Comparison

Railway vs Switchyard for Railway

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

Head to head
About

Railway

Manage your entire cloud infrastructure from your mobile device. Monitor services, logs, metrics, and alerts, and control deployments and rollbacks on the go.

Highlights
  • Infrastructure in your pocket
  • Service monitoring
  • Log inspection
  • Environment variable management
  • Metrics and alerting
  • Deployment control
  • Roll-back releases
Features
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Railway is the all-in-one intelligent cloud provider. Now your entire infrastructure is in your pocket, from services to logs, environment variables, metrics, and alerting. Whether you're at your desk or at your kid’s soccer game, Railway gives you full visibility and control over every service you run. Check deployment status, roll-back a broken release, or inspect resource usage without ever opening a laptop. Railway supports Hobby, Pro, and Enterprise plans. A free trial with $5 in credits is available for new users.

About

Switchyard for Railway

Features
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Switchyard is the Railway companion for your phone. Check on your stuff, watch deploys land, and unbreak production from anywhere — without opening your laptop. Not a dashboard replacement. A focused tool for the moments away from your desk when you need to know what's happening — and fix it when it isn't. WHAT YOU GET · Live deploy progress — watch builds and rollouts as they happen · Log tail — chat-style live logs with search and filters, build vs. deploy · Activity feed — every deploy, crash, and alert across all your projects in one place · Spend at a glance — workspace total, projection to end of period, per-project breakdown · Variables — read-only list with copy-to-clipboard · Metrics — CPU, memory, network, and disk sparklines RECOVER FROM ANYWHERE · Rollback to a previous deployment · Redeploy the latest · Restart a service All with the standard iOS confirmation, no scary modals. BUILT LIKE AN IOS APP Native gestures, swipe to refresh, long-press menus, skeleton placeholders, diffable lists. No webview shortcuts. The logs view is fast — because bad log UX kills the app. SIGN IN WITH RAILWAY OAuth login. Pick which workspaces and projects to share at consent. Tokens live in the iOS Keychain. No pasted account tokens, no servers in the middle. WHAT IT DOESN'T DO (YET) Configuration still belongs on the web — variable editing, settings, custom domain DNS, and project creation deep-link to the dashboard. We're honest about that. No dead ends. Switchyard is an independent third-party app and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Railway Corp. Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Railway4 screens
Switchyard for Railway4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is chart position: Railway at #77 against Switchyard for Railway's unranked. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 10 level
Railway versus Switchyard for Railway: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRailwaySwitchyard for Railway
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (12 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews69.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreemium—
Best chart rank#77 — better—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.4 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size80 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRailwayAppTraduko AB

In-app purchases

None

Railway

No in-app purchases

None

Switchyard for Railway

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Railway free?
Railway is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Switchyard for Railway free?
Switchyard for Railway is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Railway or Switchyard for Railway have ads?
Neither Railway nor Switchyard for Railway shows ads.

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