If you have booked tickets on Indian railways and is on waiting list while booking, you might obviously want to check the status once in a while before the date of journey so that in case the booking isn’t confirmed you might want to check for alternatives. Instead of using the web browser to check the PNR status, you can try the PNR Status app for Android phones.
Although there are quite a lot of similar apps for checking PNR status, this app has a very good UI and features.
Just key in the PNR number and hit the go button. The app will show the details like seat number, coach number (in case confirmed tickets) and also shows whether the ticket is confirmed or not. You can also enable the “Notify me on Changes” button at the bottom. When this is enabled, you can updates as and when there is a change to your PNR status.
Moreover, you will get an alert with the Coach/Seat number once the chart is prepared.
The recent searches are available, so you do not have to key in everytime, you want to check them. The app interface is what makes it stand out, clean and user friendly interface.
The app is free of cost and available for Android 2.1 and up.
Know about the legality of this app? Guess, its illegal.
How does this become illegal?
Do they have the legal rights to provide this service? Indian Railways provides this data only to few authorized sites. Scraping data from IRCTC or Indian Railways site is illegal.
Guess, its illegal if you make money (ad or otherwise) from the app.
Do they sell curry on board?