Lionel LionChief User Reviews
Customer Experience
~ Based on 76 written reviews from the US App Store.
What users say
Summarized from real user reviews of Lionel LionChief. Based on 254 reviews and a 3.6/5 average, it highlights the 7 positives and 10 negatives reviewers mention most about this Utilities app.
Positive things
- 👍Easy to use and intuitive controls
- 🎮More features than physical remote
- 🔊Voice command functionality
- ⚡Fast connection when working properly
- 🎯Allows speed control and safety limits
- 🚂Works with multiple train models
- 💡Useful alternative when remote is lost
Negative things
- 🐛Frequent Bluetooth disconnections
- ❌Fails to connect to trains
- 📉Poor UI/low resolution graphics
- 🔌Requires constant active connection
- ⚠️Inconsistent performance across devices
- 🍎iOS compatibility issues
- 📱Not optimized for iPad screens
- 🔋Requires location services enabled
- 🎤Voice command unreliable
- 💥App crashes and freezes
Is Lionel LionChief Safe?
Lionel LionChief appears mostly safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Lionel LionChief is 72/100.
This assessment is based on 254 user ratings, with an App Store average of 3.6/5.
Safety Analysis
~ Based on 254 App Store ratings for Lionel LionChief.
Is Lionel LionChief Legit?
Lionel LionChief appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Lionel LionChief is 85/100.
Based on 85 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.
Top reviews
On the Lionel ads, it always shows the engine popping up in the train and number icon but when I connect my engine, it shows the number but uses a place holder engine as the train icon.
This app lets you drive to poker express without your remote.
Will not connect to our brand new train
Train doesn’t last very long before it breaks. Mine lasted for one season before it just stopped working.
I love the train but sometimes it goes off he track next to my Christmas tree. And it's so irritating fixing it. But I’ll have to rate it 5 stars because I love controlling the train myself. Even my 1 year old younger brother loves it too.
Polar express
I received a Lionel Polar Express G Gauge Train Set with Bluetooth and Smoke on Amazon for $112. The app is amazing. I love using this app. Highly recommend for any Lionel Train lover
This app should make it very clear that the recorded voice Feature doesn’t save the persons voice after disconnecting from the train. My family is very unhappy about the design of the app and lack thereof.
Best app ever it works great with my Pennsylvania flyer tip if voice control doesn’t work and crashes then when you say what you want it to do turn voice control off 🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷
I don’t get it does the mega track trains connect with the app
App is great and works with Legacy, but Lionel should make a legacy Bluetooth app for more features
Random disconnects allllll the time. Makes the app and the trains unusable. Keep having to power everything off and on. Sometimes every 5 seconds, sometimes every minute. No consistency. Not ready for multiple trains.
I love the voice command thing.
My Lionel Pennsylvania flyer number 561 runs so good and when I put the whistle on high pitch chef kiss
Terrible app. Won’t connect. Made many BT connections with many apps to many devices and after wasting an hour it simply doesn’t work. Merry Christmas.
This app worked “ok” for a while but now it just disconnects after about 1 minute every time I try to use it. Bummer.
My train won’t connect to the app and I tried both apps and it the buttons won’t work like they should I suggest updating this app to make a more fun, easy, and consistent app experience
disconnects immediately. this is not a final product. kinda like a alpha ; a guess at what might work. does anyone at lionel use this or are they just inflicting its problems on their customers?? bunch of model train people trying to be internet engineers and failing
It is very good for my o gauge trains. It did not work at first but I think the 10th(5th)time I tried it worked.
The Bluetooth connected for about 2 years but hasn’t worked since and there seems to be no solution based on my research
