Comparison

TITANIC® vs Ship Handling Simulator

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

Head to head
About

TITANIC®

Build the iconic Titanic by first accumulating wealth through trade and increasing your city's population via taxes. Once constructed, the ship becomes a vital trade asset for your city.

Highlights
  • Collect money through trade
  • Increase population via taxes
  • Build the Titanic
  • Trade using the Titanic
  • City simulation
Features
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- Let's make Titanic. - You have to collect money. - First make money through trade. - Increase your population by increasing your taxes. - If you make Titanic, you trade through Titanic in the city. Titanic, Titanic game, ship game, ship simulation

About

Ship Handling Simulator

Experience realistic ship handling, maneuvering, and mooring with tugboats. Pilot a vast array of vessels, from historical steamships to modern carriers, through challenging scenarios. Navigate narrow passages, avoid hazards, and master complex docking procedures.

Highlights
  • Realistic ship handling and maneuvering
  • Mooring with tugboat assistance
  • 30 detailed ship models
  • Hazard navigation and AI vessel interaction
  • Dynamic weather and environmental conditions
  • Sandbox mode for custom levels
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Original simulator of ship-handling, maneuvering and mooring to a pier with tugboats. 30 high-detailed ships, included passenger ships, cruise liners, cargo ships, battleships and aircraft carriers, from historical steam ships of 19th century till modern nuclear. Realistic control of single and multi-screw vessels (including famous Titanic, Britannic 1874 and 1914, Carpathia, Mauretania, Aquitania, Californian) and azimuth propulsion. Maneuvering with thrusters. Mooring the vessel to the berth using two tugboats with separate control. Departure from the berth and arrive into target area. Narrow-swimming, bypass of hazards, minefields, passing with other AI vessels. Sea marks of hazards and channels according to international rules. Day and night modes, different environment and weather conditions, calm or storm water with ocean waves and icebergs. Sandbox mode. You can create and pass your own levels. Damage and sinking of ships at collisions, splitting in half while sinking.

Screenshots

TITANIC®4 screens
Ship Handling Simulator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Ship Handling Simulator at 83% against TITANIC®'s 33%. Ship Handling Simulator also leads on price ($10.99 vs $29.99) and rating (4.2 vs 2.7). TITANIC®'s advantage is iOS requirement (10.3 vs 15.0). On ads, monetization model and device support 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

TITANIC® costs $29.99 and Ship Handling Simulator $10.99 up front. TITANIC® sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Ship Handling Simulator asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Ship Handling Simulator holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ship Handling Simulator has 336 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of TITANIC®'s written reviews are positive against 83% of Ship Handling Simulator's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TITANIC® ships an update every 14 months, Ship Handling Simulator every 3 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
TITANIC® versus Ship Handling Simulator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTITANIC®Ship Handling Simulator
Price$29.99$10.99 — better
Rating2.7 (6 ratings)4.2 (336 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews82.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6336 — better
Update frequencyEvery 14 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS10.3 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size110 MB633 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDomyung KimAleksandr Turkin

Customer experience

TITANIC®

All ratings6 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

Ship Handling Simulator

All ratings332 ratings
Positive79.8%
Neutral7.2%
Negative13.0%
Written reviews248 reviews
Positive82.7%
Neutral7.3%
Negative10.1%

Bugs and requests

TITANIC®

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Ship Handling Simulator

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Icebergs not spawning in sandbox mode
  • Telegraphs not loading on some ships
  • Game crashing when sinking large ships
  • Issues with ship speed controls

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add more ships (Lusitania, Queen Mary, Poseidon, etc.)
  • Improve sinking animations (funnel collapse, split in half, etc.)
  • Implement working lifeboats and passengers
  • Add underwater view and ocean floor
  • Introduce more gameplay modes (tug control, port management, etc.)
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  • Improve graphics and water physics

In-app purchases

1 purchases

TITANIC®

One-time1
  • Buy 250,000 Game money$3.99
None

Ship Handling Simulator

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TITANIC® free?
TITANIC® costs $29.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Ship Handling Simulator free?
Ship Handling Simulator costs $10.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, TITANIC® or Ship Handling Simulator?
Ship Handling Simulator is rated higher. TITANIC® averages 2.7 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Ship Handling Simulator averages 4.2 from 336 ratings.
Do TITANIC® or Ship Handling Simulator have ads?
Neither TITANIC® nor Ship Handling Simulator shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TITANIC® or Ship Handling Simulator?
TITANIC® ships an update every 14 months, and Ship Handling Simulator every 3 months. Most recently, TITANIC® was updated on October 24, 2026 and Ship Handling Simulator on October 24, 2026.

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