Idle Roller Coaster vs Ultimate Coaster 2
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Idle Roller Coaster
Build and manage your own amusement park, offering fun activities and delicious treats to attract visitors. Upgrade your park to increase earnings and become the ultimate theme park tycoon.
- Build amusement park
- Unlock crazy tracks
- Welcome new tourists
- Sell food and ice-cream
- Upgrade park for money
- Become a park manager
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Own the funniest amusement park in the world! Welcome your clients with all kinds of fun activities. - Unlock CRAZY TRACKS - Welcome NEW TOURISTS - Sell ICE-CREAMS, BURGERS and so much more! - Upgrade your park to MAKE MORE MONEY Would you become the best manager in town?
Ultimate Coaster 2
Design and experience your own roller coasters in a 3D environment. This app offers intuitive controls for all skill levels, allowing you to build, customize, and ride your creations with realistic physics. Save your designs and explore pre-built demo coasters.
- Create custom roller coasters
- Realistic physics simulation
- Intuitive and advanced controls
- Save and load track designs
- Paint tracks any color
- Modify terrain
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Ultimate Coaster 2 lets you create and ride your own roller coasters in a fully customizable 3D world. This is your playground - let your imagination run free! (: Features: - Simple, intuitive controls - Advanced controls for power users - Realistic Physics - Roller coaster models generated real time - The ability to save and load tracks - Options to paint your track any color - Terrain modification - Comes preloaded with demo coasters inspired by real existing rides!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Idle Roller Coaster at 4.8 against Ultimate Coaster 2's 4.1. Idle Roller Coaster also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (186K vs 1.9K). Ultimate Coaster 2's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (74% vs 65%). 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. Idle Roller Coaster sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Ultimate Coaster 2 sells 16 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Idle Roller Coaster holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Idle Roller Coaster has 186K ratings behind it against 1.9K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 65% of Idle Roller Coaster's written reviews are positive against 74% of Ultimate Coaster 2's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Idle Roller Coaster ships an update fortnightly, Ultimate Coaster 2 every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Idle Roller Coaster | Ultimate Coaster 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (186K ratings) — better | 4.1 (1.9K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 64.7% of reviews | 73.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 186K — better | 1.9K |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 6 months |
| 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 | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 202 MB | 145 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Solid Games | Jason Hu |
Customer experience
Idle Roller Coaster
Ultimate Coaster 2
User reviews
Idle Roller Coaster
From 186K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎢 Fun and addictive gameplay
- 👍 Simple and intuitive controls
- 💰 Generous offline earnings
Room to improve
- 🔍 Lack of gameplay variety
- 🕰️ Repetitive and short-lived experience
- 📺 Excessive use of ads
Ultimate Coaster 2
From 1.9K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🤩 Amazing game
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🎢 Great for roller coaster enthusiasts
- 🔥 Best mobile coaster game
- 🎨 Good customization options
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and glitches
- 💰 Paid content required
- 🔍 Limited camera controls
- 🌄 Lacking scenery and theming options
- 🔧 Clunky track transitions
Bugs and requests
Idle Roller Coaster
Reported bugs
2 issues- Unlockable levels not working as expected
- Inconsistent offline earnings
Requested features
3 requests- More countries and rollercoaster designs
- Ability to customize rollercoasters and theme parks
- Longer progression and more content
Ultimate Coaster 2
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashes when loading large coasters
- Glitches with track placement and orientation
- Autosave feature not working as expected
- Inability to load previously saved coasters
Requested features
10 requests- Add switch tracks
- Implement shuttle coasters
- Include more pre-made inversion elements
- Allow customization of station and queue
- Introduce day/night cycle and lighting
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- Add water rides and scenery
- Enable multiple coasters on a single plot
- Provide an undo/redo function
- Implement a smoothing tool for tracks
- Add more free coaster types
In-app purchases
Idle Roller Coaster
- No Ads$4.99
- No Ads Lite$4.99
- No Ads Plus$9.99
Ultimate Coaster 2
- Box-Spined Hyper Coaster$1.99
- Dive Machine (10 Seats)$1.99
- Box-Spined Wing Coaster$1.99
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- Box-Spined Inverted Coaster$1.99
- Girder Rocket Coaster$1.99
- Corkscrew Coaster$1.99
- Hybrid Coaster$1.99
- Single Rail Coaster$1.99
- Girder Blitz (OTSR) Coaster$1.99
- Girder Spinner Coaster$1.99
- Single Spined Coaster (3 Row)$1.99
- Multidimensional Coaster$1.99
- Girder Blitz (Lapbar) Coaster$1.99
- Double Spined Coaster (2 row)$1.99
- Girder Coaster (4 Seats)$1.99
- All Coaster Types$19.99
Questions
Is Idle Roller Coaster free?
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