It's Titanic vs Ship Handling Simulator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
It's Titanic
Experience a realistic simulation of the Titanic's final moments. Navigate through icebergs, witness the sinking spectacle, and engage in a challenging search and rescue mission for survivors. Relive this historical event in the Atlantic.
- Titanic sinking simulation
- Iceberg navigation
- Search and rescue mission
- Historical event recreation
- Fireworks display
- Lifeboat escape sequence
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Best Titanic Sinking simulation. Best played in low light. Take control of this massive ship! Try get though the Iceberg field in the fastest time or plow into the pack ice and icebergs and enjoy the sinking spectacle! Relive this historical event in the ice cold waters of the Atlantic ocean, fire fireworks, watch lifeboats flee the chaotic scene under clear cloudless and star filled skies. Then try rescue the survivors but locating them could be challenging so try remember the area the ship sank. Captain take to the sea! Make history a hero or Captain a disaster. Search and Rescue mission added after ship sinks.
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.
- 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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: It's Titanic at $1.89 against Ship Handling Simulator's $10.99. It's Titanic also leads on iOS requirement (7.0 vs 15.0). Ship Handling Simulator's advantage is review sentiment (82% vs 59%) and rating (4.2 vs 4.0). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases 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
It's Titanic costs $1.89 and Ship Handling Simulator $10.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Ship Handling Simulator holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 119 and 341 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 59% of It's Titanic's written reviews are positive against 82% of Ship Handling Simulator's.
| Parameter | It's Titanic | Ship Handling Simulator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.89 — better | $10.99 |
| Rating | 4.0 (119 ratings) | 4.2 (341 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 59.2% of reviews | 82.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 119 | 341 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #194 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 93 MB | 633 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DM GAMES (Pty) Ltd | Aleksandr Turkin |
Customer experience
It's Titanic
Ship Handling Simulator
User reviews
It's Titanic
From 119 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great game
- 👍 Awesome game
- 👍 Fun game
- 👍 Very good game
- 👍 Cool sinking sequence
Room to improve
- 😞 Too dark
- 😞 Screen too dark
- 😞 Can't see anything
- 😞 Sinking not realistic
- 😞 Impossible to find lifeboats
Ship Handling Simulator
From 341 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Great ship simulation
- 👍 Realistic ship handling
- 👍 Detailed ship models
- 👍 Fun and challenging
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and bugs
- 🐛 Performance issues on some devices
- 🐛 Glitches with certain ship features
- 🔋 Battery drain concerns
Bugs and requests
It's Titanic
Reported bugs
22 issues- Ship splits when sinking
- Bow goes under stern when sinking
- AI lifeboats row away
- Ship sinks when hitting smaller iceberg
- Ship sinks even when hitting iceberg head on
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- Ship sinks from bow when hitting stern
- Funnels don't fall
- Rescue ship sinks
- Screen is super dark
- Can't see anything
- Game freezes
- Gameplay not smooth, too much lag
- Can't find survivors
- No indication where Titanic sank
- First funnel doesn't collapse
- Power goes out immediately
- Funnels falling not realistic
- Can't see the Titanic
- Can't see sinking
- Can't see anything in rescue mission
- Can't find lifeboats
- No view of ship wreck afterwards
Requested features
23 requests- Add more ships (Britannic, Olympic, cruise ships)
- Add more levels/ice fields
- Add day cycle/daytime mode
- Add lighting settings/adjust ambient light
- Add free play mode
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- Add ability to man a lifeboat
- Add ability to escape sinking
- Add more detail to Titanic
- Add garage of ships
- Add different boat stations
- Add world countries and continents
- Add passengers to destinations
- Add city destination when winning
- Add rescue ship with better searchlight
- Add first person view
- Add ability to select other ships
- Add more people in lifeboats
- Add explore ship mode
- Add different sinking methods
- Add swipe view/camera movement
- Add indication of where Titanic sank
- Add historical accuracy to sinking sequence
- Add historical accuracy to distress rocket firing location
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
It's Titanic
No in-app purchases
Ship Handling Simulator
No in-app purchases
Questions
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