Train Sounds Effects vs Smart Device Controller
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Train Sounds Effects
Enhance your model railway experience with a variety of realistic train sound effects. Control playback with switches for continuous loops or buttons for single plays, and adjust individual volumes. Import your own sounds to further personalize your setup.
- Expand model railway with sound effects
- Use iPad or external speakers
- Control playback with switches (loop) or buttons (once)
- Individually adjust volume for each element
- Import custom sound effects
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With Train-Sounds you expand your model railway with additional sound effects. Thus the joy deepens around your model railway. Use your iPad speakers or external speakers to listen these effects. The combination of switches and buttons allow you to determine how these effects are to be played. With switches, the effects are playing in a continuous loop and with buttons only once. At each switching element, you can adjust the volume individually. Buy through the in-app you add value to your version of Train-Sounds, you can bring your own sound effects into the program.
Smart Device Controller
Transform your smartphone into a wireless remote for model trains. It offers compatibility with Soundbox, allowing for operation or use as a wireless power pack without the Soundbox. Control your model train setups with ease.
- Wireless model train operation
- Soundbox compatibility
- Use as wireless power pack
- Smartphone remote control
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Operate model trains by wireless control! Compatible with Soundbox! Your smartphone turns into a remote controller for a model train. You can use it as a remote controller for Soundbox. You do not have to use Soundbox and use this product as a wireless power pack. Let's download "Smart Device Controller application" to your smartphone or tablet on hand.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Train Sounds Effects at 73% against Smart Device Controller's 20%. Train Sounds Effects also leads on rating (4.1 vs 3.3). Smart Device Controller's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (10.3 vs 12.3). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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
Both are free to download. Train Sounds Effects sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Smart Device Controller asks for nothing beyond the download.
Train Sounds Effects holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Train Sounds Effects's written reviews are positive against 20% of Smart Device Controller's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and June 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Train Sounds Effects | Smart Device Controller |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (10 ratings) — better | 3.3 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 73.3% of reviews — better | 20.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.3 | 10.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Janko Enke | SEKISUI KINZOKU CO., LTD |
Customer experience
Train Sounds Effects
Smart Device Controller
In-app purchases
Train Sounds Effects
- Extra Package$0.99
Smart Device Controller
No in-app purchases
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