Comparison

HM | DCC vs My Expense Hub

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
Features
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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

My Expense Hub

Features
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MyExpenseHub helps you capture receipts, organise them into claims, and export professional reports — all on your iPhone. Built for anyone who submits expense or duty claims, including UK service personnel, contractors, and frequent travellers. WHY MyExpenseHub • Fast receipt capture — camera, photo library, or Files • On-device OCR reads amounts and dates (Apple Vision — nothing sent to our servers) • Group receipts into claims by trip, exercise, or duty period • Running totals per claim, with optional daily and trip limits (Pro) • Export a branded PDF report or CSV spreadsheet when you’re ready • Multi-currency support for overseas receipts (Pro) • Your data stays on your device — no login, no cloud sync required PERFECT FOR • Duty travel and detachments • Training exercises and courses • Overnight subsistence and meal receipts • Mixed GBP and foreign-currency trips • Anyone who needs a clear paper trail before submitting a claim QUICK SCAN Use Quick Scan from the home screen, Action Button, Back Tap, or Shortcuts to photograph a receipt and save it in seconds. EXPORT Generate a PDF with receipt images and totals, or a CSV for Excel — ideal for attaching to your claim or keeping for your records. FREE vs PRO Free: capture receipts, OCR, basic claims, PDF/CSV export (with ads). Pro (one-time purchase): remove ads, multi-currency, and claimable amount tracking. PRIVACY FIRST Receipts and claim data are stored locally on your device. OCR runs on-device. We do not operate a backend for your expenses. MyExpenseHub is an independent app by The App Dad. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to the UK Ministry of Defence or any armed forces organisation.

Screenshots

HM | DCC4 screens
My Expense Hub4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: HM | DCC at none against My Expense Hub's 1. HM | DCC also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.6). On price 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

Both are free to download. My Expense Hub sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. HM | DCC asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
HM | DCC versus My Expense Hub: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHM | DCCMy Expense Hub
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews56.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 months—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHornby Hobbies LtdAndrew Webster

In-app purchases

None

HM | DCC

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

My Expense Hub

One-time1
  • MyExpenseHub Pro$3.99

Questions

Is HM | DCC free?
HM | DCC is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is My Expense Hub free?
My Expense Hub is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do HM | DCC or My Expense Hub have ads?
My Expense Hub shows ads; HM | DCC does not.

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