Toob Train vs FastStation
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Toob Train
Navigate London's transport network with real-time line status, station information, and arrival times. Plan your journeys easily and receive notifications for your favorite lines. Designed for seamless travel around the city.
- Real-time line status
- Favorite line notifications
- Local station information
- Train arrival times
- Journey planner
- Apple Watch support
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Toob Train allows easy navigation around London and the TfL network. Features include: - Line status with notifications(once favourited) - Local stations and train arrival information - Journey planner Designed to be an app to help you when you're out and about in London. Supports Apple Watch.
FastStation
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FastStation is a free train, subway and transit app for iPhone and iPad. Open it to see nearby stations, upcoming departures and how long it takes to walk there. Know when to leave See live arrivals where the operator provides them, with scheduled departures clearly marked. Pin your everyday stops, check service alerts and filter transport modes on supported networks. Plan the whole trip Compare routes by arrival time, transfers and walking. Choose when to depart or arrive, see each stop and change, and follow your journey with Live Activities on the Lock Screen. Trip planning covers 153 networks, with trains, trams, buses and ferries where supported. Coverage varies by city. Explore the network Browse station and line maps across cities including New York, Boston, Chicago, Montreal, Berlin, Paris, Amsterdam, Helsinki, Sydney and Tokyo. London, Dublin and Hong Kong have departure boards but no on-device trip planning. New in 3.38 Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver, Tampere, Riga, Brno, Caen, Mulhouse, Tours and Valenciennes join FastStation. All ten include maps and trip planning. Calgary and Tampere offer live arrivals; the other eight show scheduled departures. Vancouver includes SkyTrain and West Coast Express. 3.39 Ten new cities: Copenhagen, Aarhus, Odense, Perth, Strasbourg, Grenoble, Milan, Buffalo, Sacramento, St. Louis. Timetable departures, maps and trip planning in all ten. Route calculation on your device Downloaded timetables let FastStation calculate routes on your device. Address search uses Apple Maps. Trip details are sent to FastStation only when you choose to report an issue with a trip. Live arrivals, address search and data downloads require an internet connection. Free to use. No account needed. Requires iOS 26.0 or iPadOS 26.0 or later. See faststation.app for coverage and data sources.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: FastStation at daily against Toob Train's every 7 months. Toob Train's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Toob Train ships an update every 7 months, FastStation daily. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Toob Train | FastStation |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Carl de Wiele | John Toms |
In-app purchases
Toob Train
No in-app purchases
FastStation
No in-app purchases
