Trainspotter

Pete Eastwood

About this app

Trainspotter is an app for trainspotting, which allows you to log and keep track of sightings of British trains, designed for Android smartphones.

- Regularly updated database of UK rolling stock.
- Easily log a sighting with only a few button presses.
- Immediately see whether you've seen something before.
- Browse the database.
- Works offline.
- Completely free and ad-free - enjoy.

Ratings and reviews

App has minor mistakes - many HST powercars that are active with Colas are labelled as "stored", and you have to manually input the RailAdventure HST unit numbers. Also, 320411 shows as "scrapped" despite it still running. Other than these minor issues with some locos and units (probably more, but I don't pay much attention), great

I sent an email to the developer regarding the search function not searching when the return key had been pressed (my own fault) I had to tap the little magnifying glass. However, upon receiving the reply, I learned that he has added the return button search function to a new update!! Honestly, absolutely fantastic support. In 15 or so years, I've never had this experience. Brilliant !! Thank you.

Interface is very nice, but it irritated me that there is no option to set the date of a sighting to today automatically, or to log the time at all, and when restoring backups your it selects the folder under your finger immediately after you stop scrolling, which did get on my nerves. However, the virtual book is a pleasure to use, especially with the community-sourced images. Overall I'll stick with my current spotting app (SpotLog), but with a little more refinement I may well try this again!