Comparison

TrainDesign vs Tempus Fugit

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Tempus Fugit

A beautifully designed pendulum clock app that offers a calming visual experience. It includes a Pomodoro focus timer with gentle chimes and customizable dial skins and numeral styles. Enjoy an immersive full-screen mode for distraction-free focus.

Highlights
  • 16 hand-designed dial skins
  • Pomodoro focus timer with bell chimes
  • Six numeral styles
  • Day-date complication
  • Smooth-sweep or tick-by-second motion
  • Hourly bell chime
  • Full-screen immersive mode
Features
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A pocket of calm, all yours. Tempus Fugit is a beautifully crafted pendulum clock for your iPhone. The pendulum swings, the second hand sweeps, and the bell can chime softly on the hour. Tap once for full-screen immersive mode and let the clock take over. WHAT'S INSIDE • 16 hand-designed dial skins · Brass Classic, Midnight, Retro LCD, Marble & Steel, Rose Gold, Emerald Night, Porcelain, Noir, Art Deco, Mid-Century, Sunset, Copper Patina, Vintage Bronze, Saffron, Cinnabar, Sapphire • Pomodoro focus timer · the whole clock becomes your focus session, with a soft bell at each interval • Nine numeral styles · Roman, English, Devanagari, Arabic-Indic, Chinese, Greek, Thai, Bengali, Hebrew • Day-date complication that follows the active skin • Smooth-sweep or tick-by-second motion (with a quiet mechanical tick) • Hourly bell: every 30 minutes, on the hour, or just at midnight • Add your own signature to the dial • Subtle haptics and a calm, full-screen immersive mode TEMPUS PRO Unlock every dial skin, custom signatures, and every future skin we add. Weekly or yearly subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase that supports Family Sharing with up to 6 people. Made with care by Sunil Targe. A small, calm thing · hope it brings you a little quiet to keep beside you. SOUND CREDITS 'Single Strike Church Bell' by Orange Free Sounds (CC BY-NC 4.0) Clock tick sample #0007 by Joseph SARDIN / bigsoundbank.com (CC0) Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://suniltarge.com/pendulum/privacy.html

Screenshots

Tempus Fugit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tempus Fugit at 100% against TrainDesign's 33%. Tempus Fugit also leads on price (Free vs $1.99) and rating (3.0 vs 2.3). TrainDesign's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ratings volume (15 vs 4). On ads 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

Tempus Fugit is free to download; TrainDesign costs $1.99 up front. Tempus Fugit sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. TrainDesign asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tempus Fugit holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of TrainDesign's written reviews are positive against 100% of Tempus Fugit's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TrainDesign ships an update every 4 months, Tempus Fugit weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 1 level
TrainDesign versus Tempus Fugit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTrainDesignTempus Fugit
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating2.3 (15 ratings)3.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings15 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKind of BlueSunil Targe

Customer experience

TrainDesign

All ratings14 ratings
Positive28.6%
Neutral14.3%
Negative57.1%
Written reviews57 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral17.5%
Negative49.1%

Tempus Fugit

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Tempus Fugit

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

TrainDesign

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Tempus Fugit

Subscriptions2
  • Tempus Pro Weekly3 Days trial$1.997 Days
  • Tempus Pro Yearly1 Year trial$9.991 Year
One-time2
  • Lifetime - GET 50% OFF$14.99
  • Tempus Pro Lifetime$29.99

Questions

Is TrainDesign free?
TrainDesign costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tempus Fugit free?
Tempus Fugit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, TrainDesign or Tempus Fugit?
Tempus Fugit is rated higher. TrainDesign averages 2.3 out of 5 from 15 ratings, while Tempus Fugit averages 3.0 from 4 ratings.
Do TrainDesign or Tempus Fugit have ads?
Neither TrainDesign nor Tempus Fugit shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TrainDesign or Tempus Fugit?
TrainDesign ships an update every 4 months, and Tempus Fugit weekly. Most recently, TrainDesign was updated on October 21, 2026 and Tempus Fugit on October 26, 2026.

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