Comparison

TraceTrail vs TrainAtlas

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

Head to head
About

TraceTrail

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Discover Your World, One Path at a Time TraceTrail turns your daily journeys into a personal heatmap, showing the roads you've travelled and the paths yet to explore. Ever wondered which streets you've never walked down? Which trails you've yet to discover? TraceTrail shows you where you've been - and where you haven't. Fully automatic: tracking runs in the background and knows when you stop - trips start and end by themselves, and GPS pauses while you're not moving to save battery. Completely private: no accounts, no data collection, your location history never leaves your device. Your data is yours: browse, rename and manage every trail, export to GPX, and back up or restore everything with one file.

About

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.

Highlights
  • Real rail route mapping
  • Live delay tracking (Pro)
  • Unlimited trip logging (Free)
  • 150+ shareable achievements
  • Personal travel atlas
  • Map replay (Pro)
Features
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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

Screenshots

TraceTrail4 screens
TrainAtlas4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: TrainAtlas at 17.0 against TraceTrail's 26.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. TraceTrail sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TraceTrail ships an update every 2 weeks, TrainAtlas fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
TraceTrail versus TrainAtlas: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTraceTrailTrainAtlas
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB198 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMiroslav PalkaSegara Consulting Ltd.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

TraceTrail

Subscriptions1
  • TraceTrail+$0.991 Month
3 purchases

TrainAtlas

Subscriptions2
  • TrainAtlas Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • TrainAtlas Pro Yearly7 Days trial$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • TrainAtlas Pro Lifetime$59.99

Questions

Is TraceTrail free?
TraceTrail is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TrainAtlas free?
TrainAtlas is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do TraceTrail or TrainAtlas have ads?
Neither TraceTrail nor TrainAtlas shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TraceTrail or TrainAtlas?
TraceTrail ships an update every 2 weeks, and TrainAtlas fortnightly. Most recently, TraceTrail was updated on October 25, 2026 and TrainAtlas on October 31, 2026.

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