Monthly Idol vs Train Driver
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Monthly Idol
Manage your own K-pop entertainment agency, train idols, and guide them to global stardom. Make strategic decisions about music production, schedules, and world tours to achieve success.
- Manage entertainment agency
- Train girl/boy groups
- Produce music and albums
- Schedule idol activities
- Organize world tours
- Conduct auditions
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Monthly Idol: KPOP IDOL MAKER #If you have a payment error, please send us an email with your purchase details! #Welcome event in progress! #Download now! ▶ Grow your small entertainment agency into a global TOP agency! You are the BOSS who will choose a girl group or boy group to grow own agency. ▶The basic contract period with IDOLs is five years. Please make them into TOP IDOLs. Of course, you can renew your contract after five years. ▶Make a recording through PRODUCING! If you choose a favorite theme for the public, the number of records sales, music streaming and YouTube views will increase! Of course, there may be a lot of album purchases among fans. ▶Get popular through the SCHEDULE! As you become more popular, you will receive a variety of schedule exceptions! ▶Every Idol's Dream! Take the World Tour! The chance to win a jackpot is only in CONCERT! Let's watch the fans with their light stick! ▶Auditions and idol’s home are being updated! Please be looking forward for it! #Event is always in progress on #SNS. Please come! #Please let me know immediately about any questions regarding bugs. Thank you. Twitter: https://twitter.com/Monthly_idol
Train Driver
Experience the thrill of driving various trains, from bullet trains to freight and metro, on diverse tracks. Enjoy immersive scenery with zoom and adjustable viewpoints. Compete with friends for high scores in this endless, family-friendly simulation game.
- Select from bullet, freight, and metro trains
- Choose from various tracks
- Control train speed
- Zoom and change viewpoints
- Take and share snapshots
- Endless gameplay
- Compete for high scores
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Train Driver is a game for all family members to enjoy. Select a train from a list of colourful trains including bullet trains, freight trains and metro/city trains. Also, you can select a track for the train to use. After selecting the train and the track you can control the speed of the train as you enjoy the scenery. Don't forget to zoom in and out of the scenes to get a closer look of the train and the surroundings. You can also change your viewpoint with your fingers as the trains navigate the different tracks. View the trains from the top or the sides or even the front!! You can take snapshots of the different scenes using the iPhone/iPad snapshot built in feature. And you can send these snapshots to your friends and family. The snapshots are endless. The game is endless! Compete with your friends to see who scores the most points and drives the trains faster. This is a very addictive game suitable for all family members of all ages.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Monthly Idol at 4.6 against Train Driver's 3.4. Monthly Idol also leads on ratings volume (2.1K vs 8). Train Driver's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 16) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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. Monthly Idol sells 16 one-off in-app purchases. Train Driver asks for nothing beyond the download.
Monthly Idol holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Monthly Idol has 2.1K ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 73% of Monthly Idol's written reviews are positive against 100% of Train Driver's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Monthly Idol ships an update every 3 weeks, Train Driver daily. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Monthly Idol | Train Driver |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (2.1K ratings) — better | 3.4 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 73.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2.1K — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 249 MB | 93 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sora Ryoo | Emad Attia |
Customer experience
Monthly Idol
Train Driver
In-app purchases
Monthly Idol
- Gem 100$0.49
- Apple Tree$1.99
- Gem 500$2.99
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- 50 Emeralds$2.99
- 100 Emeralds$4.99
- Remove ads & screen expansion$5.99
- Game speed 50% UP buff$5.99
- Income increases 30% buff$5.99
- Auto click fan's mind buff$5.99
- Gem 1,000$6.99
- Apple Package$6.99
- Black Tiger Limited Package$8.99
- Blue costume set Girl$9.99
- Theme Costume Package(Girl)$11.99
- Theme Costume Package(Boy)$11.99
- 300Emeralds + BONUS 50$19.99
Train Driver
No in-app purchases
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