Comparison

Station Manager vs Little Big Workshop

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

Head to head
About

Station Manager

Build and customize your ultimate train station by adding various facilities and trains. Manage passenger comfort and expand your station's reach to attract more travelers. Create unique train combinations to cater to different passenger needs.

Highlights
  • Customize station facilities
  • Add vending machines, benches, info boards
  • Build arcades, VIP lounges, taco stands
  • Link carriages to create new trains
  • Expand surrounding area
  • Attract diverse passengers
Features
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All aboard this exciting journey to build the world's greatest train station! Customize your station with your favorite facilities and trains. Help your passengers travel in comfort by adding vending machines, benches, information boards and more. With fun features including arcades, VIP lounges and taco stands, you'll soon be everyone's favorite stop! Link different carriages to create new trains for business, tourism and more. Expand into the surrounding area to attract new passengers. It's full steam ahead for your spectacular new station! Watch as it fills with commuters, students and other travelers! -------------------------------------------------------- All game progress is stored on your device. Save data cannot be restored after deleting or reinstalling the app. Try searching for "Kairosoft" to see all of our games, or visit us at https://kairopark.jp. Be sure to check out both our free-to-play and our paid games! Follow us on X(Twitter) for the latest news! https://twitter.com/kairokun2010

About

Little Big Workshop

Build and manage your own tabletop factory, creating a wide variety of products from simple to complex. Expand your workshop, unlock new machines, and optimize production lines to satisfy clients and grow your business.

Highlights
  • Build and manage tabletop factories
  • Create over 50 unique product types
  • Design efficient production lines
  • Expand workshop space and unlock machines
  • Manage and care for workers
  • Day/Night cycle simulation
Features
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Imagine a magical factory, appearing right in your living room. A carefully planned masterpiece, where diligent workers throw together anything customers want. Rubber ducks and dressers, drones and electric guitars, scooters and other wonderful goods can be created from many different materials and sold for hard cash – cash you invest right back into your factory to get more machines, more workers and grow your business. In Little Big Workshop you become a factory tycoon! Real factories - made FUN You are the Big Boss and it’s time to take charge of your very own tabletop factory. Organize the factory floor, manage your workers, purchase machinery, and design efficient production lines - all within the time-limit and to your client's satisfaction! An open-ended sandbox-experience Take it easy, it’s a sandbox-experience where you think, ponder and poke at things until you get it to work the way you’d like. Supply products to clients and an ever-changing market, as you produce over 50 unique product types, built from multiple parts and pieces - all of which can be created with different materials and production methods. No two factories should ever look the same. Tiny hands, big dreams Start out with just a small workshop and expand to a desk-filling factory. Unlock ever fancier machines, add even more production methods, and most of all, more room. Soon enough you’ll be running multiple production lines, producing hundreds of advanced products each day, and watching with joy as your cute workers do the actual work. Features: - Varying industries and a wide range of products - Focus on practical problems, not on values, economics, or logistics - Organize all steps of the production on a blueprint - Factories grow as you unlock more desk space - Fully simulated Day/Night-cycle - Take care of your workers! Work them too hard and they drop like flies - Cute model-town art-style

Screenshots

Station Manager4 screens
Little Big Workshop4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Little Big Workshop at none against Station Manager's shown. Little Big Workshop also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 9 months) and review sentiment (60% vs 46%). Station Manager's advantage is price ($5.99 vs $10.99) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 14.0). On rating, ratings volume, 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

Station Manager costs $5.99 and Little Big Workshop $10.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Little Big Workshop holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 29 and 23 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 46% of Station Manager's written reviews are positive against 60% of Little Big Workshop's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Station Manager ships an update every 9 months, Little Big Workshop every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Station Manager versus Little Big Workshop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStation ManagerLittle Big Workshop
Price$5.99 — better$10.99
Rating3.9 (29 ratings)4.1 (23 ratings) — better
Positive reviews46.2% of reviews60.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings29 — better23
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS11.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size91 MB312 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperKairosoft Co.,LtdTHQ Nordic Mobile GmbH

Customer experience

Station Manager

All ratings28 ratings
Positive64.3%
Neutral10.7%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews169 reviews
Positive46.2%
Neutral13.6%
Negative40.2%

Little Big Workshop

All ratings23 ratings
Positive73.9%
Neutral13.0%
Negative13.0%
Written reviews45 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative20.0%

Bugs and requests

Station Manager

Reported bugs

22 issues
  • Game crashes frequently
  • Game not loading/stuck on loading screen
  • Cannot enter game after updates/OS upgrades
  • Save data lost after updates
  • Error messages upon loading
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  • Game freezes or becomes unresponsive
  • Ad integration issues (disabling rotation, random ads)
  • UI elements overlapping or blocking buttons
  • Issues with specific train types (silver train)
  • Facility bonuses not applying or disappearing
  • Loading failures after language changes
  • Game becomes slow or laggy after updates
  • Issues with ad bonuses not working as intended
  • VIP events not appearing correctly
  • Text display issues after updates
  • Game not functioning after updates
  • Inability to equip items
  • Game crashing on older devices
  • Ad block causing game to not open
  • Issues with deleting platforms/floors
  • Game not saving properly
  • URL errors when changing language

Requested features

24 requests
  • Add a way to delete platforms
  • Add a restart or main menu button
  • Fix screen rotation issues
  • Improve camera controls (zoom out)
  • Add more levels or content
Show 19 more
  • Make money acquisition easier
  • Allow switching stations more easily
  • Adapt for iPhone Air
  • Add brighter color palettes
  • Make controls easier
  • Add a way to delete metro stations
  • Add a new character named Isaac
  • Add a summer parade event
  • Add a way to reset save data
  • Fix the silver train bug
  • Add more save slots
  • Improve translation of character names
  • Add more station development options
  • Fix the issue with the 24-hour ad bonus
  • Improve UI and text display
  • Add landscape mode support
  • Fix the issue with the assistant/pop-ups
  • Add more train types
  • Make the game more engaging in later stages

Little Big Workshop

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Station Manager

No in-app purchases

None

Little Big Workshop

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Station Manager free?
Station Manager costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Little Big Workshop free?
Little Big Workshop costs $10.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Station Manager or Little Big Workshop?
Little Big Workshop is rated higher. Station Manager averages 3.9 out of 5 from 29 ratings, while Little Big Workshop averages 4.1 from 23 ratings.
Do Station Manager or Little Big Workshop have ads?
Station Manager shows ads; Little Big Workshop does not.
Which is updated more often, Station Manager or Little Big Workshop?
Station Manager ships an update every 9 months, and Little Big Workshop every 3 weeks. Most recently, Station Manager was updated on November 7, 2026 and Little Big Workshop on November 8, 2026.

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