RailLog vs TrainAtlas
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RailLog
This app helps you create a digital journal of your train journeys. Track upcoming trips, organize past travel history, and view detailed statistics about your railway adventures. Visualize your routes on interactive maps and compare your travel activity with others.
- Digital travel journal
- Upcoming trip tracking
- Travel history organization
- Detailed travel statistics
- Interactive route maps
- OCR ticket scanning
- Europe & US compatibility
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TrainLog – Your Personal Railway Companion Turn your train journeys into a complete digital travel journal with TrainLog. Whether you travel daily, on weekends, or to explore new countries, TrainLog helps you track, organize, and relive all your train trips. UPCOMING TRIPS Keep a clear overview of your upcoming journeys. Check your schedules, trip details, departure and arrival stations, route maps, and travel history related to each journey. TRAVEL HISTORY Find all your past trips in a complete and enjoyable travel history. Relive your journeys, review important details, and keep track of every destination you’ve visited. DETAILED STATISTICS Explore your travel habits with detailed statistics: total distance traveled, number of journeys, countries visited, train operators used, frequent routes, personal records, fun facts, and unique comparisons. LEADERBOARDS & INSIGHTS Compare your travel activity with other travelers through rankings and leaderboards. Discover your position, track your progress, and make your train journeys even more fun. INTERACTIVE TRAVEL MAPS Visualize your journeys on beautiful interactive maps. Follow your routes, revisit your departure and arrival stations, and watch your railway footprint grow over time. EUROPE & UNITED STATES COMPATIBILITY TrainLog is designed for train travel across Europe and the United States, with support for many railway operators: * SNCF * TGV INOUI * TER * OUIGO * SNCB * Deutsche Bahn * Trenitalia * RENFE * Amtrak * SBB * NS * ÖBB * And more operators coming soon QUICK AND EASY TRIP ADDITION Add your journeys manually or directly from your tickets using OCR scanning. Save important details such as date, stations, operator, train number, class, and seat information. MODERN AND INTUITIVE INTERFACE Enjoy a clean, smooth, and user-friendly interface designed to showcase your journeys beautifully. TrainLog supports dark mode, adaptive themes, and an experience optimized for both iPhone and iPad. PRIVATE & SECURE Your travel data is securely stored and synchronized across your devices. Your journeys remain private and accessible only through your account. KEY FEATURES * Track upcoming journeys * Complete travel history * Interactive route maps * Advanced statistics * Leaderboards and comparisons * Fun facts and personal records * Manual trip entry * OCR ticket scanning * Detailed trip information: seat, class, price, operator, and train * Europe and United States support * Multilingual support: English and French * Cross-device synchronization * Modern interface with dark mode TrainLog is the perfect app for anyone who loves traveling by train and keeping track of their railway adventures. Track your journeys, explore your statistics, and build your personal railway passport — one trip at a time.
TrainAtlas
This app maps your train journeys on actual rail lines, not just straight paths. Log every trip, from daily commutes to extensive tours, and build a personal atlas of your travels. It offers live delay tracking and over 150 achievements for rail enthusiasts.
- Real rail route mapping
- Live delay tracking (Pro)
- Unlimited trip logging (Free)
- 150+ shareable achievements
- Personal travel atlas
- Map replay (Pro)
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Every train you've ever ridden, mapped on real rail lines - not the straight-line guesses other apps draw. Log the Coast Starlight, your Interrail loop, the daily commute, and watch your personal atlas of the world fill in, route by route. Built for rail enthusiasts, Interrail and Eurail travellers, daily commuters, and anyone who wants a permanent record of where trains have taken them. REAL RAIL ROUTES, NOT STRAIGHT LINES Most apps draw a straight line from A to B. TrainAtlas plots every trip on the actual track geometry from OpenStreetMap rail data, so your map looks like a railway - not a spider web. A subtle "approx" badge flags any lower-fidelity segment - never fake precision. THE MAP MOMENT Save a trip and watch the route draw itself across your map. A small thing - and the reason people open the app every time they step off a train. LIVE DELAYS FROM 30+ OPERATORS (PRO) Real-time status straight from official feeds: Amtrak, VIA Rail, National Rail (UK), Deutsche Bahn, SNCF, ÖBB, SBB, NS, SNCB, Trenitalia, RENFE, SJ, DSB and many more. Get a push the moment your train is delayed. LOG ANYTHING - THE CORE STAYS FREE Unlimited trip logging at no cost, no paywall on the core experience. Mainline trains, heritage railways, metro and subway lines, scenic routes, even rail-replacement buses. Planned, in progress, or completed - it's all kept. 150+ ACHIEVEMENTS Ride every operator. Collect all 47 Japanese prefectures. Hit distance milestones across continents. Unlock the odd snark badge for the journeys nobody admits they enjoyed. Every card is shareable. YOUR PRIVATE ATLAS No ads. No third-party analytics or advertising SDKs. We never track you across apps and never sell your data - the little the app does use is anonymous and only there to run it. Your trips stay on your device and, if you turn on sync, in your own private iCloud that only you can read. FREE vs PRO Free, forever: unlimited logging of any trip from the last 12 months onward - kept on your map for good - plus rolling 12-month stats, manual entry, and share cards. Pro unlocks: - All-time history and stats - Live delay tracking with push alerts - All 150+ achievements - Map Replay - watch any journey play back - Live Activities on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island - Import your history from CSV (TrainLog, Trainline, viaduct.world) - Multi-device iCloud sync - Watermark-free share cards - Deep country and operator stats Log your first trip free. No account. No email. Just open the app and start mapping. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://trainatlas.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: TrainAtlas at 5.0 against RailLog's 4.5. TrainAtlas also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 80%). RailLog's advantage is ratings volume (10 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. RailLog sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and TrainAtlas sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
TrainAtlas holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RailLog has 10 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of RailLog's written reviews are positive against 100% of TrainAtlas's.
RailLog ships an update every 2 months, TrainAtlas fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RailLog | TrainAtlas |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 198 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | laurent Waes | Segara Consulting Ltd. |
Customer experience
RailLog
TrainAtlas
In-app purchases
RailLog
- RailLog Premium - Monthly$2.991 Month
- RailLog Premium - Annual7 Days trial$8.991 Year
- RailLog Premium - Lifetime$34.99
TrainAtlas
- TrainAtlas Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
- TrainAtlas Pro Yearly7 Days trial$24.991 Year
- TrainAtlas Pro Lifetime$59.99









