Comparison

Wee Trains vs Train Kit

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

Head to head
About

Wee Trains

Design, build, and decorate custom trains with over 100 engines and carriages. Explore 11 unique worlds and play 12 engaging mini-games that teach early learning skills. Unlock new content by collecting train tickets.

Highlights
  • Design custom trains
  • 100+ engines and carriages
  • 12 educational mini-games
  • 11 unique worlds to explore
  • Unlockable rewards
  • Safe, text-free play
Features
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**BEST PICK AWARD - Tech With Kids** Choo Choo! Kids can design and build their own trains and travel to fun, game-filled worlds. With over 100 engines and carriages to choose from, your kids will be entertained for hours as they play the conductor in Wee Trains. If your kids are crazy about trains, this is the app for them. FEATURES • 100+ train engines and carriages to choose from • 12 mini games to play, including shapes, colors, numbers, music and more • Design and decorate custom engines with crazy colours and 150+ stickers • 11 different worlds to travel to with your train • Collect train tickets along the way to unlock new engines, carriages, stickers and levels "This exciting train-building kids' app is filled with delightful mini-games that teach early learning skills." – Tech With Kids COLORS, SHAPES, NUMBERS, MUSIC, ANIMALS AND MORE Kids will have hours of fun with 12 different mini games to play in Wee Trains. Pick up passengers at the station, repeat the music tune, pick the correct number of fruit from passing trees and construct pipes to fill carriages with water. And what happens when the train breaks down? Play to find out. DESIGN YOUR OWN TRAIN Your kids can visit the workshop to paint their own trains and decorate them with stickers. Afterwards they can play with their fun creations in the game! 10 DIFFERENT WORLDS Trains in space? Trains underwater? It’s all possible with Wee Trains! Travel to different worlds including forests, deserts, snowy landscapes, dinosaur worlds and pirate islands. UNLOCK FUN REWARDS There are train tickets along the way each time your kids play. If they grab them, they can unlock new engines, carriages, stickers and levels to play with next time. SAFE, TEXT-FREE & INTUITIVE PLAY Having no in-app purchases and no text in the app means even the youngest kids can play Wee Trains with no instructions required and no worries. Wee Trains is ideal for 2-5 year olds. ABOUT WEE TAPS Our goal is to make fun, high quality apps with creative and educational value for kids. We want kids to be able to play safely without parents worrying about in-app purchases or third party advertising. Instead, they should be concentrating on having fun!

About

Train Kit

Build and explore your own Wild West railroad in a 3D environment. Design intricate track layouts, add steam trains, and bring your custom worlds to life with scenery. Experience your creations from a first-person train driver view.

Highlights
  • Drag-and-drop track building
  • Add tunnels and bridges
  • Switching tracks for multiple routes
  • Place steam trains and carriages
  • First-person 3D train driver view
  • Add scenery and buildings
Features
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Welcome to Train Kit: Wild West. Build a railroad, grab your cowboy hat and jump aboard! BUILD A RAILROAD It's easy to build railroads by dragging track squares onto your world. Add straights, curves, tunnels, wooden bridges and switching tracks. There are no rules and everything is done on the same screen; change or add to your track as the trains run around. Your worlds are saved automatically so you can come back to them at any time. WILD WEST WORLDS Choose a canyon to build in. Add some steam trains and then bring your Wild West world to life with town buildings, stations, oil wells, windpumps, cactuses and much more! 3D TRAIN DRIVER Train Driver view allows you to get onboard your trains and take a journey through the world you have created in first person 3D. TRAIN KIT A standalone game based on the much loved Train Kit. Included in the App Store best of 2016! FEATURES + Add track tiles which snap together in a grid + Rocky tunnels and wooden bridges + Switching tracks allow your trains to take different routes by tapping the switch button. + Drop steam trains and carriages onto your railroad. + Mix locomotives and carriages to create your own unique trains + Simple train controls allow you to speed up, slow down or reverse your trains + Add scenery objects to your world + Switch trains in 3D Train driver view REVIEWS FOR TRAIN KIT “While recommended for ages 6-8, this kid-at-heart loves playing with Train Kit. The simple to use touch controls make it a joy to create train lines and diorama, then watch the trains run through your custom worlds, even in first person view.” “This is a great little app. It is fun and simple to play. Almost like having one of those small wooden train sets. Easy assembly of the tracks and just drag objects to the water boundary to remove. This is a good game for little kids because there are no in app purchases, settings, feedback, connect Facebook, etc.” ABOUT OUR APPS Our range of Kit apps are designed to allow children to create fun immersive worlds to explore. We focus on open-ended creative play with no rules. This enables a stress-free gaming experience. We avoid distractions such as in app purchases, confusing settings and social media links. PRIVACY We do not collect user data within our apps

Screenshots

Wee Trains4 screens
Train Kit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Wee Trains at Free against Train Kit's $6.99. Wee Trains also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). Train Kit's advantage is rating (4.6 vs 4.1) and ratings volume (816 vs 9). On review sentiment, ads, in-app purchases 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

Wee Trains is free to download; Train Kit costs $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Train Kit holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Train Kit has 816 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 71% of Wee Trains's written reviews are positive against 66% of Train Kit's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Wee Trains ships an update every 3 weeks, Train Kit every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Wee Trains versus Train Kit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWee TrainsTrain Kit
PriceFree — better$6.99
Rating4.1 (9 ratings)4.6 (816 ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews — better65.6% of reviews
Number of ratings9816 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size148 MB106 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWee TapsPhd Apps LLC

Customer experience

Wee Trains

All ratings9 ratings
Positive77.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative22.2%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral7.1%
Negative21.4%

Train Kit

All ratings813 ratings
Positive88.8%
Neutral5.4%
Negative5.8%
Written reviews32 reviews
Positive65.6%
Neutral3.1%
Negative31.3%

Bugs and requests

Wee Trains

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Train Kit

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Audio distortion and static on iPhone X (train noise only)
  • Train physics issues causing trains to break into pieces

Requested features

4 requests
  • More train varieties (freight trains, additional steam locomotives)
  • Lower pricing
  • Interactive elements (people in houses, walking figures, train passengers)
  • Expanded content and gameplay options

In-app purchases

None

Wee Trains

No in-app purchases

None

Train Kit

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Wee Trains free?
Wee Trains is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Train Kit free?
Train Kit costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Wee Trains or Train Kit?
Train Kit is rated higher. Wee Trains averages 4.1 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Train Kit averages 4.6 from 816 ratings.
Do Wee Trains or Train Kit have ads?
Neither Wee Trains nor Train Kit shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Wee Trains or Train Kit?
Wee Trains ships an update every 3 weeks, and Train Kit every 2 months. Most recently, Wee Trains was updated on October 24, 2026 and Train Kit on October 24, 2026.

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