Comparison

Pango Build & Explore City vs Ghost Train Kit

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

Head to head
About

Pango Build & Explore City

Design and construct your own city by drawing roads, placing buildings, and populating it with characters. This open-ended game encourages creativity, organization, and exploration for young children.

Highlights
  • Draw roads and rails
  • Place buildings and monuments
  • Populate city with characters
  • Open-ended construction
  • Develops creativity and organization
  • Child-safe environment
Features
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IMAGINE YOUR CITY… AND BRING IT TO LIFE! Draw your roads, lay your rails, place your buildings and create a city just the way you like it: small houses, tall buildings, parks, shops, monuments… Here, everything begins with a simple swipe of a finger. Place Pango and friends in their roles: firefighter, mail carrier, doctor, shopkeeper… They drive, work, visit, wander around, go home to sleep at night… and bring life to everything you create. Every street becomes a story, every district an adventure. Pango Build City is an open-ended construction game that develops creativity, organisation, exploration and fine motor skills. An intuitive, open experience perfectly suited for children aged 3 and up. A PANGO CREATION With over 15 years of experience and more than 15 million children worldwide, Pango is a trusted name for parents looking for calm, intelligent and gentle games. Pango Build City continues this philosophy: a lively building game designed to spark creativity, logic and the pride of creating. WHY PARENTS LOVE PANGO BUILD CITY - Boosts imagination and sense of organisation - Builds logic and understanding of how a city works - Strengthens fine motor skills through road and rail placement - 100% open construction: children create, modify and expand their city freely - A gentle, lively world with no stress or competition - Simple, smooth and perfectly adapted to small hands - 3 pre-built cities to support younger children A 100% CHILD-SAFE GAME • No in-app purchases • No advertising • No external links • Built-in parental controls • Complies with children’s data protection standards THE PANGO VALUES: CREATIVITY, AUTONOMY, KINDNESS At Pango, we design experiences from a child’s perspective: simple, open and enriching. Our games nurture curiosity, encourage independence and let every child imagine their own world. Need help? A question? pango@studio-pango.com More information: www.studio-pango.com DOWNLOAD PANGO BUILD CITY and let your child imagine, build and bring their own city to life: A WORLD TO CREATE, ADVENTURES ON EVERY CORNER!

About

Ghost Train Kit

Design and build your own haunted train tracks with spooky twists, rickety bridges, and mysterious tunnels. This captivating game offers a unique train building experience with atmospheric graphics and endless customization for a spine-tingling adventure.

Highlights
  • Train track building
  • Haunted theme
  • Customization options
  • Spooky graphics
  • Kids' game
Features
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All aboard for a spine-tingling adventure through the eerie world of Ghost Train Kit! Get ready to embark on a haunted journey filled with ghostly fun and thrilling challenges in this one-of-a-kind kids' train building game. Build Your Own Ghostly Railroad: Start your creepy construction journey by designing your very own haunted train tracks. Lay down spooky twists and turns, rickety bridges, and tunnels that lead to mysterious destinations. Key Features: A unique and captivating train building experience for kids of all ages. Spooky and atmospheric graphics that bring the haunted world to life. Countless customization options to create the spookiest track of your dreams. Hop on board the Ghost Train Kit and set off on a ghostly adventure like no other! Create the most haunted train tracks and build your very own spine-tingling railroad empire. Download now and prepare to be bewitched by this spooky journey! Are you ready for the ultimate haunted train adventure? Get Ghost Train Kit today and let the ghostly fun begin!

Screenshots

Pango Build & Explore City4 screens
Ghost Train Kit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Ghost Train Kit at every 8 months against Pango Build & Explore City's every 117 months. Ghost Train Kit also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 72%) and price ($0.99 vs $6.99). Pango Build & Explore City's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 4.2). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Pango Build & Explore City costs $6.99 and Ghost Train Kit $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pango Build & Explore City holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 89 and 49 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 72% of Pango Build & Explore City's written reviews are positive against 100% of Ghost Train Kit's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pango Build & Explore City ships an update every 117 months, Ghost Train Kit every 8 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Pango Build & Explore City versus Ghost Train Kit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPango Build & Explore CityGhost Train Kit
Price$6.99$0.99 — better
Rating4.5 (89 ratings) — better4.2 (49 ratings)
Positive reviews72.2% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings89 — better49
Update frequencyEvery 117 monthsEvery 8 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size194 MB137 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStudio PangoPhd Apps LLC

Customer experience

Pango Build & Explore City

All ratings89 ratings
Positive86.5%
Neutral3.4%
Negative10.1%
Written reviews36 reviews
Positive72.2%
Neutral2.8%
Negative25.0%

Ghost Train Kit

All ratings46 ratings
Positive82.6%
Neutral2.2%
Negative15.2%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Pango Build & Explore City

No in-app purchases

None

Ghost Train Kit

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pango Build & Explore City free?
Pango Build & Explore City costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ghost Train Kit free?
Ghost Train Kit costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pango Build & Explore City or Ghost Train Kit?
Pango Build & Explore City is rated higher. Pango Build & Explore City averages 4.5 out of 5 from 89 ratings, while Ghost Train Kit averages 4.2 from 49 ratings.
Do Pango Build & Explore City or Ghost Train Kit have ads?
Neither Pango Build & Explore City nor Ghost Train Kit shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pango Build & Explore City or Ghost Train Kit?
Pango Build & Explore City ships an update every 117 months, and Ghost Train Kit every 8 months. Most recently, Pango Build & Explore City was updated on October 24, 2026 and Ghost Train Kit on October 24, 2026.

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