Comparison

RollerCoaster Tycoon® Touch™ vs Ultimate Coaster 2

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

Head to head
About

RollerCoaster Tycoon® Touch™

Build and manage your dream theme park, from designing thrilling roller coasters to customizing every detail. Expand your park, attract more visitors, and compete in fun challenges.

Highlights
  • Design custom roller coasters
  • Collect and customize attractions
  • Manage park operations
  • Upgrade rides and buildings
  • Participate in time-based challenges
  • Visit and trade with friends
Currently charting
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The gold standard for 3D park-building sims returns, with more fun, challenges, and thrills than ever…. A deep simulation game where you manage it all -- coasters, rides, shops, restaurants, bathrooms, janitors, ride engineers -- everything is up to you. Use the roller coaster builder to draw intense coasters, full of loops, rolls, twists, corkscrews, dips, dives, and more. -Collect and customize hundreds of attractions -Push the limits of coaster design .. add loops, rolls, twists, corkscrews, dips, dives, and more -Upgrade your park to grow attendance and make more -Earn rewards playing time-based challenges -Visit your friend’s parks and trade items -Build a water park with wet rides and crazy slides -Fun events all year long A modern take on the classic Roller Coaster Tycoon for phone and tablet … the classic is back. Set prices, start marketing campaigns, install decorations, even color each building. All to maximize customer satisfaction and increase your daily attendance. You can even trade-in and upgrade to rare and epic-level rides and buildings. The more successful you are, the larger you can make your park, and the more you can build and manage! https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Ultimate Coaster 2

Design and experience your own roller coasters in a 3D environment. This app offers intuitive controls for all skill levels, allowing you to build, customize, and ride your creations with realistic physics. Save your designs and explore pre-built demo coasters.

Highlights
  • Create custom roller coasters
  • Realistic physics simulation
  • Intuitive and advanced controls
  • Save and load track designs
  • Paint tracks any color
  • Modify terrain
Features
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Ultimate Coaster 2 lets you create and ride your own roller coasters in a fully customizable 3D world. This is your playground - let your imagination run free! (: Features: - Simple, intuitive controls - Advanced controls for power users - Realistic Physics - Roller coaster models generated real time - The ability to save and load tracks - Options to paint your track any color - Terrain modification - Comes preloaded with demo coasters inspired by real existing rides!

Screenshots

RollerCoaster Tycoon® Touch™4 screens
Ultimate Coaster 24 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Ultimate Coaster 2 at none against RollerCoaster Tycoon® Touch™'s shown. RollerCoaster Tycoon® Touch™'s advantage is rating (4.5 vs 4.1) and update cadence (weekly vs every 6 months). On price, review sentiment, 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

Both are free to download. RollerCoaster Tycoon® Touch™ sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and Ultimate Coaster 2 sells 16 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

RollerCoaster Tycoon® Touch™ holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RollerCoaster Tycoon® Touch™ has 86K ratings behind it against 1.9K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of RollerCoaster Tycoon® Touch™'s written reviews are positive against 74% of Ultimate Coaster 2's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RollerCoaster Tycoon® Touch™ ships an update weekly, Ultimate Coaster 2 every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
RollerCoaster Tycoon® Touch™ versus Ultimate Coaster 2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRollerCoaster Tycoon® Touch™Ultimate Coaster 2
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (86K ratings) — better4.1 (1.9K ratings)
Positive reviews75.5% of reviews — better73.7% of reviews
Number of ratings86K — better1.9K
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 6 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#204 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size1.2 GB145 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAtariJason Hu

Customer experience

RollerCoaster Tycoon® Touch™

All ratings86,273 ratings
Positive89.2%
Neutral5.2%
Negative5.6%
Written reviews3,652 reviews
Positive75.5%
Neutral9.1%
Negative15.4%

Ultimate Coaster 2

All ratings1,915 ratings
Positive76.7%
Neutral7.0%
Negative16.2%
Written reviews476 reviews
Positive73.7%
Neutral11.1%
Negative15.1%

User reviews

RollerCoaster Tycoon® Touch™

From 86K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Fun and addictive gameplay
  • 🚀 Smooth performance
  • 💡 Unique card-based progression system
  • 👍 Nostalgic for fans of the original Rollercoaster Tycoon
  • 👍 Visually appealing graphics

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
  • 💰 Expensive in-app purchases required for progression
  • 🤔 Repetitive card rewards
  • 🤔 Limited park space and land expansion options
  • 🤔 Janitor and maintenance system could be improved

Ultimate Coaster 2

From 1.9K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🤩 Amazing game
  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🎢 Great for roller coaster enthusiasts
  • 🔥 Best mobile coaster game
  • 🎨 Good customization options

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and glitches
  • 💰 Paid content required
  • 🔍 Limited camera controls
  • 🌄 Lacking scenery and theming options
  • 🔧 Clunky track transitions

Bugs and requests

RollerCoaster Tycoon® Touch™

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Park progress and purchases disappearing after updates
  • Inability to access main park after visiting a friend's park
  • Ads not loading or crashing the game
  • Incorrect rewards from card packs and casino spins

Requested features

6 requests
  • Ability to name your park
  • More land expansion options
  • Improved coaster building tools
  • Ability to customize park interiors
  • First-person ride mode
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  • Offline play mode

Ultimate Coaster 2

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes when loading large coasters
  • Glitches with track placement and orientation
  • Autosave feature not working as expected
  • Inability to load previously saved coasters

Requested features

10 requests
  • Add switch tracks
  • Implement shuttle coasters
  • Include more pre-made inversion elements
  • Allow customization of station and queue
  • Introduce day/night cycle and lighting
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  • Add water rides and scenery
  • Enable multiple coasters on a single plot
  • Provide an undo/redo function
  • Implement a smoothing tool for tracks
  • Add more free coaster types

In-app purchases

10 purchases

RollerCoaster Tycoon® Touch™

Subscriptions1
  • VIP Subscription (1 month)$5.991 Month
One-time9
  • Some Coins$1.99
  • Some Tickets$1.99
  • Portfolio of Cards$1.99
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  • Level Up Pack$3.99
  • Handful of Coins$4.99
  • Welcome Pack$4.99
  • Beginner Pack$4.99
  • Utility Cards$4.99
  • Pack of Coins$9.99
16 purchases

Ultimate Coaster 2

One-time16
  • Box-Spined Hyper Coaster$1.99
  • Dive Machine (10 Seats)$1.99
  • Box-Spined Wing Coaster$1.99
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  • Box-Spined Inverted Coaster$1.99
  • Girder Rocket Coaster$1.99
  • Corkscrew Coaster$1.99
  • Hybrid Coaster$1.99
  • Single Rail Coaster$1.99
  • Girder Blitz (OTSR) Coaster$1.99
  • Girder Spinner Coaster$1.99
  • Single Spined Coaster (3 Row)$1.99
  • Multidimensional Coaster$1.99
  • Girder Blitz (Lapbar) Coaster$1.99
  • Double Spined Coaster (2 row)$1.99
  • Girder Coaster (4 Seats)$1.99
  • All Coaster Types$19.99

Questions

Is RollerCoaster Tycoon® Touch™ free?
RollerCoaster Tycoon® Touch™ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ultimate Coaster 2 free?
Ultimate Coaster 2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, RollerCoaster Tycoon® Touch™ or Ultimate Coaster 2?
RollerCoaster Tycoon® Touch™ is rated higher. RollerCoaster Tycoon® Touch™ averages 4.5 out of 5 from 86K ratings, while Ultimate Coaster 2 averages 4.1 from 1.9K ratings.
Do RollerCoaster Tycoon® Touch™ or Ultimate Coaster 2 have ads?
RollerCoaster Tycoon® Touch™ shows ads; Ultimate Coaster 2 does not.
Which is updated more often, RollerCoaster Tycoon® Touch™ or Ultimate Coaster 2?
RollerCoaster Tycoon® Touch™ ships an update weekly, and Ultimate Coaster 2 every 6 months. Most recently, RollerCoaster Tycoon® Touch™ was updated on October 23, 2026 and Ultimate Coaster 2 on October 21, 2026.

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