Train Sounds Effects vs Playing Train
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Train Sounds Effects
Enhance your model railway experience with a variety of realistic train sound effects. Control playback with switches for continuous loops or buttons for single plays, and adjust individual volumes. Import your own sounds to further personalize your setup.
- Expand model railway with sound effects
- Use iPad or external speakers
- Control playback with switches (loop) or buttons (once)
- Individually adjust volume for each element
- Import custom sound effects
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With Train-Sounds you expand your model railway with additional sound effects. Thus the joy deepens around your model railway. Use your iPad speakers or external speakers to listen these effects. The combination of switches and buttons allow you to determine how these effects are to be played. With switches, the effects are playing in a continuous loop and with buttons only once. At each switching element, you can adjust the volume individually. Buy through the in-app you add value to your version of Train-Sounds, you can bring your own sound effects into the program.
Playing Train
A simple and casual train game for children. Players can easily connect and customize train cars, drive them on the railway, and build structures by tapping. Save and load your favorite train designs.
- Connect and customize train cars
- Drive trains on the railway
- Build structures by tapping
- Save and load train patterns
- Simple tap controls for children
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This is simple and casual train game. Children can play by easy tapping. You can connect trains and Shinkansen as your free. Feel like train driver and drive train. Button's function - Change head body - Add center body - Change tail body - Remove all center bodies Touch to generate buildings. You can save train pattern. If you created favorite pattern, save and load anytime! LICENSE https://godotengine.org/license
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Playing Train at 5.0 against Train Sounds Effects's 4.1. Playing Train also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). Train Sounds Effects's advantage is ratings volume (10 vs 2). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Train Sounds Effects sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Playing Train asks for nothing beyond the download.
Playing Train holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Train Sounds Effects has 10 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Train Sounds Effects ships an update every 3 months, Playing Train every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Train Sounds Effects | Playing Train |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 73.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.3 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Janko Enke | Shoichi Namba |
Customer experience
Train Sounds Effects
Playing Train
In-app purchases
Train Sounds Effects
- Extra Package$0.99
Playing Train
No in-app purchases
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