Shinkansen City vs Join Numbers
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shinkansen City
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Symbol of high technology in Japan Shinkansen! Make your city a Japanese city style. It can be a great real estate rich. The Shinkansen is an express train that allows you to be rich. Trade real estate. Develop from an agricultural city to an industrial city.
Join Numbers
Collect digits to form the largest number and earn virtual currency. Use your earnings to construct new barracks and train soldiers for a strategic card battle game. Enjoy a unique blend of number collection and combat gameplay.
- Collect digits
- Form the largest number
- Earn virtual currency
- Build tower barracks
- Fight in card battles
- Use soldiers in combat
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Collect digits, get the largest number to earn money. Spend money on building new tower barracks. Use your soldiers to fight in battle card game. Enjoy!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Join Numbers at Free against Shinkansen City's $6.99. Join Numbers also leads on update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 38 months). Shinkansen City's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On in-app purchases, 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
Join Numbers is free to download; Shinkansen City costs $6.99 up front. Shinkansen City sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Join Numbers sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Shinkansen City ships an update every 38 months, Join Numbers every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shinkansen City | Join Numbers |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $6.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | — | 4.6 (19K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 40.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 19K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 38 months | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 313 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Domyung Kim | SUPERSONIC STUDIOS LTD |
Bugs and requests
Shinkansen City
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Join Numbers
Reported bugs
3 issues- Frequent crashes
- Gameplay issues (e.g. numbers changing unexpectedly)
- Connectivity problems
Requested features
3 requests- Reduce ads or offer ad-free version
- Fix bugs and glitches
- Improve gameplay balance
In-app purchases
Shinkansen City
- 1 Diamond$0.99
Join Numbers
- No Ads$2.99
Questions
Is Shinkansen City free?
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Do Shinkansen City or Join Numbers have ads?
Which is updated more often, Shinkansen City or Join Numbers?
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