Horns and Sirens vs Train Driver
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Horns and Sirens
This app provides a collection of high-quality horn and siren sounds. Tap buttons to play various sounds like police sirens, air horns, and DJ horns. It's a fun way to prank friends or add sound effects to events.
- High-quality horn and siren sounds
- Tap to play sounds
- Scare friends
- Connect to external speakers
- Variety of sound types (police, DJ, boat, truck)
- Includes car alarms and reggae horns
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Horns and Sirens features actual high quality Horn and Siren sounds. Simply tap a button to play it's corresponding horn or siren sound. Scare your friends with these loud horns and siren sounds. Hook up to an external speaker for an even more loud experience. Police sounds and sirens, DJ sounds and sirens, funny sounds and scary horns. Sounds include: - Police Sirens - Air Horns - Boat Horns - Truck Horns - Fire Sirens - Car Alarms - Reggae Horn - DJ Horn - and much more Horns and Sirens is a free ad supported app, so what are you waiting for, make some noise!
Train Driver
Control digital model trains with your mobile device. Supports multiple protocols and up to three locomotives simultaneously for an immersive model railway experience.
- Digital locomotive control
- Supports multiple digital centrals
- Up to 3 locomotives supported
- Landscape iPad display
- Protocol support (SRCP, MFX, Z21, WiThrottle, DCC++EX)
- Speed slider and function buttons
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The app is driving digital model trains supporting several digital centrals with their different protocols. The app is developed by a model train enthusiast for other model train enthusiasts. The focus is on a mobile locomotive controller and is therefore currently limited to only control locomotives. For this purpose, up to 3 locomotives are supported at the same time. At the iPad in landscape format all 3 locomotives are displayed in one screen and can be controlled easily together. At the iPhone controllers can be switched easily, but only one controller is displayed. Following protocols are supported: - SRCP including MFX extension - Z21 from Fleischmann / Roco - WiThrottle as used e.g. in JMRI or DCC++EX - DCC++EX In order to control a locomotive, the app must be connected to a control center. A small red point flashes at the bottom right of the symbol. Now the locomotive can be set. Again a small red point flashes at the bottom right of the symbol. Now you can start and operate the locomotive using the function buttons or the speed slider.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Horns and Sirens at 4.5 against Train Driver's 2.9. Horns and Sirens also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 22 months) and ratings volume (4.2K vs 7). Train Driver's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, 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.
Horns and Sirens holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Horns and Sirens has 4.2K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 43% of Horns and Sirens's written reviews are positive against 67% of Train Driver's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Horns and Sirens ships an update every 2 months, Train Driver every 22 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Horns and Sirens | Train Driver |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (4.2K ratings) — better | 2.9 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 42.9% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4.2K — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 22 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 9.3 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Magi Ent | Manuel Schreiner |
Customer experience
Horns and Sirens
Train Driver
Bugs and requests
Horns and Sirens
Reported bugs
4 issues- No sound on certain devices
- Buttons don't work
- Can't stop/pause sounds
- Glitchy on ads
Requested features
4 requests- Add car horn sounds
- Add more sounds like thunderbolt tornado siren
- Provide a pro version without ads
- Allow using sounds as notification tones and ringtones
Train Driver
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Horns and Sirens
No in-app purchases
Train Driver
No in-app purchases
Questions
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