My Model Railroad vs LccTools
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
My Model Railroad
Easily catalog and track your model train collection. Never again wonder if you already own a specific piece of rolling stock. Manage collections by scale and maintain a wishlist.
- Catalog model train collections
- Track rolling stock
- Manage wishlists
- Create collections by scale
- Scale model calculator
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My Model Railroad is the easiest way to catalog and track your model train collection! Ever seen a piece of rolling stock at your favorite hobby shop or train show and thought "Do I already own this?" Never again will you second guess yourself. Features: * Create unique model railroad collections based on each model scale you have * Create model railroad collections for personal, club, museum, or professional * Maintain your model railroad wishlist in a single and convenient way * Lightning fast scale model calculator to convert real world into many popular model railroad scales
LccTools
Control and configure your LCC/OpenLCB model railroad directly from your mobile device. Manage locomotives, turnouts, and events, and even update node firmware. Includes a companion Apple Watch app for convenient fast clock display.
- Locomotive control
- Consist management
- Fast clock display
- Turnout operation
- Event activation
- Node configuration
- Firmware updates
- Bus traffic monitoring
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LccTools provides the tools you need to operate and configure your LCC/OpenLCB model railroad in the palm of your hand! - Throttle - Works with the TCS CS-105 to control your locomotives - Consisting - Make, modify and break up locomotive consists - Fast Clock - Display the fast clock time - Turnouts - Operate your DCC turnouts - Events - Send defined events to activate your railroad's controls - Configuration - Provides configuration menus for all your LCC nodes - Firmware Update - Download new, updated firmware into your nodes - Monitor - See the traffic on your LCC bus If you have an Apple Watch, LccTools includes a companion watch app that will let you put the railroad's fast time on your wrist for easy reference. Requires a WiFi LCC network hub. Works with hubs provided by the TCS CS-105, JMRI and others.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: LccTools at 100% against My Model Railroad's 0%. LccTools also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.0) and ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, 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.
LccTools holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 5 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of My Model Railroad's written reviews are positive against 100% of LccTools's.
My Model Railroad ships an update every 4 months, LccTools every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | My Model Railroad | LccTools |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (3 ratings) | 4.8 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Merrimack Valley Models, LLC | Bob Jacobsen |
Customer experience
My Model Railroad
LccTools
In-app purchases
My Model Railroad
No in-app purchases
LccTools
No in-app purchases
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