Comparison

Rail Baron Tools vs Blither

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

Head to head
About

Rail Baron Tools

Enhance your railroad empire strategy game experience. Quickly access crucial game data like destinations, payoffs, and region information to optimize your decisions and speed up gameplay. This reference tool is designed to complement the physical board game.

Highlights
  • Look up destination regions by dice roll
  • Look up destination cities by dice roll
  • View payoffs for destinations and city routes
  • Store player information
  • View detailed region and city information
  • Access railroad prices and connected cities
Features
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Rail Baron, the game of Building Railroad Empires, is an entertaining strategy game, where you are a Railroad mogul, buying up Rail Lines across America, attempting to become the ultimate Rail Baron. The game is a lot of fun to play, with the only frustration being, the time that it takes to look up information (Destinations, Payoffs, etc.) on the provided charts; which really slows down the game. Rail Baron Tools, is an Rail Baron reference app that takes the drudgery out of this, by allowing you to quickly look up the data you need, and helping you to optimize your decision making and strategies. Rail Baron Tools does not replace the game (i.e. you still play on the game board, using the actual playing pieces, money, dice etc.), but is meant to enhance it. The app provides data based on the 1977 edition Game published by The Avalon Hill Game Co. Features - Look up your destination Region based on a Dice Roll - Look up your destination City based on a Dice Roll - Look up a Payoff for completing a Destination - Look up a Payoff between any two Cities - Use an optional scaling factor, when calculating Payoffs - Store Player information including Name and Home City - View detailed Region information, including odds of rolling the Region - View detailed City information, including odds of rolling the City - View detailed Railroad information, including Price, Cities along the Railroad, and odds of rolling a City on the Railroad

About

Blither

A two-player abstract strategy game where players move and place pieces to capture territory. Win by surrounding opponent pieces or groups. Offers AI and local multiplayer modes with customizable boards and multiple win conditions.

Highlights
  • Move and place pieces
  • Capture by surrounding
  • Play against AI
  • Local human multiplayer
  • Customizable board sizes
  • Multiple win conditions
  • Dark mode support
Features
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Blither is a simple capture and territory game for two players. Turns are simple: MOVE a piece, then PLACE a piece. Capture by surrounding one of each of your opponent's piece types (or a group of pieces of the same type) to win the game! The app features: - play against AI or human opponents (on the same device) - play a custom game on larger or smaller boards - multiple win condition (play "high score mode" for a different experience!) - the app supports dark mode via your system settings (or you can choose from the options screen) - saves various statistics

Screenshots

Rail Baron Tools4 screens
Blither4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Rail Baron Tools at Free against Blither's $0.99. Rail Baron Tools also leads on ratings volume (18 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.6). Blither's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 11 months). On rating, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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

Rail Baron Tools is free to download; Blither costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Rail Baron Tools against 5.0 for Blither. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Rail Baron Tools has 18 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Rail Baron Tools ships an update every 11 months, Blither every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Rail Baron Tools versus Blither: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRail Baron ToolsBlither
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating5.0 (18 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings18 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEwert TechnologiesMartin Grider

Customer experience

Rail Baron Tools

All ratings18 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Blither

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Rail Baron Tools

No in-app purchases

None

Blither

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Rail Baron Tools free?
Rail Baron Tools is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Blither free?
Blither costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Rail Baron Tools or Blither?
Rail Baron Tools and Blither are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 18 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Rail Baron Tools or Blither have ads?
Neither Rail Baron Tools nor Blither shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Rail Baron Tools or Blither?
Rail Baron Tools ships an update every 11 months, and Blither every 2 months. Most recently, Rail Baron Tools was updated on October 1, 2026 and Blither on October 12, 2026.

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