Comparison

Train Sounds Effects vs SrcpClient

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

SrcpClient

Control your model trains remotely with this mobile application. It supports multiple locomotives simultaneously and offers intuitive speed and function control. Connects to various control center protocols.

Highlights
  • Control up to 3 locomotives simultaneously
  • Intuitive speed slider
  • Access all locomotive functions via buttons
  • Supports SRCP, Z21, and WiThrottle protocols
  • iPad landscape view displays all 3 controllers
  • iPhone view allows switching between controllers
Features
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The SRCP Client is a mobile controller for model railways Features: - 3 locomotive controllers can be used in parallel - All 3 controllers visible on iPad landscape format - Speed ​​controller via slider - Access to all functions via buttons Protocols: - SRCP including MFX extension - Z21 from Fleischmann / Roco - WiThrottle as used e.g. in JMRI or DCC++EX - DCC++EX The SRCP client for iOS can primarily connect to control centrals supporting the SCRP protocol. As a special feature, the SRCP client also supports the Z21 protocol and the WiThrottle protocol as used e.g. DCC++EX, even if these two protocols are not SRCP protocols. Up to 3 locomotives are currently supported at the same time. The app is primarily designed as a mobile locomotive controller. Speed ​​and the functions of locomotives can be used. Only one controller at the dame time can be displayed on an iPhone, but it can be switched back and forth between the three controllers. All three controllers are displayed simultaneously on an iPad in landscape. More information at https://io-expert.com/srcpclientios

Screenshots

Train Sounds Effects3 screens
SrcpClient4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SrcpClient at none against Train Sounds Effects's 1. SrcpClient also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 73%) and iOS requirement (9.3 vs 12.3). Train Sounds Effects's advantage is ratings volume (10 vs 2). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Train Sounds Effects sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. SrcpClient asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.1 for Train Sounds Effects against 4.0 for SrcpClient. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Train Sounds Effects has 10 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 73% of Train Sounds Effects's written reviews are positive against 100% of SrcpClient's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Train Sounds Effects ships an update every 3 months, SrcpClient every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Train Sounds Effects versus SrcpClient: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTrain Sounds EffectsSrcpClient
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (10 ratings) — better4.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews73.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings10 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.39.3 — better
Further details — not scored
Size51 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJanko EnkeManuel Schreiner

Customer experience

Train Sounds Effects

All ratings10 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive73.3%
Neutral6.7%
Negative20.0%

SrcpClient

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Train Sounds Effects

One-time1
  • Extra Package$0.99
None

SrcpClient

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Train Sounds Effects free?
Train Sounds Effects is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SrcpClient free?
SrcpClient is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Train Sounds Effects or SrcpClient?
Train Sounds Effects is rated higher. Train Sounds Effects averages 4.1 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while SrcpClient averages 4.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Train Sounds Effects or SrcpClient have ads?
Neither Train Sounds Effects nor SrcpClient shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Train Sounds Effects or SrcpClient?
Train Sounds Effects ships an update every 3 months, and SrcpClient every 2 months. Most recently, Train Sounds Effects was updated on September 19, 2026 and SrcpClient on June 1, 2026.

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