5 vs Railroad Ink Challenge
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
5
This app serves as a timer for a cooperative card game, helping players manage mission time. It provides reminders and motivational messages from an AI companion to enhance the gameplay experience.
- Mission time tracking
- Helpful reminders
- Encouragement from AI
- Companion app for card game
- Fast-paced gameplay support
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This timer is a companion app for 5-Minute Marvel, the chaotic, fast-paced, cooperative card game. With this app, you'll be able to keep track of the time left in your mission and receive helpful reminders and encouragement from J.A.R.V.I.S., Iron Man's AI companion.
Railroad Ink Challenge
Roll dice and draw routes to build a transportation network. Connect exits and expand your railways and highways to score points. Avoid open connections to prevent penalties and aim for the highest score in solo or multiplayer modes.
- Dice rolling and route drawing
- Network building with railways and highways
- Connecting exits for points
- Avoiding open connections for penalties
- Solo play for high scores
- Online multiplayer challenges
- Leaderboards
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In Railroad Ink Challenge, you have 7 rounds to make as many points as possible. Roll the dice and draw the routes to connect the exits around your board. Expand your network with railways, highways, and stations to collect points, but you will be penalized for any open connections, so plan carefully! Play solo to improve your best score, or challenge players from all over the world! HOW TO PLAY Each round you will have to roll the dice and use the available routes to build your transportation network and connect as many exits as possible. Expand your network to collect points. You’ll also score bonus points for your longest highway and railway, for building into the central spaces of your map, and for completing optional, time-dependent goals before they expire. You can also connect special structures to your network to trigger their special effects, such as duplicating routes, unlocking powerful special routes, and more. But beware: Try to not leave any open connections, as each one will cost you points at the end of the game. EXPANSIONS Forest and Desert expansions add special dice and rules to create even more intricate landscapes for your highways and railways. MODES Play solo with random objectives and join the online rankings or challenge players from all over the world with custom game configurations! The online leaderboards (Daily, Monthly, and All-Time) are completely cross-platform! • The wonderful art of the roll and write game by Marta Tranquilli, fleshed out and digitally enhanced • Network planning gameplay: try to make the best use of the available routes each round to create the perfect transportation network • Try to conquer the top of the online leaderboards (Daily, Monthly, and All-Time)! • Cross-platform, asynchronous multiplayer challenges with your friends! 100% Asynchronous multiplayer challenges Don’t like to wait while your opponents complete their turn? Fear not! With the 100% asynchronous multiplayer challenges, that is an issue of the past! Play a full game on your own, then post the challenge online! Players from all over the world will be able to play with the same dice and goals you had and try to beat your score! Who’s gonna get the best score? Railroad Ink Challenge is the official adaptation of the critically acclaimed roll and write game created by award-winning designers Hjalmar Hach & Lorenzo Silva and illustrated by artist Marta Tranquilli. To find more information about Horrible Guild, please go to https://www.horribleguild.com Having an issue? Looking for support? Please contact us: https://www.horribleguild.com/customercare/ You can follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and Twitch! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/horribleguild/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/horribleguild Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/horribleguild/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@horribleguild YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/horribleguild Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/horribleguild *IMPORTANT* Railroad Ink Challenge requires iPhone 6s, iPad Mini 4, iPad Air 2, iPad Pro, iPad (2017) or later.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: 5 at Free against Railroad Ink Challenge's $3.99. 5 also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). Railroad Ink Challenge's advantage is rating (4.2 vs 3.4) and review sentiment (48% vs 37%). On 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
5 is free to download; Railroad Ink Challenge costs $3.99 up front. Railroad Ink Challenge sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. 5 asks for nothing beyond the download.
Railroad Ink Challenge holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 52 and 205 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 37% of 5's written reviews are positive against 48% of Railroad Ink Challenge's.
5 ships an update fortnightly, Railroad Ink Challenge every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 5 | Railroad Ink Challenge |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $3.99 |
| Rating | 3.4 (52 ratings) | 4.2 (205 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 36.7% of reviews | 48.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 52 | 205 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 101 MB | 283 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Wiggles 3D | Horrible Guild |
Customer experience
5
Railroad Ink Challenge
Bugs and requests
5
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Railroad Ink Challenge
Reported bugs
18 issues- Resume game feature freezes app
- Apple ID login loop and authentication errors
- App crashes during gameplay and tutorial
- Game locks up after iOS updates
- Crashes on older devices (iPad Mini 2)
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- Desert expansion white screen on purchase
- In-app purchase restoration not working
- Server connection errors during scoring
- Game Center account sync issues
- Daily Challenge timeout and crashes
- Scoring not saved to server
- Exit scoring bug deletes game from history
- Friend list navigation broken
- Mountains challenge unplayable
- Tutorial freezes at first dice placement
- Crashes when using too many factories
- Offline game results interfere with leaderboard
- Password recovery impossible on iPad
Requested features
11 requests- Local pass-and-play multiplayer mode
- All expansion dice sets (Rivers, Lakes, Future, Engineers, Lava, Meteor)
- Optional tile placement mechanic
- Personal score history and ranking
- Larger maps with more turns
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- Offline play without server dependency
- Timer option for rounds
- Randomized special square placement
- View opponent boards after game completion
- Better expansion rules reference in-game
- Russian language support
In-app purchases
5
No in-app purchases
Railroad Ink Challenge
- Forest Expansion$1.99
- Desert Expansion$1.99
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