Comparison

Zipper Amusement Ride vs Theme Park Simulator

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Zipper Amusement Ride

Experience the thrill of a classic amusement park ride from multiple perspectives. Control the ride's operations, including lighting and sound, or take a virtual seat for a personal journey. Enjoy realistic physics and graphics on day or night settings.

Highlights
  • Control iconic Midway ride
  • Simulated fairground environment
  • Interacting park visitors
  • High-quality HD graphics
  • Realistic physics simulation
  • Customizable lighting and sound
Features
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Now you are able to control the classic an iconic Midway ride „Zipper“ Watch how visitors buy tickets, control the whole amusement ride and choose your lighting and sound effects – or simply sit yourself in one of the gondolas and experience your very own ride! On day or at night - you decide! FEATURES • Control one of the most fascinating rides that can be found on the fairgrounds • Comprehensive simulated fairground • Interacting people • High quality graphics in HD • Realistic physics • Playable Jingles

About

Theme Park Simulator

Build and manage your dream amusement park with a variety of thrilling rides. Experience the excitement of roller coasters, bumper cars, and more in this immersive simulation game.

Highlights
  • Build and manage theme parks
  • Variety of amusement rides
  • Roller coaster simulators
  • Bumper cars
  • Ferris wheel included
  • Future ride updates
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Do you love theme parks? Discover a fun world with "Theme Park Simulator" and enjoy with our amazing rides. Get it now (Includes a ferris wheel) and there are aditional simulators: - Bumper Cars - Inverter - Tagada - Roller Coaster Wild Mouse - Techno Jump - Twister - Kamikaze - Roller Coaster Tokaido - Viking ship - Kamikaze - Amor Express And soon new simulators... !

Screenshots

Zipper Amusement Ride3 screens
Theme Park Simulator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Theme Park Simulator at Free against Zipper Amusement Ride's $1.99. Theme Park Simulator also leads on review sentiment (70% vs 33%) and ratings volume (2.7K vs 20). Zipper Amusement Ride's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 10). On ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Theme Park Simulator is free to download; Zipper Amusement Ride costs $1.99 up front. Theme Park Simulator sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Zipper Amusement Ride asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Zipper Amusement Ride holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Theme Park Simulator has 2.7K ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 33% of Zipper Amusement Ride's written reviews are positive against 70% of Theme Park Simulator's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Zipper Amusement Ride versus Theme Park Simulator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZipper Amusement RideTheme Park Simulator
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.6 (20 ratings) — better4.0 (2.7K ratings)
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews69.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings202.7K — better
Update frequency—Fortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#190 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS6.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size99 MB1.3 GB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPixelsplitRaul Trujillo Chicon

Customer experience

Zipper Amusement Ride

All ratings20 ratings
Positive85.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative5.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%

Theme Park Simulator

All ratings2,472 ratings
Positive75.1%
Neutral4.5%
Negative20.4%
Written reviews799 reviews
Positive69.8%
Neutral9.3%
Negative20.9%

Bugs and requests

Zipper Amusement Ride

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Theme Park Simulator

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Purchased rides not unlocking
  • Ride controls not working as expected
  • Invisible/missing ride elements

Requested features

7 requests
  • More free rides
  • Additional roller coasters
  • Water rides
  • Carnival games
  • Ability to control ride speed
Show 2 more
  • Camera/CCTV feature
  • Ride statistics tracking

In-app purchases

None

Zipper Amusement Ride

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Theme Park Simulator

One-time10
  • Amor Express$2.99
  • Kamikaze$2.99
  • Roller Coaster Tokaido$2.99
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  • Twister$2.99
  • Viking Ship$2.99
  • Wild Mouse Roller Coaster$3.99
  • Bumper Cars$3.99
  • Inverter$3.99
  • Break Dance$3.99
  • VIP Pack$13.99

Questions

Is Zipper Amusement Ride free?
Zipper Amusement Ride costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Theme Park Simulator free?
Theme Park Simulator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Zipper Amusement Ride or Theme Park Simulator?
Zipper Amusement Ride is rated higher. Zipper Amusement Ride averages 4.6 out of 5 from 20 ratings, while Theme Park Simulator averages 4.0 from 2.7K ratings.
Do Zipper Amusement Ride or Theme Park Simulator have ads?
Neither Zipper Amusement Ride nor Theme Park Simulator shows ads.

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