Comparison

Blackout Prepper vs Your Tracks

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

Head to head
About

Blackout Prepper

This app helps you prepare for emergencies by managing supplies, tracking expirations, and providing offline guides. It includes communication tools, family safety features, and navigation aids for various disaster scenarios.

Highlights
  • AI-powered preparedness assistant
  • Supply and expiration tracking
  • Offline emergency guides
  • Community alerts and reporting
  • Encrypted document vault
  • Offline maps and GPS backtracking
  • Emergency communication tools
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THOR β€” YOUR AI ASSISTANT Ask about preparedness and survival, explore app features, or check your pantry with your permission. Use text or your microphone. Thor can highlight upcoming expiration dates, possible gaps, and relevant products. Optional expiration reminders and direct developer contact are included. Internet required. Processing runs on the Blackout Prepper server, with no forwarding to external AI providers. Data is encrypted in transit; AI questions and pantry summaries are not permanently stored. No cloud account or extra fee is required for Thor. AI answers can be incorrect. ALERTS & COMMUNITY β€’ Current alerts and practical response guides. β€’ View and report power outages or fires on the original radar. Choose countries for community push notifications. β€’ Public chat, direct messages and groups to connect with other users. SUPPLIES & PREPAREDNESS β€’ Manage food, drinks, preserved food, medication and other essentials across multiple pantries. β€’ Plan drinking water and calories for people and pets; track expiration dates and reminders. β€’ Scan product barcodes, check supplies and hold and drag entries to sort them. β€’ Checklists, emergency bag and vehicle preparation, plus a preparedness score. β€’ Arrange the main menu and submenus to suit your needs. FAMILY & DOCUMENTS β€’ Family profiles with blood type, allergies, medication and an emergency contact. β€’ Create an offline medical QR code with the information you choose to include. β€’ Store documents and photos on your device in an AES-GCM encrypted vault with a four-digit PIN, animated safe and recovery code. β€’ Record and share family status manually; use a simple emergency guide for kids. β€’ Create a household emergency plan with meeting points and locations of gas, water and electricity shutoffs. MAPS & NAVIGATION β€’ Online maps, saved offline maps and topographic maps with contour lines. β€’ Keep both standard and topographic offline maps and switch between them. β€’ Save map markers and explore shelter information. β€’ GPS backtracking: record a route while the GPS view remains open, follow your way back and export GPX. Matching maps already saved on your device are used automatically. β€’ Barometer on devices with a pressure sensor. EMERGENCY TOOLS & GUIDES β€’ 20 offline guides and step-by-step emergencies, including outages, flooding, storms, fire, heat and evacuation. β€’ Emergency contacts and a location-based SOS message draft you confirm before sending. β€’ CPR metronome, Morse code and SOS signals using the screen, sound and supported flashlight. β€’ Emergency radio frequencies and support for compatible Meshtastic LoRa radios over local Wi-Fi: send text, status and location without cellular service or internet. A properly configured external radio is required. Offline tools require the relevant content to be saved in advance. Alerts, community reports, online maps and chat need internet. Family status is not automatic live tracking. This app does not replace official warnings or emergency services. Questions or suggestions? Send me a private message in the app chat. I usually respond the same day. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://goldapps.de/datenschutz/ CONNECT FAMILY & CLOUD β€’ Your own account with email, a password of at least eight characters and email verification. Create a family or accept an invitation. β€’ Choose to share supplies, profiles, status, contacts, home plans, saved GPS trails and selected documents. Optional automatic sync while the app is open and online; downloaded shared content remains available offline. β€’ Separate personal cloud backup preserves existing local data. Offline map files stay on your phone. Health information is uploaded only with explicit consent.

About

Your Tracks

Features
Currently charting
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Plan your brick train layout, run a train round it, then see it at real size on your floor. Ever spent an hour laying track on the living-room floor, only to find you're two curves short? Your Tracks is the design studio for brick-built railways β€” from a first oval with the kids to a two-table club layout. Snap real pieces together, let the app close the loop for you, and know it'll fit before you open a single box. NEW: SEE IT ON YOUR FLOOR Point your iPhone or iPad at the floor and drop your layout down at true 1:1 size. Walk round it, check it clears the sofa, then send a train round the track and tap the switches to change its route. Tabletop mode shrinks it to 1:8 for the desk, and snapshots save straight to Photos. NEW: CLOSE GAP Two loose ends that won't meet? Select them and Your Tracks finds up to three ways to join them with real pieces β€” adding a few gently bent flex sections when nothing else fits exactly. Preview each option, then add it with one tap. PLAN β€’ Smart snapping β€” pieces join at their real connection points, rotations worked out for you, and you'll know the moment a loop closes β€’ Brick-track library β€” straights, half and quarter straights, R40 curves, switches, crossings, the double crossover and flex track, all to true scale in studs β€’ TrixBrix range β€” 100+ pieces: wide curves, switches, crossings, narrow and dual gauge β€’ Baseplates β€” 32Γ—32 and 16Γ—16 plates in 11 colours, to plan the town around your railway β€’ Areas β€” mark the space you really have: rectangles, circles or ovals, in centimetres or plates, with floors from carpet to wood EDIT β€’ Select whole routes, or just the run between two pieces β€’ Move, rotate, flip and duplicate whole sections at once β€’ Copy and paste between layouts β€” even paste a mirror image β€’ 50 levels of undo, shake to undo and the three-finger swipe RUN β€’ Virtual train β€” steam, TGV or classic brick β€’ Tap to go faster, flip switches as it runs, and watch it follow every curve and crossover KEEP & SHARE β€’ Unlimited layouts, favourites and auto-save β€’ Parts list β€” see exactly how many of each piece you need, so the shopping list writes itself β€’ Crisp PNG exports for your group chat, forum or club β€’ Three looks: cel-shaded, minimal or bricks Built for iPhone and iPad. No account. No ads. No in-app purchases. Designed by train builders, for train builders. TrixBrix is a trademark of its respective owner.

Screenshots

Blackout Prepper4 screens
Your Tracks4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Blackout Prepper at Free against Your Tracks's $1.99. Blackout Prepper also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly). Your Tracks's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 9) and ads (none vs shown). On device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Blackout Prepper is free to download; Your Tracks costs $1.99 up front. Blackout Prepper sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Your Tracks asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Blackout Prepper ships an update every 3 days, Your Tracks fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences Β· 4 level
Blackout Prepper versus Your Tracks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBlackout PrepperYour Tracks
PriceFree β€” better$1.99
Positive reviews100.0% of reviewsβ€”
Update frequencyEvery 3 days β€” betterFortnightly
AdsYesNo β€” better
In-app purchasesYesNo β€” better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesβ€”
Best chart rankβ€”#177 β€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.617.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size294 MB8 MB
Age rating17+4+
Developerchristian kohlerBryan Simpson

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Blackout Prepper

Subscriptions4
  • Zugang – monatlich$0.991 Month
  • Zugang - monatlich$2.991 Month
  • Zugang – jΓ€hrlich$8.991 Year
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  • Zugang - jΓ€hrlich$12.991 Year
One-time5
  • Werbung dauerhaft entfernen$4.99
  • Blackout Prepper Lifetime$8.99
  • Blackout Prepper Lifetime$12.99
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  • Lifetime access$17.99
  • Blackout Prepper Lifetime$22.99
None

Your Tracks

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Blackout Prepper free?
Blackout Prepper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Your Tracks free?
Your Tracks costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Blackout Prepper or Your Tracks have ads?
Blackout Prepper shows ads; Your Tracks does not.
Which is updated more often, Blackout Prepper or Your Tracks?
Blackout Prepper ships an update every 3 days, and Your Tracks fortnightly. Most recently, Blackout Prepper was updated on November 11, 2026 and Your Tracks on November 5, 2026.

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