Raily vs Trailine
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Raily
This travel companion helps you track Chinese high-speed trains. It provides real-time delay information, gate and platform numbers, and even the train model. Your trip details are displayed on your lock screen and visualized on an on-route map.
- Lock screen countdowns
- Real-time delay updates
- Gate and platform announcements
- Train model identification
- On-route journey map
- Bilingual support (English/中文)
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Raily is your companion for train journeys in China, with Caltrain schedules and live updates for the San Francisco Bay Area. Add a train to track your journey: departure countdowns on the lock screen, boarding gates and platforms when available, live delays, and a map of your route. What you get • Trip timeline — past, current, and upcoming journeys • Live Activities — departure and arrival countdowns on your lock screen • Train updates — delay, gate, and platform information when available • Route maps and station lists • Train log and trip-sharing cards • Caltrain offline schedules, plus live arrival estimates and vehicle locations when available while the app is open • English and Chinese, with an in-app language switch Add trips from your AI assistant or terminal Connect using the command in Raily Settings, then run npx @ha7ch/raily to add a train and travel date. You can also send several trips at once, check delivery receipts, and query upcoming trips. Your data Trips are stored on your device, with optional iCloud sync. Remote trip delivery and train notifications use Raily's server to process the trip details and tokens needed for those features. The remote CLI can add trips and query upcoming trips; it cannot delete or modify your trips. You can regenerate its token in Settings. Free to use No subscription. No in-app purchases. No ads. Built by HA7CH. Feedback: lawtedwu@gmail.com
Trailine
Document your travels with a personal time map. Import photos, add notes, and record routes to revisit trips through maps, timelines, and galleries. Your travel memories are kept private with iCloud sync.
- Personal time map for journeys
- Import photos and add notes
- Record routes in real time
- Revisit trips via maps and timelines
- Private iCloud sync
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Trailine is your private time map for every journey. Import travel photos to rebuild a trip from their time and location, or start live tracking and let Trailine record your route in the background. Add places and notes, then revisit each journey through maps, timelines, galleries, and beautifully organized trip cards. Share a focused journey card with its complete Apple Maps route and travel statistics. Explore your travel rhythm with activity calendars, time preferences, monthly trends, and annual reviews. Your photos and location history stay yours. Records are stored on your devices and can sync privately between iPhone and iPad with iCloud.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Raily at Free against Trailine's $1.99. Raily also leads on ratings volume (9 vs 1). Trailine's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks). On rating, 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
Raily is free to download; Trailine costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Raily against 5.0 for Trailine. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Raily has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Raily ships an update every 3 weeks, Trailine every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Raily | Trailine |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.9 (9 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 99 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 明泽 吴 | 洪霆 郝 |
Customer experience
Raily
Trailine
In-app purchases
Raily
No in-app purchases
Trailine
No in-app purchases
