Ultimate Coaster vs Theme Park Simulator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ultimate Coaster
Design, build, and ride your own custom roller coasters. This creative sandbox allows you to bring your wildest coaster ideas to life, from initial track design to the final paint job. Explore pre-built coasters or start from scratch and perfect your creations.
- Create roller coasters from scratch
- Ride your custom coasters
- Paint tracks any color
- Save and load custom tracks
- Real-time coaster model generation
- Pre-loaded coaster examples
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Create your own roller coasters from scratch. Ride them. Paint them. Perfect them. This is your playground - let your imagination run free! Features: - Simple, intuitive controls - Roller coaster models generated real-time - The ability to save and load tracks - Options to paint your track any color - Comes pre-loaded with some coasters to get you started!
Theme Park Simulator
Build and manage your dream amusement park with a variety of thrilling rides. Experience the excitement of roller coasters, bumper cars, and more in this immersive simulation game.
- Build and manage theme parks
- Variety of amusement rides
- Roller coaster simulators
- Bumper cars
- Ferris wheel included
- Future ride updates
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Do you love theme parks? Discover a fun world with "Theme Park Simulator" and enjoy with our amazing rides. Get it now (Includes a ferris wheel) and there are aditional simulators: - Bumper Cars - Inverter - Tagada - Roller Coaster Wild Mouse - Techno Jump - Twister - Kamikaze - Roller Coaster Tokaido - Viking ship - Kamikaze - Amor Express And soon new simulators... !
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Theme Park Simulator at 4.0 against Ultimate Coaster's 3.6. Theme Park Simulator also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks) and review sentiment (70% vs 54%). Ultimate Coaster's advantage is iOS requirement (7.0 vs 13.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Ultimate Coaster sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Theme Park Simulator sells 11 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Theme Park Simulator holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.3K and 2.6K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of Ultimate Coaster's written reviews are positive against 70% of Theme Park Simulator's.
Ultimate Coaster ships an update every 6 weeks, Theme Park Simulator fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ultimate Coaster | Theme Park Simulator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (1.3K ratings) | 4.0 (2.6K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 53.9% of reviews | 69.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.3K | 2.6K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 70 MB | 1.3 GB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jason Hu | Raul Trujillo Chicon |
Customer experience
Ultimate Coaster
Theme Park Simulator
User reviews
Ultimate Coaster
From 1.3K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Realistic physics
- 👍 Easy to use controls
- 🎢 Ability to create custom roller coasters
- 🎨 Customizable track and train colors
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes
- 💾 Lack of autosave leading to lost progress
- 💰 Paid track types
- 🤯 Complicated banking and looping mechanics
Theme Park Simulator
From 2.6K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Realistic controls
- 👍 Smooth ride operation
- 🎢 Variety of rides
- 🎨 Good graphics
- 🤩 Addictive gameplay
Room to improve
- 💰 Rides cost money
- 🔒 Only one free ride
- 🤔 Confusing controls
- 🐛 Glitches and crashes
- 🙄 Lack of tutorial
Bugs and requests
Ultimate Coaster
Reported bugs
4 issues- Coasters disappearing after saving
- Incorrect track placements after exiting
- Freezing when trying to name a coaster
- Inconsistent controls and camera behavior
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to add scenery and theming
- More track types (e.g. wooden, winged, launch)
- Multi-train support
- Terrain editing tools
- Sharing/exporting coaster designs
Theme Park Simulator
Reported bugs
3 issues- Purchased rides not unlocking
- Ride controls not working as expected
- Invisible/missing ride elements
Requested features
7 requests- More free rides
- Additional roller coasters
- Water rides
- Carnival games
- Ability to control ride speed
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- Camera/CCTV feature
- Ride statistics tracking
In-app purchases
Ultimate Coaster
- Box-Spined Inverted Coaster$2.99
- Tube-spined Coaster$2.99
- Tube-spined Inverted Coaster$2.99
Theme Park Simulator
- Amor Express$2.99
- Kamikaze$2.99
- Roller Coaster Tokaido$2.99
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- Twister$2.99
- Viking Ship$2.99
- Wild Mouse Roller Coaster$3.99
- Bumper Cars$3.99
- Inverter$3.99
- Break Dance$3.99
- Techno Jump$3.99
- VIP Pack$13.99
Questions
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