Legacy Bot Controller vs RailMaker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Legacy Bot Controller
Control your R2-D2 droid with intuitive joystick or tilt controls. Program custom routes, activate patrol mode for autonomous movement, and trigger classic sounds and animations. Easily pair via Bluetooth for interactive fun.
- Joystick and tilt control
- Route mapping with auto-follow
- Patrol mode with autonomous movement
- Straight-line follow mode
- Classic sounds and animations
- Easy Bluetooth pairing
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Bring your legacy robots back to life! Compatible With: * R2-D2 * R2-Q5 * BB-8 * BB-E9 * Ultimate Lighting McQueen Drive your robot with a joystick or tilt controls, talk to it using AI-powered conversations, control it with your voice, trigger sounds and animations, go on patrol, or draw a custom route for it to follow. Features: - Joystick and tilt control - AI-powered conversations - AI Voice control - Animation Lab for creating custom robot animations - Head rotation control - Volume control - Route mapping with auto-follow - Patrol mode with autonomous movement - Straight-line follow mode - Classic sounds and animations - Easy Bluetooth pairing Create custom animations, give your robot more personality with AI, and enjoy more ways to interact with your favorite legacy droids. This app is an independent project and is not affiliated with or endorsed by any robot manufacturer or brand. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://legacybotcontroller.com/privacy
RailMaker
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Draw a line. Get a railway. Sketch a loop with your finger or Apple Pencil and RailMaker lays real wooden track along it, using only the pieces in your box. Cross your line and the road gets a bridge. Touch it with a second stroke and it gets a branch. Then follow the numbered steps and build it on the floor. RailMaker works with IKEA LILLABO and with the BRIO-compatible family: BRIO, Hape, Bigjigs, Lidl Playtive and other classic wooden track. Piece sizes were measured from the makers' own 3D models and photos, so a loop that closes on screen closes on the floor. YOUR BOX • Add the sets you own with a tap: LILLABO 20, 10, 5, 45 and 50-piece sets, BRIO 33028, 33401, 33402, 33307 and 33772, Hape Figure 8 and E3700, Playtive track and switch sets. Or count loose pieces by hand. • One box per place you build in: home, grandma's, the summer house. Each keeps its own pieces and its own floor. • Set the longest side of your rug or room, and nothing built will be bigger than that. DRAW IT • One stroke becomes a closed loop or an open route with sidings. • A crossing becomes a bridge with two ramps. A second stroke that touches the road becomes a branch with two splitters. • RailMaker tells you what your box can afford before it builds, and never shows a crossing without a bridge. OR LET RAILMAKER INVENT ONE • Tap Create and get a spread of layouts, from the biggest circuit down to a simple oval, all from your pieces. • A closed loop for a train that runs forever, or an open route from A to B with stops. • Toddler-friendly: no crossings, no switches. • Must-use pieces: pick a ramp and every layout gets a real bridge. BUILD BY HAND • A track editor where every piece clicks onto the red dot, and nothing goes where it would not really fit. • Close the loop: the fewest pieces that join the two ends. • Pieces you don't have are marked with a basket and go on a shopping list. • Undo, redo, flip, a grid, and save to the Gallery with instructions. THEN ASSEMBLE IT • Every plan comes with numbered steps: which piece, how many to take from the bin, where it goes. • A dark, full-screen build mode for the floor, one step at a time. • "Pieces you'll need" shows what the plan uses against what you own. • Simplify: rounder corners and fewer pieces from the same drawing. • Share the steps as text, or export the layout as a file. GALLERY • 30 ready-made layouts for both track families: figure eights, viaducts, double-track loops, switchyards, terminals. Each one is matched against your box. • Your saved railways, with their steps. Open a layout file a friend sent you. FREE, AND WHAT PREMIUM ADDS Drawing, generating, the editor and the assembly steps are free, without a counter. Free keeps 3 saved plans and opens 6 ready-made layouts. RailMaker Premium opens the whole gallery, keeps every plan, and adds layout files in and out, plus turning a built track back into a drawing. Choose monthly, yearly with a free week, or a one-time lifetime unlock. All three support Family Sharing. No account, no ads, no tracking. Everything stays on your device and works offline. For iPhone and iPad, in English, German, French, Spanish and Polish. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel them in Settings › Apple Account › Subscriptions. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://yevgenii.dev/projects/railmaker/privacy RailMaker is an independent app. It is not made by, or affiliated with, IKEA, BRIO, Hape, Bigjigs or Lidl. Their names are used only to say which track the app works with.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Legacy Bot Controller at 15.1 against RailMaker's 26.2. On price, ads, 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. Legacy Bot Controller sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and RailMaker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Legacy Bot Controller | RailMaker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (16 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gerardo Bilbatua | Yevgenii Kryzhanivskyi |
In-app purchases
Legacy Bot Controller
- Premium Monthly$2.991 Month
- Premium Yearly$9.991 Year
- Premium Yearly$19.991 Year
- rq5 lifetime$19.99
- bb8 lifetime$19.99
- bb9 lifetime$19.99
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- r2 lifetime$19.99
- Premium Lifetime$19.99
- robots package deal lifetime$59.99
RailMaker
- Monthly Premium$2.991 Month
- Yearly Premium3 Days trial$17.991 Year
- Lifetime premium$24.99
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