Swiss Trainbook vs tripDiary
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Swiss Trainbook
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Do you still keep paper lists with the locomotives / trains you have seen? With Swiss Trainbook this is over. You can digitally record all the trains you have seen. At the same time you can also save the geo data to see on the map overview where you have already spotted trains. Here are some features in detail: - Start with the already existing trains and start capturing right away - Create your own train types and trains in your region - Save your favorite photo of the train as well - Your data will be synchronized to your other devices via iCloud. Start now with your digital train logbook!
tripDiary
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tripDiary is your travel diary for van life, road trips and family vacations. Photos, places, campsites and costs live in one app, and in the end it all becomes a photo book. Fully private, no account, no subscription. Buy it once, keep it forever. New in 2.0: bring your past trips into your diary in a few minutes. A small question waits for you every day. And several trips turn into one photo book for the whole year. Past trips, in your diary in 5 minutes Hundreds of vacation photos sitting on your iPhone? tripDiary spots past trips by the date and place of your photos and suggests them to you, with dates, places and country flag. Tap "Create as trip" and your photos, days and places are sorted. Detection runs entirely on your device. Nothing is uploaded, nothing is changed. One question a day What made you laugh today? Which moment would you frame? Every travel day asks you one small question. One sentence is enough. That's how you collect the memories no photo shows, and later they get a page of their own in your photo book. Your year as a photo book Pick one trip or several, and tripDiary turns them into a photo book: cover, overview map with every route, table of contents, your answers to the daily questions and a statistics page for each trip. Choose from six styles, from a clean editorial look to a playful passport. Share or print the PDF however you like. An entry in seconds Create a trip, add photos, write a few lines, done. tripDiary pulls date and place straight from your photos. Import up to 500 shots at once, and whatever you shoot with the camera remembers where it happened. Your route on the map Every stop becomes part of a connected route on an interactive map, with colored icons for hikes, beaches, restaurants and sights. Save your home address and your outbound and return legs show up on their own. Campsites you'll want to find again Rating, price, amenities, surface and noise level, all in one place. The price per night goes straight into your travel costs. Travel costs at a glance Fuel, food, campsite, ferry: log expenses right inside the entry. The overview shows total cost, cost per day and the split by category. Sit back Watch your trip as a slideshow, fullscreen with gentle camera moves. Plus a world map of every country you visited, statistics and a personal Year in Review. Freshly designed A tidier home screen, every trip function at a glance, a new typeface and a new app icon. Text grows with your preferred text size. Private stays private Your trips belong to you. tripDiary keeps everything on your device and syncs through your own iCloud if you want. No account, no ads, no tracking of your content. What's inside • New: detect past trips from your photos and bring them in • New: question of the day, a different one every day • New: photo book from several trips, with map and contents • New: fresh design and new app icon • Trips sorted by year, your current trip always on top • Import up to 500 photos at once • Route and home address on the map • Campsite notes with rating, price and amenities • Expense tracking with categories • PDF photo book in 6 styles • Slideshow, world map, statistics and Year in Review • Full-text search across all entries • iCloud sync between your devices (optional) • English and German One-time purchase, no subscription. Built for travel and remembering, so "remember when?" turns back into real memories.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: tripDiary at none against Swiss Trainbook's 3. tripDiary also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs monthly) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Swiss Trainbook's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $3.99). On ads 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
Swiss Trainbook costs $1.99 and tripDiary $3.99 up front. Swiss Trainbook sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. tripDiary asks for nothing beyond the download.
Swiss Trainbook ships an update monthly, tripDiary every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Swiss Trainbook | tripDiary |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 — better | $3.99 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 130 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yves Bamert | Steven Toensing |
In-app purchases
Swiss Trainbook
- Snack$0.99
- Coffee$2.99
- Lunch$9.99
tripDiary
No in-app purchases









