TrainDesign vs CommandPost®
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TrainDesign
Design and plan your model railroad tracks with ease. This app allows you to create custom layouts, modify track segments, and adjust curves to your specifications. Unleash your creativity and build intricate routes with intuitive touch controls.
- Plan model railroad tracks
- Create custom track lines
- Modify track segments (orient, stretch, shrink)
- Adjust curve width, angle, and radius
- Determine track altitude
- Intuitive touch controls
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TrainDesign is born with the purpose to plan your model railroad track. In a few minutes you can create lines of any kind. Using a set of tracks you can choose the type of binary-to-use, orient, stretch or shrink it. The curves can be modified to width angle and radius of curvature. TrainDesign stands out for its ease of use and the versatility, giving space for creativity. You will learn that it is very easy to edit lines, determine the altitude, change every single piece in an intuitive and simple manner. With only the use of your fingers, you can create small or large tracks, focus on building a single part using the touch or see the route as a whole.
CommandPost®
This app provides a customizable, centralized platform for organizations to manage emergencies. It equips control rooms and ground personnel with tools to prioritize incidents, visualize situations, and collaborate in real-time with stakeholders. It offers a real-time overview and detailed chronological records for streamlined responses and robust reporting.
- Customizable centralized platform
- Incident prioritization
- Real-time situation visualization
- Inter-agency collaboration
- Chronological event logging
- In-depth reporting
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CommandPost® has taken functionality utilised by emergency services and first responders to offer a centralised platform that can be fully customised and applied across various industries. The suite of tools, available to organisations, is designed to equip control rooms and ground units / personnel the ability to prioritise incidents, visualise situations, enhance understanding and collaborate in real-time with relevant agencies and stakeholders. The implementation of CommandPost® provides a real-time overview of a situation as it evolves as well as a full chronology of what took place. This not only streamlines responses, but also allows you to maintain in-depth reporting records that protect your organisation during a public inquiry and that further supports development of robust risk controls.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: CommandPost® at 100% against TrainDesign's 33%. CommandPost® also leads on price (Free vs $1.99) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 4 months). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
CommandPost® is free to download; TrainDesign costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
TrainDesign ships an update every 4 months, CommandPost® every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TrainDesign | CommandPost® |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.3 (15 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 71 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Kind of Blue | CommandPost Pty Ltd |
Customer experience
TrainDesign
CommandPost®
Bugs and requests
TrainDesign
Reported bugs
18 issues- App locks up after selecting first track
- Saving changes to existing layouts results in original disappearing
- Cannot move selected track
- Rotate icon greys out after one rotation
- App crashes on load
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- Editor does not work, cannot rotate pieces
- Cannot place track where desired
- Small graphics on black background make components hard to see
- Zooming is sketchy, losing track
- Cannot switch red dot to continue with different track
- Pinch gesture sends track work out of view, becomes unselectable
- Turntable not available as shown in demo
- App keeps freezing
- Switches are not calibrated correctly
- Layout limited to about 5’ X 5’ for movement
- Zooming in/out is problematic outside the 5x5 zone
- Flex track shaping is difficult
- Simple oval has misaligned track pieces
Requested features
11 requests- Add more track libraries (e.g., Rokuhan Z, Hornby, Lionel Fastrack, Realtrax, Fleishmann profi ho)
- Improve track connection and alignment
- Fix rotation and movement issues for track pieces
- Add a 'save as' function for layouts
- Include inch/feet measurement options
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- Add a tutorial or help screens
- Allow using track from multiple manufacturers in one plan
- Add models of coaches to visualize train appearance on curves
- Improve zooming and panning functionality
- Add print function for plans and parts lists
- Support for Mac
CommandPost®
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
TrainDesign
No in-app purchases
CommandPost®
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is TrainDesign free?
Is CommandPost® free?
Do TrainDesign or CommandPost® have ads?
Which is updated more often, TrainDesign or CommandPost®?
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