RailMaker: Wooden Train Track
Plan & build railway layouts
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Draw a loop with your finger and RailMaker lays real wooden track along it, from the IKEA LILLABO and BRIO-compatible pieces you own. Then build it step by step.
Draw a line. Get a railway.
Sketch a loop with your finger or Apple Pencil and RailMaker lays real wooden track along it, using only the pieces in your box. Cross your line and the road gets a bridge. Touch it with a second stroke and it gets a branch. Then follow the numbered steps and build it on the floor.
RailMaker works with IKEA LILLABO and with the BRIO-compatible family: BRIO, Hape, Bigjigs, Lidl Playtive and other classic wooden track. Piece sizes were measured from the makers' own 3D models and photos, so a loop that closes on screen closes on the floor.
YOUR BOX
• Add the sets you own with a tap: LILLABO 20, 10, 5, 45 and 50-piece sets, BRIO 33028, 33401, 33402, 33307 and 33772, Hape Figure 8 and E3700, Playtive track and switch sets. Or count loose pieces by hand.
• One box per place you build in: home, grandma's, the summer house. Each keeps its own pieces and its own floor.
• Set the longest side of your rug or room, and nothing built will be bigger than that.
DRAW IT
• One stroke becomes a closed loop or an open route with sidings.
• A crossing becomes a bridge with two ramps. A second stroke that touches the road becomes a branch with two splitters.
• RailMaker tells you what your box can afford before it builds, and never shows a crossing without a bridge.
OR LET RAILMAKER INVENT ONE
• Tap Create and get a spread of layouts, from the biggest circuit down to a simple oval, all from your pieces.
• A closed loop for a train that runs forever, or an open route from A to B with stops.
• Toddler-friendly: no crossings, no switches.
• Must-use pieces: pick a ramp and every layout gets a real bridge.
BUILD BY HAND
• A track editor where every piece clicks onto the red dot, and nothing goes where it would not really fit.
• Close the loop: the fewest pieces that join the two ends.
• Pieces you don't have are marked with a basket and go on a shopping list.
• Undo, redo, flip, a grid, and save to the Gallery with instructions.
THEN ASSEMBLE IT
• Every plan comes with numbered steps: which piece, how many to take from the bin, where it goes.
• A dark, full-screen build mode for the floor, one step at a time.
• "Pieces you'll need" shows what the plan uses against what you own.
• Simplify: rounder corners and fewer pieces from the same drawing.
• Share the steps as text, or export the layout as a file.
GALLERY
• 30 ready-made layouts for both track families: figure eights, viaducts, double-track loops, switchyards, terminals. Each one is matched against your box.
• Your saved railways, with their steps. Open a layout file a friend sent you.
FREE, AND WHAT PREMIUM ADDS
Drawing, generating, the editor and the assembly steps are free, without a counter. Free keeps 3 saved plans and opens 6 ready-made layouts. RailMaker Premium opens the whole gallery, keeps every plan, and adds layout files in and out, plus turning a built track back into a drawing. Choose monthly, yearly with a free week, or a one-time lifetime unlock. All three support Family Sharing.
No account, no ads, no tracking. Everything stays on your device and works offline. For iPhone and iPad, in English, German, French, Spanish and Polish.
Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel them in Settings › Apple Account › Subscriptions.
Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://yevgenii.dev/projects/railmaker/privacy
RailMaker is an independent app. It is not made by, or affiliated with, IKEA, BRIO, Hape, Bigjigs or Lidl. Their names are used only to say which track the app works with.
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The developer, Yevgenii Kryzhanivskyi, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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Information
- Seller
- Yevgenii Kryzhanivskyi
- Size
- 7.3 MB
- Category
- Entertainment
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 26.2 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 26.2 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 26.2 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 26.2 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 26.2 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 4 more
- English, French, German, Polish, Spanish
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Yearly Premium $17.99
- Monthly Premium $2.99
- Lifetime premium $24.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Y.Kryzhanivskyi
