Lionel iCab 4+

Could use an updated user interface and attention to resolving bugs which have been reported to developer.

The above say it all, if you are really serious about the app then get a real devsecops process in place and update regularly and make it really useful otherwise everyone will go to something else like maybe using JMRI or the DCS side instead. I bought lots of Lionel stuff as a new hobbyist and ordered the new base3 but here it is a year later and nothing and by the sound of it is not going to be released until end of summer if you look at preorder times at the moment. By the time it comes out it will be close to two years for a preorder!!

For an app this expensive, I frankly expected perfection. That being said, the LCS WiFi interface is rather new and I'm sure improvements are coming.

My main complaint is the clunky interface. The companion iPad app, free by the way, is limited in its operation. It has one huge pro over this app, Yard Control Mode. A simple wave of the finger controls forward and backward fine controls. This app is missing that.

The clunk continues with simple operations one must perform from the CAB2 remote: pressing and holding AUX1 to enable legacy sound controls. Can't be done here.

The buttons are enormously huge and look crazy sized on an iPhone 6 plus. That is very clunky.

And my final complaint, though I'm not sure if this is the app or the LCS WiFi module. You must be on the same subnet as the LCS to access the device. You can't hard code an IP address or a name to connect. It must be "discovered." If you've separated your network for security, say if your internal network is for processing credit cards in your store, you can't hard code an address to run the icab software. Must change networks. Very, very clunky.

Speaking of security, how about maybe a simple password so everyone who walks in to my layout can't start controlling it randomly?

My one major pro is being able to pick an engine from the manifest of all equipment rather than typing a road number.