All aboard! Take control of your model railroad with this elegantly designed app that brings vintage charm to modern model train control. Whether you're a seasoned engineer or just starting your journey in model railroading, ThrottleCard delivers powerful features wrapped in a beautiful, easy-to-use interface.
Hear what the community is saying:
"FINALLY! The BEST Model Railroad Mobile App for IPhone?" - DIY and Digital Railroad YouTube Channel
KEY FEATURES:
* Control multiple trains simultaneously with intuitive multi-throttle support
* Beautiful vintage-inspired gauges and controls with realistic animations
* Game Controller Support! Easily drive your Trains with a PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, or MFi Game Controller with pre-mapped buttons
* Landscape mode on iPhone is optimized for excellent compatibility with handheld MFi Game Controllers.
* Easily create consists on the fly right from within the app
* Automatic command station discovery
* Comprehensive locomotive function control
* Full turnout (switch) control
* Routes Support
* Fast Clock Support
* Supports WiThrottle and DCC-EX Protocols
* Roster with locomotive images
* A variety of classic railroad inspired themes
* Haptic Feedback for intuitive responsiveness and operation
* Mirror-Mode mode for comfortable operation in either hand
* Multiple classic railroad-inspired themes
* iPad support
* Apple Watch Support
With many more exciting features in the roadmap!
To use ThrottleCard, simply connect to any WiThrottle Protocol enabled command station including JMRI, DCC-EX, and various commercial offerings.
ThrottleCard can be used for free without a subscription to control the speed, direction, and functions of a single locomotive at a time, throw turnouts, and change to any of the railroad inspired themes.
Subscribe to Premium for $0.99/Month or $9.99/Year - 16% off - to unlock the ability to control multiple trains (cards), multiple locomotives in a consist, game controllers, routes, locomotive programming* and to support the future development of additional, exciting features! We’ll even give you a week free to try it out.
ThrottleCard Watch will mirror the throttles you have setup on your phone and will allow for remote control of speed with the Digital Crown as well as light, horn, and bell control right from your wrist. For best results, change the "Return to Clock" settings for ThrottleCard watch to "After 1 Hour" by going to Settings (on watch or watch iOS app) > General > Return To Clock > ThrottleCard > Choose "Custom" > Choose "After 1 Hour" below. This will keep ThrottleCard open on your watch longer while it's in the foreground.
We’re committed to making the best tools possible for the model railroad community and would love to hear your feedback on the features you’d like to see next.
Get started with the latest in model railroading today!
*DCC-EX Command Station is required for locomotive programming.
The ‘WiThrottle protocol’ is a communications protocol developed by Brett Hoffman. ‘WiThrottle’ is a trademark owned by Brett Hoffman.
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Privacy Policy: https://throttlecard.com/privacy.html
The combination of DCC-EX and ThrottleCard was the *perfect* way for me to transition from DC to DCC. Very low cost compared to other DCC options, easy to operate, beautifully designed, and as a bonus the ability to run trains from my Apple Watch is a fun party trick. The devs have been very responsive to feature requests so the new 3.x is literally everything I’d hoped for.
Amazing app
FedeT1978
It does everything I need.
Developer Response
Thank you for taking the time to try out ThrottleCard and share your experience!If you happen to think of a feature or suggestion, please feel free to send it to us through the “Send Feedback” button in settings.Thanks again for using ThrottleCard!- The ThrottleCard Team
I mean, it works
BikerBMF2
The app works very well, I just wish that the roster I create on my phone could sync with my JMRI / WiThrottle layout and vice versa.
Developer Response
Thank you for trying out the app and taking the time to give us feedback! Unfortunately, the WiThrottle protocol only supports reading roster data, not updating it back to JMRI. JMRI also has limited ways of modifying this roster — usually requiring modification in the JMRI interface itself.We’re working to support more command stations natively so JMRI won’t be needed to use ThrottleCard in those cases. Until then, let us know if there’s anything else we can do to give you a 5 star experience.Thanks again for using ThrottleCard!- The ThrottleCard Team
Didn’t work on my doc layout
Dick E Byrd
Goodbye!
Developer Response
Hi Dick,Don’t say goodbye yet! We’re sorry to hear you’re having trouble and would love to help. Could you send us the details of your DCC setup to developer@ryangant.com? We’re working to make this easy and compatible with as many command stations as possible.Sorry again about the bad experience and thanks in advance for helping out the ThrottleCard community!- The ThrottleCard Team
Version 3.0 is available now! This update is JAM PACKED with new features, bug fixes, and quality of life improvements!
Some of the many new features include:
* Consists can be created and saved directly in the roster
* Roster and settings data are now synced across devices via iCloud automatically - simply toggle cloud sync on in the settings menu
* Each Locomotive can be customized individually with a unique theme, control type, and speed display
* Users of DCC-EX Command Stations can now control up to 15 trains simultaneously
* Rosters on DCC-EX Command Stations are now displayed directly within the ThrottleCard Roster
* New Knob Control View offers an intuitive way to easily control a train and all its functions
* Every view has been refined and optimized to look beautiful on a variety of device types and display sizes. Wherever you use ThrottleCard - iPhone, iPad, Mac - it will deliver a consistent, intuitive experience to control your model railroad empire
* The all-new Quick Actions Bar allows you to quickly control and navigate the most frequently used items - accessories, routes, programming, iPhone orientation switching, the flashlight, and more!
* For DCC-EX users, multiple accessory types are now controllable and can be added directly within the accessory menu in the app.
* Support for ChooChooVision Cameras has been added - now you can control your trains with a first person view directly in ThrottleCard!
* The Primary Control Interface has been redesigned and is easier to use than ever
* A variety of bug fixes and performance improvements including server based throttle parsing fixes
All this and more is available now! Check out ThrottleCard v3.0 today!
Version 3.0.1
The developer, Ryan Gant, 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
Gant Strategic Ventures, LLC
Size
122.3 MB
Category
Utilities
Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.5 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 17.5 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 17.5 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 14.5 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.