portion of your customers, many devices such as laptops and tablets and forces you to buy a specific SIM card is not a solution and advertising it as "Free' is false advertising. A simple LTE wifi router with SMS authentication would have done the trick. Please go back to the drawing board
Gaël Perrin
Works nicely. The free surfing is sometime interrupted because of a tunnel or if the train is stuck in a station but this is understandable. I see a lot of complaints and bad ratings. But for someone without unlimited internet and who traveled +10 years with the cff, this app really makes my travels more comfortable.