Theme Park Roller Coaster Ride vs Ultimate Coaster 3
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Theme Park Roller Coaster Ride
Experience the thrill of driving a roller coaster through a vibrant theme park. Navigate challenging tracks, avoid obstacles, and complete missions with increasing difficulty. Customize your coaster and enjoy stunning 3D graphics and sound effects.
- Steer a roller coaster
- Navigate diverse scenery
- Avoid obstacles
- Complete challenging missions
- Perform stunts and flips
- Customize coaster skins and speed
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Let’s go on a driving adventure. Except this time, say goodbye to the ground! Buckle up, because you’ve got a ticket to fun! For the first time ever, steer a roller coaster in a thrilling theme park! Cross paths with all kinds of wonderful scenery: seas, pools, mountains, fountains, and tunnels--all against the backdrop of other breathtaking rides, like ferris wheels. Maneuver this crazy machine in the right direction to avoid obstacles at all costs; or else… Can you make the passengers scream? Can you keep everyone safe? Can you park the vehicle with accuracy? Complete missions: with every level, hills get steeper, speed accelerates, and the roller coaster will get more unstable. Speed down hills and swerve sharp curves, all while maintaining balance. Perform cool stunts and flips; it’s enough to make your stomach turn! Pick your coaster’s skin and speed levels. Can you muster up the courage to take the challenge? Theme Park Roller Coaster Ride Features: Intuitive and addictive game play! Challenging Missions! Directions and Hints! Amazing 3D Graphics and Sound Effects! Interesting Scenarios to complete!
Ultimate Coaster 3
Design and build your own roller coasters with realistic physics and advanced customization. Explore demo rides inspired by real-life attractions and share your creations with others. The only limit is your imagination.
- Create custom roller coasters
- Realistic physics simulation
- On-ride camera with multiple modes
- Import and export creations
- Terrain and scenery modification
- Advanced customization options
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Create the roller coaster of your dreams! The only limit is your imagination. This game features: • Demo coasters inspired by real-life rides • Simple, intuitive controls for camera manipulation and coaster editing • Advanced controls for power users • Realistic physics simulation • On-ride camera with multiple camera modes • Import and export your saved creations • Terrain and scenery modification • Switch tracks, swing launches, and drop chains • Multiple coasters in one world • Even more advanced customization options
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Theme Park Roller Coaster Ride at 4.4 against Ultimate Coaster 3's 3.6. Theme Park Roller Coaster Ride also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 23) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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 3 sells 23 one-off in-app purchases. Theme Park Roller Coaster Ride asks for nothing beyond the download.
Theme Park Roller Coaster Ride holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 117 and 224 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Theme Park Roller Coaster Ride's written reviews are positive against 57% of Ultimate Coaster 3's.
| Parameter | Theme Park Roller Coaster Ride | Ultimate Coaster 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (117 ratings) — better | 3.6 (224 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better | 57.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 117 | 224 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 4 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 222 MB | 264 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tap2Play, LLC (Ticker: TAPM) | Jason Hu |
Customer experience
Theme Park Roller Coaster Ride
Ultimate Coaster 3
In-app purchases
Theme Park Roller Coaster Ride
No in-app purchases
Ultimate Coaster 3
- Twister Hyper (Staggered)$2.99
- Twister Invert Coaster$2.99
- Inverted Impulse Coaster$2.99
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- LIM Launched Coaster$2.99
- Classic Hyper (3 Row)$2.99
- Air Launch (Classic)$2.99
- Twister Dive Coaster (10)$2.99
- Single-Rail Coaster$2.99
- Twister Wing Coaster$2.99
- Twister Hyper Coaster$2.99
- Air Launch (Modern)$2.99
- Tilt Coaster$2.99
- Sky Launch Coaster$2.99
- Wooden (Articulated)$2.99
- Twister Floorless Coaster$2.99
- Rocket (Lapbar) Coaster$2.99
- Hybrid Coaster (Classic)$2.99
- Blitz (Lapbar) Coaster$2.99
- Hybrid Coaster (Modern)$2.99
- Classic Corkscrew Coaster$2.99
- Rocket (OTSR) Coaster$2.99
- All-Coaster-Types Pass$19.99
- All-Coaster-Types Pass$24.99
Questions
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