Comparison

HM | DCC vs Your Tracks

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

Head to head
About

HM | DCC

Control your model railway system wirelessly with this app. Build your locomotive library, customize their settings, and design your dream layout with untethered control over points, signals, and turntables. Enjoy free sound profiles and upgrade existing systems.

Highlights
  • Wireless model railway control
  • Locomotive customization
  • On-the-fly setting adjustments
  • Layout design tool
  • Controllable points, signals, turntables
  • Free locomotive sound profiles
  • Bluetooth® device linking
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The official app for setting up and controlling your HM7000 range of products. HM | DCC is the new model railway control system that makes it simple to build your library of locomotives and have ultimate control over them in the palm of your hand. Customise your locomotives with images, tinker, tailor & test settings on the fly to perfect your locomotive’s running style. Design your dream layout and manoeuvre locomotives through controllable points, signals, and turntables with untethered control. Easily set up your system. Log in*, link up your Bluetooth® HM devices, power-cycle and away you go. Control your system free of wires. Complete wireless & untethered control of your layout. Upgrade previous systems without ripping out installed controllers and components. Personalise your locomotives. Fill your engine shed with your fleet of locomotives, choose the perfect photo, and programme their settings to see locomotive running styles change instantaneously. Enjoy completely FREE locomotive sound profiles. Connect your HM7000-TXS decoders to HM | DCC and relish a plethora of class locomotive sounds for download. Keep up to date with the latest releases and get more locomotive sound profiles to play with on the day of release. Design your dream layout. Use the in-built Track Builder to draw up and design the perfect layout. Then, export a list easily to know what you need to build it. Everyone’s included. Functions with OO, TT and N scale gauges. Upgrade your previous DCC products to work with HM | DCC. Upgrade “DCC ready” locomotives to HM | DCC app control with HM7000 decoders. Control locomotives fitted with non-Bluetooth® and HM7000 Bluetooth® decoders in parallel. Explore the different ways you can upgrade via the Hornby.com website. *Please note: A Hornby.com account is required for HM | DCC app use. This can be easily created from the Hornby.com website. Internet access is required for device reset, profile download, hardware updates, app updates and app login. Disclaimer: Please ensure that your device is fully compatible with both the HM | DCC app and the HM7000 range of products prior to any purchase. Devices older than 5 years may work but cannot be recommended for control. If unsure, please visit the Hornby.com website or contact Hornby Hobbies customer care.

About

Your Tracks

Features
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Your Tracks — the layout planner for your favourite building block train builders. Ever spent an hour laying track on the living room floor only to realise you're two curves short? Your Tracks is the mobile design studio for train-obsessed builders — from kids planning their first oval to AFOLs mapping out a two-table masterpiece. Drag pieces onto a blueprint canvas, connect them with a tap, and watch your layout come together before you've even opened a single box. KEY FEATURES Smart snapping — Every piece snaps at real connection points, with rotations worked out for you. No more guessing if that curve will line up. Full LEGO® track library — Straights, half-straights, quarter-straights, R40 curves, switches, crossings, the double crossover, and flex track — all drawn to true scale in studs. Baseplates - You can now place individual baseplates to help plan your City and layout. TrixBrix compatibility — Planning with third-party geometry? Your Tracks supports the TrixBrix range too, so you can design exactly what you'll actually build. Run a virtual train — Drop a train on the track, control its speed, flip switches, and see your layout in motion before a single brick hits the floor. Parts inventory — Instantly see how many of each piece your design uses, so your shopping list writes itself. Undo everything — 50 levels of undo with shake-to-undo, and the three-finger swipe you already know. Save unlimited layouts — Keep your greatest hits, variants, and works-in-progress. Export & share — Crisp PNG exports with one tap, ready for your group chat, forum, or print-out. Built for iPad and iPhone. No account. No ads. No in-app purchases. Designed by train builders, for train builders.

Screenshots

HM | DCC4 screens
Your Tracks4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: HM | DCC at Free against Your Tracks's $1.99. HM | DCC also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). Your Tracks's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months). On 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

HM | DCC is free to download; Your Tracks costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HM | DCC ships an update every 4 months, Your Tracks every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
HM | DCC versus Your Tracks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHM | DCCYour Tracks
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating2.3 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews56.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHornby Hobbies LtdBryan Simpson

In-app purchases

None

HM | DCC

No in-app purchases

None

Your Tracks

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HM | DCC free?
HM | DCC is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Your Tracks free?
Your Tracks costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do HM | DCC or Your Tracks have ads?
HM | DCC shows ads; Your Tracks does not.
Which is updated more often, HM | DCC or Your Tracks?
HM | DCC ships an update every 4 months, and Your Tracks every 2 weeks. Most recently, HM | DCC was updated on October 8, 2026 and Your Tracks on October 15, 2026.

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