Comparison

Train Tracker Pro vs Just Tracks

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

Head to head
About

Train Tracker Pro

Track Amtrak and VIA Rail Canada trains with live locations, interactive timetables, and real-time weather. Access over 250 public railcams and view 14 days of historical train data. Features include Siri integration and Live Activities for lock screen tracking.

Highlights
  • Live train tracking
  • 14-day historical data
  • Interactive timetables
  • Real-time weather
  • 250+ public railcams
  • Siri integration
  • Live Activities support
Features
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Train Tracker Pro lets you track Amtrak and VIA Rail Canada trains with live locations, interactive timetables, real-time weather at trains’ locations, train-specific travel alerts, travel trends, Siri integration, and Live Activities to follow trains on your lock screen and in the Apple Watch Smart Stack. You can head out to the rails with just a tap on the map because Train Tracker Pro gives you access to over 250 public live railcams across North America. We’re continually adding to and curating the list of cameras to ensure its accuracy. Missed seeing a train? We've got you covered! Enter History mode, see when a train went by the camera, and rewind the camera to that point in time. The app also includes a 14-day history of train locations, speeds, timetables, and travel alerts. Enter History mode, choose a time, and the map displays exactly as it appeared at that time. Viewing detailed train data, travel alerts, and timetables in Live or History mode requires a 7-day free trial or a subscription. Train Tracker Pro is built by train travelers and railfans for train travelers and railfans. --- Free Features - Live map - History mode (view the map exactly as it appeared at any time in the last 14 days) - Current Top 5 Fastest and Most Delayed Trains lists - Historical Top 5 Fastest and Most Delayed Trains lists - Links to over 250 live railcams across North America - Customize map layers: Amtrak, VIA Rail, live railcams, track overlays - App Shortcut to find a train on the map by train number or route name - Standard or satellite map views - Map remembers your last position between launches - Light/dark mode toggle (System, Light, Dark) - Native iPhone and iPad design that’s fast, responsive, and easy to use --- Additional Free Trial/Subscription Features - Follow up to 5 trains at once on your lock screen - View next stop and ETA for followed trains in the Apple Watch Smart Stack (requires watchOS 11 or later) - Train speed and direction of travel in Live and History modes - Customize the Fastest and Most Delayed Trains lists to show 5, 10, 20, or all trains - Timetables update as a journey progresses - Quickly focus on the next stop in timetables by tapping the scope button - Travel Trends (6+ months of trip times and on-time performance data for every train between two stations along the route) - Corridor Conditions - Siri integration ("Siri, ask Train Tracker Pro") to have Siri get live train status - Train-specific Amtrak and VIA Rail travel alerts (Live and History) - Current temperature and weather conditions at a train's live location - Free Trial/Subscription supports Family Sharing --- What makes Train Tracker Pro Unique - First train tracking app with 14-day historical locations, speeds, and timetables for Amtrak and VIA Rail - First to support live railcam locations being shown on a map together with live and historical train location data - First to support Travel Trends to show travel times and on-time performance between any station pair along a train's route - First to support deep Siri integration of live train data for Amtrak and VIA Rail - First to support Corridor Conditions To start a Live Activity, tap a train, tap Follow, and you will see the next stop and its ETA on your lock screen and paired Apple Watch. Tap on a train’s Live Activity on your lock screen to go to that train’s location on the map. Live Activities update for up to 8 hours, and you can follow up to 5 trains at once. Train Tracker Pro includes a 7-day free trial of all features. Afterward, you can continue accessing live timetables, historical timetables, Top Trains lists customizations, live weather data, Travel Alerts data, Travel Trends, and train following with a weekly, monthly, or yearly subscription. Train Tracker Pro is not affiliated with Amtrak or VIA Rail Canada. Data timeliness and accuracy may vary based on external factors. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Just Tracks

Features
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Just Tracks watches your Amtrak train and puts it on your lock screen an hour before it leaves, so you never have to check on it. Search for a train by route or by number, add it to My Trips, and stop thinking about it. A live card appears an hour before departure and follows the train the whole way: how long until you need to leave, where the train has got to, how many stops before yours, and whether it is running late. The countdown keeps moving with no network and nothing to open — a glimpse is all it takes. WHAT IT DOES • Live on the lock screen, and in the Dynamic Island on the iPhones that have one. • Follows the train, not just the timetable. Delays, position and stops remaining, updated as the train runs. • Warns you when a train may leave early. Not every surprise is a delay, and a train you are strolling towards may already be going. • More than one trip. Two trains on the same route, or journeys in both directions, each with its own card when its hour comes. • Suggestions. The next few trains on your route, one tap away, for the morning you miss yours. • Repeats. Set the days a trip runs on and it plans itself. NO ACCOUNT There is nothing to sign into. No email address, no password, no invite code. Install it and it works. ABOUT THE DATA Times come from Amtrak's published timetable and from a public Amtrak tracking feed, which runs a few minutes behind the train itself. Estimates move in both directions as a journey unfolds. Built and used daily on the Capitol Corridor; the timetable covers Amtrak's network. Just Tracks is an independent app. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Amtrak, and Amtrak is a registered trademark of the National Railroad Passenger Corporation.

Screenshots

Train Tracker Pro4 screens
Just Tracks4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Just Tracks at none against Train Tracker Pro's 3. Just Tracks also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Train Tracker Pro sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Just Tracks asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Train Tracker Pro ships an update every 3 weeks, Just Tracks every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Train Tracker Pro versus Just Tracks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTrain Tracker ProJust Tracks
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (5 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.2
Further details — not scored
Size51 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOMF Solutions LLCZixin Chi

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Train Tracker Pro

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly7 Days trial$0.997 Days
  • Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
None

Just Tracks

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Train Tracker Pro free?
Train Tracker Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Just Tracks free?
Just Tracks is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Train Tracker Pro or Just Tracks have ads?
Neither Train Tracker Pro nor Just Tracks shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Train Tracker Pro or Just Tracks?
Train Tracker Pro ships an update every 3 weeks, and Just Tracks every 8 days. Most recently, Train Tracker Pro was updated on November 5, 2026 and Just Tracks on October 29, 2026.

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