Comparison

RailLog vs Footprints

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Digital travel journal
  • Upcoming trip tracking
  • Travel history organization
  • Detailed travel statistics
  • Interactive route maps
  • OCR ticket scanning
  • Europe & US compatibility
Features
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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.

About

Footprints

Features
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Every street you walk becomes part of your map. Automatic tracking, beautiful heatmaps, neighborhood coverage — all private, all on your device. Description Every walk leaves a mark. Footprints quietly records the streets you walk and paints them onto a beautiful personal heatmap. Watch your city fill with color as you explore — one street, one park, one neighborhood at a time. YOUR WALKING HEATMAP See every street you've ever walked at a glance. Frequently-walked routes glow brighter. Switch between visit frequency, speed, direction flows, a hand-drawn pencil trace, or road coverage. CONQUER NEIGHBORHOODS Footprints knows your city's neighborhoods (powered by OpenStreetMap) and tracks how much of each you've covered. FULLY AUTOMATIC Turn on auto-tracking once. Footprints detects when you start walking and records automatically — no need to open the app. Battery-aware idle mode keeps drain minimal. YOUR EXPLORATION STORY Newly discovered areas, exploration streaks, and daily and weekly distance and walking time. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your location history never leaves your iPhone. No account, no cloud, no ads. Export your data as JSON anytime — it's yours. MAP STYLES FOR EVERY MOOD Light and dark themes, Mapbox Standard with day/night lighting, outdoors terrain, and satellite imagery. Footprints uses "Always" location permission for automatic background tracking and Motion & Fitness for instant walk detection. Both are explained in-app before the system prompts; your location history never leaves the device.

Screenshots

RailLog4 screens
Footprints4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Footprints at none against RailLog's 3. Footprints also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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. RailLog sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Footprints asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
RailLog versus Footprints: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRailLogFootprints
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (9 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS26.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB55 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerlaurent WaesTandy

In-app purchases

3 purchases

RailLog

Subscriptions2
  • RailLog Premium - Monthly$2.991 Month
  • RailLog Premium - Annual7 Days trial$8.991 Year
One-time1
  • RailLog Premium - Lifetime$34.99
None

Footprints

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RailLog free?
RailLog is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Footprints free?
Footprints is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do RailLog or Footprints have ads?
Neither RailLog nor Footprints shows ads.

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