SNCB Lab vs Topoferrarisviewer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SNCB Lab
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App features : * Receive real time notifications of any changes to your journey. * Save your favorite routes and find info about your route faster. * Find the real time information of trains arriving and departing from a station. * Experience our innovative features first. * Share your feedback and questions about these features. * Helps you benefit from our personalized services. * Set your preferred language (English, Dutch, French, German).
Topoferrarisviewer
Explore historical Belgian landscapes with this app. View the 1777 Ferraris Cabinet Map and compare it with various topographic maps from different periods over the past 250 years. Discover how the terrain has changed and follow suggested walking routes or import your own GPX tracks.
- View 1777 Ferraris Cabinet Map
- Compare historical topographic maps
- 8 map layers from different periods
- Follow walking suggestions
- Import GPX tracks
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With the Topoferrarisviewer, or in short Topoferraris, you can view the Ferraris Cabinet Map from 1777 and compare it with various historical series of topographic maps from the National Geographic Institute. Naturally, the NGI's most recent topographic map at a scale of 1:25,000 is also included. You can choose from a total of 8 map layers depicting the Belgian landscape in different periods over the past 250 years. If you would like to know which traces of the past are still visible today, or how the landscape you are traveling through has changed over the past 250 years, select one of the walking suggestions or import your own GPX track, and head out with Topoferrarisviewer.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Topoferrarisviewer at every 3 days against SNCB Lab's every 2 months. SNCB Lab's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). 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.
SNCB Lab ships an update every 2 months, Topoferrarisviewer every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SNCB Lab | Topoferrarisviewer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 89 MB | 105 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NMBS / SNCB | NGI-IGN National Geograhical Institute of Belgium |
In-app purchases
SNCB Lab
No in-app purchases
Topoferrarisviewer
No in-app purchases
