Freeways vs Traffic Brains
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Freeways
Design and simulate freeway interchanges using intuitive finger-drawing controls. Optimize traffic flow and prevent congestion by strategically planning road layouts. Experience the role of a freeway engineer in a hands-on simulation.
- Draw freeway interchanges
- Finger-based controls
- Optimize for efficiency
- Avoid traffic jams
- Freeway engineering simulation
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You are a freeway engineer. Draw freeway interchanges with your finger. Optimize for efficiency and avoid traffic jams.
Traffic Brains
Manage traffic flow by strategically timing traffic lights. Plan and program traffic logic to optimize performance and throughput, then watch the system operate autonomously. Complete all levels to earn a special reward.
- Traffic light control
- Traffic logic programming
- Traffic flow optimization
- Level-based progression
- Autonomous operation simulation
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You are traffic manager. You will decide which and when traffic light should turn on green. This is not real action game. You will be required to decide ant prepare traffic logic in advance and program it. Prepare green lanes for best traffic performance and throughput and watch it flow on its own. When you will finish all levels, you will be rewarded with great prize!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Traffic Brains at Free against Freeways's $2.99. Traffic Brains also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 62%) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). Freeways's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 20 months) and ratings volume (506 vs 19). On rating, 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
Traffic Brains is free to download; Freeways costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.7 for Freeways against 3.8 for Traffic Brains. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Freeways has 506 ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 62% of Freeways's written reviews are positive against 100% of Traffic Brains's.
Freeways ships an update every 2 months, Traffic Brains every 20 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Freeways | Traffic Brains |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.7 (506 ratings) | 3.8 (19 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 506 — better | 19 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 20 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Captain Games Inc. | Lucky Loot |
Customer experience
Freeways
Traffic Brains
Bugs and requests
Freeways
Reported bugs
4 issues- Unable to change levels after completing
- Map button not working
- Cursor jumping to wrong location
- Levels not registering as complete
Requested features
9 requests- Undo button
- Eraser/delete tool
- More levels
- Leaderboards/scoring system
- Sandbox/freeplay mode
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- Road smoothing/straightening tools
- Ability to control traffic flow
- New terrain types
- Traffic lights/stop signs
Traffic Brains
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Freeways
No in-app purchases
Traffic Brains
No in-app purchases
