Chuggington Training Hub vs Train Kit Junior
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chuggington Training Hub
This app offers a fun and educational adventure for preschoolers in Chuggington Town. Children can explore stations, play games, and complete puzzles to learn counting, writing, animal recognition, and more.
- Learn counting and writing
- Animal recognition games
- Train cleaning simulation
- Jigsaw puzzles
- Art studio with drawing tools
- Piano and music games
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Would you like to discover Chuggington Town's best spots? Dare to travel around all its stations winning the games and earning tickets to complete this incredible adventure with which pre-schoolers will learn and have fun. Accompany Koko, Wilson and Brewster in this adventure where you can travel around the twelve stations of Chuggington Town and overcome the challenges that you will find in each one of them. Every time you complete a game you'll earn cards to complete Koko's, Wilson's and Brewster's albums and tickets to travel to the next station and unlock a new game. In this incredible App, besides the 12 games to learn to count, to write, to know animals, to clean trains, to take care of the dog, to play the piano and much more, you can also complete more than 20 jigsaw puzzles and draw with an art studio full of colors, backgrounds and stickers. CONTENTS OF THE APP - Recognize the numbers and paint the different parts of the trains of Chuggington Town. - Find series of colors in a game of concentration and perception. - Do you like animals? Now you can take care of your dog feeding, bathing and brushing him. - Count how many passengers travel in the train. - Develop your memory in a game that will get more difficult every time. - Learn how to play the most popular songs with the piano. - Ready for the races? Koko loves races and you'll have to help him win. - Have fun in the safari taking pictures of all the animals. - Learn how to write letters and numbers in a funny tracing game. - Begin with your first additions filling up the wagons of the mine of Chuggington Town. - Have fun cleaning Wilson in this simulation game. - Complete the images rotating the pieces in a game of perception and concentration. - More than 20 jigsaw puzzles to complete in which you can choose the difficulty level. - Art studio with colors, textures, backgrounds and cards to develop your imagination without limits. Tap Tap Tales also has other applications such as Hello Kitty, Maya The Bee, Smurfs, Vic The viking, Shaun the Sheep, Masha and the Bears, Tree Fu Tom, Heidi and Caillou. In Tap Tap Tales we care about your opinion. For this reason, we encourage you to rate this app and if you have any comments please send them to our e-mail address: hello@taptaptales.com. Web: http://www.taptaptales.com
Train Kit Junior
This app allows young children to build their own train tracks and create virtual train worlds. It offers a simple interface for designing railroads, driving trains, and exploring different themed environments. The game encourages creativity and logic in a safe, no-fail setting.
- Drag-and-drop track building
- Interactive train driving
- Multiple themed worlds
- Tunnel and crossing construction
- Junctions and switches
- City building elements
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A new game from the makers of Train Kit - the award winning kids train building game. Train Kit Junior is designed for younger childen as a first introduction to building railroad tracks and creating train worlds. A simple one screen interface allows children to drag track pieces from a small selection and place them to create a track for the train. The train chugs arounds as you build, following the track as it is created. Train kit Junior is a creative educational sandbox game that encourages logic skills and creativity in a safe/no wrong answer environment. There are no goals or ways to lose which fosters a calm and thoughtful screen time experience. BUILD A TRACK Drag track pieces from the bottom of the screen onto the train track. Add or replace existing track. The train will follow the new railroad. Use the arrow buttons to browse through all the tracks created or to make a new one. DRIVE THE TRAIN Click on the driver button to switch to the train driver mode. See the world pass by as the train rides the track that you have created. Change speed or use the horn with the cab controls. EXPLORE DIFFERENT WORLDS Build in a selection of different worlds each with their own themed train. Choose a steam train rushing by hills and through tunnels or a city metro train navigating a world of skyscrapers and bridges. TUNNELS AND CROSSINGS Add crossings to create more complex tracks or build a tunnel through a hill. JUNCTIONS AND SWITCHES Add switch tracks to allow your metro train to access different parts of the city. Maybe your passengers need to visit the hospital or go to work in an office block on the island. CREATE A TRAIN CITY Drag the construction piece to your world to add a building. Drop it on again to build higher and higher until you have an impressive skyscraper.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Train Kit Junior at 4.5 against Chuggington Training Hub's 3.6. Train Kit Junior also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (42% vs 8%). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Chuggington Training Hub sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Train Kit Junior sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Train Kit Junior holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Train Kit Junior has 659 ratings behind it against 29, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 8% of Chuggington Training Hub's written reviews are positive against 42% of Train Kit Junior's.
Chuggington Training Hub ships an update every 73 months, Train Kit Junior every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chuggington Training Hub | Train Kit Junior |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (29 ratings) | 4.5 (659 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 7.7% of reviews | 41.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 29 | 659 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 73 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 10.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 256 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tap Tap Tales, SL | Phd Apps LLC |
Customer experience
Chuggington Training Hub
Train Kit Junior
Bugs and requests
Chuggington Training Hub
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Train Kit Junior
Reported bugs
2 issues- Game not working/crashing (reported by paying customer)
- Various glitches affecting gameplay experience
Requested features
4 requests- Make the game free or reduce pricing
- Add car kit junior version
- Fix age rating (currently marked for 4+ but better suited for younger children)
- Restore golden gears and engine collection mechanics from previous versions
In-app purchases
Chuggington Training Hub
- Unlock all Games$2.99
Train Kit Junior
- City Train$2.99
- Steam Train$2.99
Questions
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