Comparison

TrainTrack Live vs Platform

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

Head to head
About

TrainTrack Live

Features
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With TrainTrack, checking live UK train times has never been faster or simpler. Powered by official National Rail data, with a clean interface that minimises user interaction. Welcome aboard! Why TrainTrack? • Live Departures & Arrivals - Real-time service information for every station in the country. • Track Individual Services - Follow your train from departure to arrival, with stop-by-stop progress, platform details, delay updates, a handy status banner, and Live Activities on your lock screen! • Save Frequent Routes - Your regular journeys, saved and reordered for one-tap access. Perfect for your regular commute. • Journey Alerts - Create one-off or repeating alerts that notify you of delays, cancellations, platforms and departure times. Delivered via push notification, • Share your Service - Share a link to the train you're on with friends, loved ones and colleagues. • Station Information - View operators, ticket office hours, facilities (toilets, shops, ATMs, accessibility), accessibility, station location, and first/last train times. • Customise Your Experience - Switch between light and dark mode, choose your favourite theme colour and map provider (Apple or Google Maps). • Free - No ads! Just service information, as quickly as possible. On the Horizon: • Carriage guidance - See the best carriage to sit in for quicker exits or connections. (This will likely be based on user feedback, so keep an eye out for this.) • Journey Planning - Plan complete trips. Happy travels!

About

Platform

Features
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Platform puts the essential information from a UK railway departure board on your iPhone—clear, immediate and easy to read. Designed for regular commuters, Platform remembers up to four stations and shows the departures relevant to the journeys you make most often, in the app or in your personal departure board home screen widget. • Live departure times and service updates • Expected times, delays and cancellations • Platform information when available • Up to four saved stations • Automatic time-based switching between journeys • Instant manual switching whenever plans change • A quick-glance home-screen widget • Distinctive UK departure-board-inspired design Platform is deliberately lightweight. There are no maps, complicated journey-planning screens or unnecessary distractions—just the information you need to catch your train. Live railway information is supplied using National Rail data. Platform is independently developed and is not an official National Rail app.

Screenshots

TrainTrack Live4 screens
Platform3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: TrainTrack Live at 3 against Platform's 1. TrainTrack Live also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
TrainTrack Live versus Platform: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTrainTrack LivePlatform
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFabian BindleyChristopher Deutsch

In-app purchases

None

TrainTrack Live

No in-app purchases

None

Platform

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TrainTrack Live free?
TrainTrack Live is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Platform free?
Platform is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do TrainTrack Live or Platform have ads?
Neither TrainTrack Live nor Platform shows ads.

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