Generously free. Premium when you want more.
The full editor and every track library are free. Premium adds output, landscape and control.
Premium
Yearly
€29 / year
that's €2.42 a month
Renews every year. We remind you 30 days before.
€42.88 less than twelve monthly payments
- Heights, gradients, helixes and stacked baseboards
- Terrain and scenery
- Building assistants
- 1:1 print and export
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- Apple Pay
- Google Pay
- PayPal
- SEPA Direct Debit (euro prices only)
- Klarna
- iDEAL
Premium
Monthly
€5.99 / month
Cancel any month.
- Heights, gradients, helixes and stacked baseboards
- Terrain and scenery
- Building assistants
- 1:1 print and export
- Card
- Apple Pay
- Google Pay
- PayPal
Premium
3 years, no subscription
€79, paid once
Ends on its own, no need to cancel.
- Heights, gradients, helixes and stacked baseboards
- Terrain and scenery
- Building assistants
- 1:1 print and export
- Card
- Apple Pay
- Google Pay
- PayPal
- SEPA Direct Debit (euro prices only)
- Klarna
- iDEAL
Secure payment via Stripe
In the US and Canada: US$5.99 per month or US$29 per year, or the Premium Pass as a one-time payment: US$79 until 6 pm ET on 30 November 2026 (introductory price), US$89 from then on. We remind you about five weeks before each yearly charge, and once a year on the monthly plan.
In Switzerland: CHF 5.99 per month, CHF 29 per year, Premium Pass CHF 79, Family CHF 19.99. TWINT accepted.
Premium and Trackplanner Family are not available in Québec at the moment. Planning layouts and all free features work as usual.
In the UK you pay in pounds: £5.99 a month, £29 a year or £75 once for the 36-month Premium Pass, all including VAT. Payment runs through Link, a Stripe service. Trackplanner Family can't be bought there in the browser at the moment.
Free and Premium side by side
You build the whole track plan for free, with no quantity caps. Premium unlocks heights, scenery, the calculating assistants and the output formats.
Free
- Full editor, all 89 track systems, no quantity caps
- Snapping, build plan and handover to the shop basket
- Import from WinTrack, AnyRail, XtrkCAD, Raily, 3rd PlanIt, SCARM and the old desktop app
- 3D view at any size and the basic plan check
- View public plans without an account
- Image export with watermark
Premium
- Heights, gradients, helixes and stacked baseboards Plan ramps with the gradient in per cent, helixes with an opening and baseboards stacked at different heights. Includes groups (layers) and the clearance check.
- Terrain and scenery Shape hills, valleys and water, then place houses, trees and other scenery items.
- Building assistants Lay parallel tracks and crossovers in one go, and fix plan-check issues with one click.
- 1:1 print and export Print the plan at full size as a PDF template, export the baseboard as DXF for the router and save images without a watermark.
- Private and targeted sharing Keep plans private, share them with specific people, assign roles and edit together live.
- More planning Every rule of the precision analysis such as S-curves and edge clearance, and time travel through earlier states.
The same in both plans
- Full editor, no quantity caps
- All 89 track systems
- Import from WinTrack, AnyRail, XtrkCAD, Raily, 3rd PlanIt, SCARM and GLP
- Labels, measurements, baseboards
- 3D view: window, side by side or full
- Inventory, parts list and build plan
- Basic check: flex radius, usable length (soon), grade, reverse loop
- Share a plan publicly by link, viewable without an account
- included
- preview only
- not included
| Feature | Free | Premium |
|---|---|---|
| Precision analysis: stock profile (soon), S-curves, edge clearance | not included | included with the exact spot |
| Fix issues with one click | preview only see the fix | included apply in one click |
| Heights, ramps, gradients | not included | included edit freely |
| Groups (layers), helixes and stacked baseboards | not included | included create and insert |
| Place scenery and landscape | not included | included drop it into the plan |
| Parallel strands | not included | included create |
| Explore train paths (soon) | not included | included from the selected train |
| Image export | included watermarked, 1200 px | included clean, up to 8000 px |
| 1:1 print as PDF and DXF for the router | not included | included |
| Share privately or unlisted, invite people | not included | included |
| Build along on someone else's plan | not included view | included build along |
| Time travel through earlier states | not included already recorded | included view and return |
- Link
- TWINT
- Amazon Pay
- Klarna
Trackplanner saves you money
about €120 saved when buying at 3 m²
compared with buying without a plan
That is more than a whole year of Premium costs. Spend it on good track and accessories instead.
Where it comes from
- Best price on track and accessories ~73 %
- Track sets instead of single pieces ~3 %
- No spare track bought just in case ~24 %
Typical value from 168 public plans in the Trackplanner gallery: about half saved more, the other half less. Prices as of October 13, 2026.
How we calculate
For each plan we priced the parts list the way the app's build plan does: with Trackplanner at the best price, in whole packs as the retailer sells them, and with the sets the app suggests. Without planning at the highest unit price of a retailer that stocks the part, plus one spare piece per track type. The shares below are for all plans together. No spares for turnouts, shipping not included. Parts without a price count on neither side; plans with less than 90 % of parts priced are left out.
Worked example
Example layout: Oval with passing loop and siding in Piko A (H0), 2.32 × 0.91 m, 3 turnouts with motors, 1.2 m² of meadow and 10 dm² of ballast area. Without planning: €332.16, With Trackplanner: €260.51, saved: €71.65.
Assumption "without planning": you buy from the priciest of the retailers that stock the item, and one piece too many per track type; one more pack of scatter only when the need almost uses up the packs. Nobody buys turnouts and motors as spares, so only the price counts there. "With Trackplanner": best price, exact amount and the sets the app suggests instead of single pieces. Single prices, shipping not included. Planning meadow and ballast as areas is part of Premium. Prices as of October 12, 2026.
| Item | Qty | Best price | Priciest retailer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piko 55200 | 6 (+1) | €2.10 idee+spiel | €2.55 PIKO Webshop |
| Piko 55201 | 7 (+1) | €2.00 idee+spiel | €2.45 PIKO Webshop |
| Piko 55202 | 1 (+1) | €1.49 idee+spiel | €2.45 PIKO Webshop |
| Piko 55205 | 3 (+1) | €1.58 idee+spiel | €2.45 PIKO Webshop |
| Piko 55212 | 12 (+1) | €2.49 idee+spiel | €2.95 PIKO Webshop |
| Piko 55219 | 3 (+1) | €3.10 Modellbahn Union | €3.55 PIKO Webshop |
| Piko 55220 | 1 | €19.76 idee+spiel | €24.70 PIKO Webshop |
| Piko 55221 | 2 | €19.76 idee+spiel | €24.70 PIKO Webshop |
| Piko 55271 | 3 | €28.12 Modellbahn Union | €32.20 PIKO Webshop |
| Faller 170212 · 80 g, needed 180 g (120 dm² × 1.5 g/dm²) | 3 | €11.99 Faller | €11.99 Faller |
| Faller 170751 · 650 g, needed 120 g (10 dm² × 12 g/dm²) | 1 | €20.79 Faller | €20.79 Faller |
Sets the app suggests
- Piko A-Track Set A (Piko 55300), €26.92 idee+spiel instead of 12 × Piko 55212, 2 × Piko 55201: €6.96 cheaper than single pieces
- Piko A-Track Set B (Piko 55310), €26.92 idee+spiel instead of 1 × Piko 55221, 1 × Piko 55200, 5 × Piko 55201, plus a buffer stop: €4.94 cheaper than single pieces
What users say
“The software is very user-friendly and easy to use.”
“I would recommend Trackplanner even now, as it is a valuable help with planning.”
“I am extremely satisfied with the planner. I have wanted something like this for years.”
“After trying Trackplanner again, I will even keep working with it instead of the other tools I tested.”
“It is great that I can choose straight from the Piko range and see the dimensions too, so you can perfectly rule out wrong purchases.”
Where do these quotes come from?
These sentences come from emails that users with a Trackplanner account sent us. They appear with permission, in the version each writer approved (spelling corrected, sometimes shortened). Below each one is the name the writer chose, or else first name, last initial and country. We choose which ones appear here. Quotes marked as translated were written and approved in another language; the translation, including the country name, is ours.
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