Comparison

Train Home vs Train Journey Planner

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Train Home

This app displays National Rail and London Overground train departure information on a single screen. Commuters can favorite common journeys for instant access and receive notifications for upcoming departures. Pinned trains offer real-time location and arrival updates.

Highlights
  • Real-time UK train departure information
  • Favorite journeys for quick access
  • Departure notifications via GPS
  • Pinned train tracking with live updates
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Direct data from National Rail Enquiries
Features
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This app is for the commuters. Display all the National Rail and London Overground train departure information you need on one simple screen. No more searching, no more taps. Once you've set it up, open the app and the info you need is always right there in front of you. The app allows you to add stations that you commonly travel between to your favourites, then the departure board for those journeys will appear right on the app's home screen as soon as you open the app. The list is ordered by distance from your current location so the trains you're interested in are always right there at the top of your screen. If your device has GPS (iPhones and some iPads), when you walk into one of your favourite stations you can choose to receive a notification with departure times of the next few trains to your chosen destination. You don't even have to open the app to see when your next train will be, it just appears! As easy as that. If you use both an iPhone and an iPad your favourite journeys will automatically sync using iCloud - no need to set everything up twice. If your commute is even more fixed, you can also pin individual trains. Once you’ve decided on a departure, tap on it to pin it. The departure will move to the top of the screen and give you more details about where the train is currently. Once it sets off it’ll stay there, even when the departure has dropped off the station’s departure board, keeping you updated with the last station you passed through, your estimated arrival time, platform and any delays. All the information comes direct from National Rail Enquiries so will be as up to date and real time as the station boards. We're all creatures of habit, if you find yourself often travelling between the same stations (for work or pleasure), this is the app for you! Note: This isn't a journey planner. Only direct train services between stations will show up, the app won't suggest connections. But once you've found out the connection points of your journey, add them into this app to keep up to date with the train times.

About

Train Journey Planner

Features
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Departure times / Arrival times and platform data for all National Rail stations, powered by National Rail Enquiries’ real-time data feeds. • Journey planning across the National Rail network • Find platform information for train departures • Easily see if your train is delayed and by how much • Live departures and arrivals at all National Rail stations, with predicted and actual platform information and live train progress • Favourite stations, journeys and last viewed trains • See where you have to make changes along your journey • Send your train information to others or add it to your calendar • Push Alerts for train departures - ideal for regular commuters • Track your train on its route, checking where is it in real-time, which stations it will call at & where it has already called at

Screenshots

Train Home4 screens
Train Journey Planner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Train Journey Planner at 12.0 against Train Home's 17.6. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 7 level
Train Home versus Train Journey Planner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTrain HomeTrain Journey Planner
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews87.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThomas ThorpeSumit Kukadiya

In-app purchases

None

Train Home

No in-app purchases

None

Train Journey Planner

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Train Home free?
Train Home is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Train Journey Planner free?
Train Journey Planner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Train Home or Train Journey Planner have ads?
Neither Train Home nor Train Journey Planner shows ads.

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