Comparison

Subway Simulator 2D vs Conduct AR!

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

Head to head
About

Subway Simulator 2D

Experience the life of a subway train driver in a vast city metro system. Transport passengers across 21 lines and 89 stations, managing speed, signals, and stops. Unlock new lines, upgrade trains, and customize their appearance as you explore over 100 km of tracks.

Highlights
  • Explore 89 stations on 21 metro lines
  • Drive underground, overground, and underwater rails
  • Upgrade train speed, acceleration, and brakes
  • Learn real subway signaling system
  • Customize train paint
  • Realistic train and ambient sounds
Features
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Become a subway train driver and explore the whole metro system of the city (89 unique stations on 21 lines) which contains more than 100 kilometers of underground, overground, and underwater rails. Experience what it takes to be a subway train operator in this railroad driving simulation game and transport as many passengers as you can across the rapid transit system. Learn a real subway signaling system, drive the train at an appropriate speed, stop carefully at the end of each station, pick up all passengers, and get to the final station as soon as possible. There are a lot of things to do in the game. Earn coins by transporting fully animated passengers to unlock new metro lines and useful train upgrades, get huge rewards by discovering new stations, change the look of any train to your liking, study the city map to get better knowledge of the whole metro system, enjoy driving in the opposite direction, beat your time records, or just enjoy realistic sounds you have never heard in any subway simulator during driving a train. Subway Simulator 2D features: - Explore the giant city with 89 unique stations on 21 lines - Drive through 3 types of railroad (underground, overground, underwater) - Upgrade the maximal speed, acceleration, and brakes of your trains to progress faster - Upgrade your stamina to explore new areas and get closer to the final station - Learn the real subway signaling system (traffic lights) in a progressive and simple tutorial - Visit a mini paint shop to change the paint of your trains to your liking - Meet trains going in the opposite direction across the metro system - Simple game controls (power button, brake button, door button) - Real train and ambient sounds There is no time to waste, driver! Get into the cabin and enjoy driving in the Subway Simulator 2D, the biggest world of subways you have ever seen in one game!

About

Conduct AR!

Experience explosive railway action in augmented reality. Command trains, switch tracks, and solve spatial puzzles in diorama worlds set in the old west. Transport passengers and become the ultimate conductor.

Highlights
  • Augmented reality train conduction
  • Challenging action puzzles
  • Intuitive tap controls
  • Passenger transport and star earning
  • Old west diorama worlds
  • Original soundtrack
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Conduct AR! is an epic augmented reality game of explosive railway action. Set in the old west you journey through diorama worlds that unfold right in front of you. Commanding trains, switching tracks and avoiding collisions, playing out in reality on the table in front of you. Look over and around landscapes, solve spatial puzzles and keep the situation under control to become the ultimate conductor in the Wild West. • Conduct trains in beautiful augmented reality on a surface right in front of you, powered by Apple’s ARKit. • Challenging action puzzles that require you to move around your device to explore the world. • Simple and intuitive gameplay for everyone, just tap to start/stop trains and control switches. • Transport passengers on time, earn stars and progress through a journey through the old west. • A standalone experience based on the popular Conduct THIS!, winner of the International Mobile Gaming Awards and played by more than 3 million people. • Fantastic soundtrack by composer Simon Kölle.

Screenshots

Subway Simulator 2D4 screens
Conduct AR!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Subway Simulator 2D at Free against Conduct AR!'s $4.99. Subway Simulator 2D also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.5) and review sentiment (73% vs 39%). Conduct AR!'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On ratings volume, device support and iOS requirement 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

Subway Simulator 2D is free to download; Conduct AR! costs $4.99 up front. Subway Simulator 2D sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Conduct AR! asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Subway Simulator 2D holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 23 and 31 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Subway Simulator 2D's written reviews are positive against 39% of Conduct AR!'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Subway Simulator 2D ships an update every 6 months, Conduct AR! every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Subway Simulator 2D versus Conduct AR!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSubway Simulator 2DConduct AR!
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating4.5 (23 ratings) — better3.5 (31 ratings)
Positive reviews72.7% of reviews — better39.3% of reviews
Number of ratings2331 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.411.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size124 MB119 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperDaniel ViktorinNorthplay

Customer experience

Subway Simulator 2D

All ratings23 ratings
Positive87.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative13.0%
Written reviews44 reviews
Positive72.7%
Neutral6.8%
Negative20.5%

Conduct AR!

All ratings31 ratings
Positive61.3%
Neutral6.5%
Negative32.3%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive39.3%
Neutral7.1%
Negative53.6%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Subway Simulator 2D

One-time2
  • STANDARD PACK$3.99
  • PREMIUM PACK$7.99
None

Conduct AR!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Subway Simulator 2D free?
Subway Simulator 2D is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Conduct AR! free?
Conduct AR! costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Subway Simulator 2D or Conduct AR!?
Subway Simulator 2D is rated higher. Subway Simulator 2D averages 4.5 out of 5 from 23 ratings, while Conduct AR! averages 3.5 from 31 ratings.
Do Subway Simulator 2D or Conduct AR! have ads?
Subway Simulator 2D shows ads; Conduct AR! does not.
Which is updated more often, Subway Simulator 2D or Conduct AR!?
Subway Simulator 2D ships an update every 6 months, and Conduct AR! every 3 weeks. Most recently, Subway Simulator 2D was updated on October 14, 2026 and Conduct AR! on October 15, 2026.

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