Comparison

DigiTrainsPro vs Toolbelt

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

Head to head
About

DigiTrainsPro

Control your model railroad layout wirelessly from your iPhone or iPad. Manage locomotives, accessories, and create complex routes with intuitive touch controls. Supports multiple trains and digital command centers.

Highlights
  • Wireless locomotive control via WiFi
  • Manage speed, direction, and features
  • Accessory control (turnouts, signals)
  • Create custom routes and logic commands
  • Organize trains into groups and filter
  • Supports multiple digital command centers
Features
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Using DigiTrainsPro, you can control your model railroad layout from your iPhone, iPad via WIFI. From the locomotive library you can easily and quickly select the locomotive you want to control, which you can create a unique photo. You can reach the speed, direction and all the features of the locomotive with a single touch while you are free to move around your layout. Finally, you do not have to remember the addresses, you can play very simply, even with multiple trains. You can add any number of data to trains, sort them into groups, and filter in locomotive library for any data or group. You can add your accessories (turnouts, signals, lamps, etc.) to the app and control them individually. You can also make routes, add signals to see block occupancy and create unique dependency logic commands. The following digital command centers are compatible with the app: Roco Z21, JMRI, Digikeijs DR5000, YaMoRc, Digitools DigiWifi and more coming soon.

About

Toolbelt

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The all-in-one toolkit for live events, theatre techs, sound engineers, lighting programmers, and backstage crews. Toolbelt brings together the essential utilities you actually need on-site — fast, clean, and built for real-world production environments. Whether you’re backstage during a show, programming lighting in a venue, or setting up a festival rig, Toolbelt keeps your most-used technical tools in one place. Built by a theatre tech, for theatre techs. Features * DMX DIP switch calculator * Metronome for beat and effects timings * Stopwatch to time your events * Colour picker to get the right lighting colour you need. * Fast, minimal interface designed for dark environments * Offline-first tools for use on-site

Screenshots

DigiTrainsPro4 screens
Toolbelt4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: DigiTrainsPro at 15.0 against Toolbelt's 26.0. 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 · 9 level
DigiTrainsPro versus Toolbelt: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDigiTrainsProToolbelt
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, Mac
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size119 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBalazs GyoriJohn Wainwright

In-app purchases

None

DigiTrainsPro

No in-app purchases

None

Toolbelt

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DigiTrainsPro free?
DigiTrainsPro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Toolbelt free?
Toolbelt is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do DigiTrainsPro or Toolbelt have ads?
Neither DigiTrainsPro nor Toolbelt shows ads.

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