Comparison

Idle Theme Park vs Train Simulator Roller Coaster

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

Head to head
About

Idle Theme Park

Build and manage your own theme park, starting small and expanding with new attractions and facilities. Make strategic business decisions to attract visitors, manage resources, and become the ultimate theme park tycoon.

Highlights
  • Build and expand theme park
  • Manage attractions and facilities
  • Earn money from food and tickets
  • Hire security and employees
  • Improve rides and visitor experience
  • Cloud save functionality
Features
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Are you prepared to run the funniest theme park ever? Rule your theme park and become the richest manager! Start with a small theme park, and work on it to make it grow. Open new attractions to create an amazing fun area where visitors will ride the roller coaster, the ferris wheel, the log ride and visit the horror house. Manage wisely the food area, and the ticket booth to earn money. Expand the theme park to get the most amazing rides and facilities. Improve your park with new rides. Prepare marketing campaigns to bring more visitors to your theme park, and offer them the most enjoyable experience. Extend the parking facilities to increase the number of clients. Hire security guards to maintain public order and security in your theme park. Make visitors feel welcome, comfortable, and happy. Take the visitor’s feedback into account in order to improve the theme park. Become a theme park tycoon and hire new employees, improve the rides and control every aspect of the business. Will you invest your money in improving the facilities of the park? Or will you increase the salary to keep your employees motivated? Take important decisions to create the best theme park. Build the most enjoyable rides, a big ferris wheel, an amazing fun house, a spooky horror house and a huge roller coaster. Run the most famous theme park in the world! If you like management and idle games, you’ll enjoy Idle Theme Park Tycoon. An easy-to-play game, but challenging game. Start with an small theme park and take important business decisions in order to grow your tycoon. Transform your small business into the best theme park in the world! Features: - Easy-to-play game for every player - Different challenges to complete - Amazing animations and great 3D graphics - Several rides available. - Take important business decisions. - Save your progress to the Cloud and recover it if you change your device

About

Train Simulator Roller Coaster

Experience the thrill of operating a roller coaster in an amusement park. Sell tickets to eager riders, manage your speed on turns, and safely transport passengers to their destination. Unlock new themes and enjoy smooth gameplay.

Highlights
  • Roller coaster operation
  • Ticket selling mechanic
  • Multiple unique themes
  • Smooth controls
  • Speed management
  • Safe ride completion
Features
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Get into the amazing amusement park and ride your favourite roller coaster. You will be amused with so many themes and smooth gameplay. Explore all the themes by playing and earning stars. Earn more stars to unlock all the themes. You have 4 different themes and each theme is unique and you will love playing in each the theme. Watch your speed at turnings and slow down whenever required. Drive your roller coaster and use turnings at the turns. This game is unique as you need to sell the tickets before users can get on board. Sell tickets to users and then once all the users are on board, drive the roller coaster safely. Do not over speed especially at turnings. Watch for sharp turns and slow down. Follow the directions and reach the destination safely. Slow down and use brakes at the end point to stop. Features: * Amazing Roller Coaster Experience * Play as Roller Coaster Operator * Tickets Issuing * Smooth Controls * Various Themes * Many Le

Screenshots

Idle Theme Park4 screens
Train Simulator Roller Coaster4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Idle Theme Park at 4.6 against Train Simulator Roller Coaster's 3.3. Idle Theme Park also leads on review sentiment (41% vs 0%) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 16 months). Train Simulator Roller Coaster's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Both are free to download. Idle Theme Park sells 25 one-off in-app purchases and Train Simulator Roller Coaster sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Idle Theme Park holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Idle Theme Park has 159K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 41% of Idle Theme Park's written reviews are positive against 0% of Train Simulator Roller Coaster's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Idle Theme Park ships an update every 2 weeks, Train Simulator Roller Coaster every 16 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and August 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Idle Theme Park versus Train Simulator Roller Coaster: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIdle Theme ParkTrain Simulator Roller Coaster
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (159K ratings) — better3.3 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews41.1% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings159K — better7
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 16 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#117 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size857 MB399 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperCodigamesRajani Priya Sanaka

Customer experience

Idle Theme Park

All ratings158,527 ratings
Positive89.5%
Neutral4.9%
Negative5.6%
Written reviews2,202 reviews
Positive41.1%
Neutral15.5%
Negative43.4%

Train Simulator Roller Coaster

All ratings7 ratings
Positive57.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative42.9%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

Idle Theme Park

Reported bugs

13 issues
  • Game keeps telling me new parks incoming but still nothing
  • Can't reset or sign out of Game Center
  • Game won't open, just loses for 10 mins straight
  • Ads don't work, no reward given
  • Ads cause game to crash or freeze
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  • Offline earnings not registering properly
  • Investor/VIP rewards not working
  • Aqua Park progression extremely slow
  • Aqua Park rides too expensive to upgrade
  • Aqua Park not earning enough money
  • Inability to switch between theme parks
  • Game resets progress when moving to new island
  • Ride/attraction visuals not updating properly

Requested features

25 requests
  • When's the next update?
  • Please update!
  • More, MORE!!!!!!!!
  • More islands and more rides
  • Ability to go back to old theme parks
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  • Easier way to grind coins
  • More content
  • Ability to customize theme park
  • Ability to hire staff and get salary
  • Rides can get damaged and need to be repaired
  • Ability to control where new attractions are placed
  • More variety of attractions
  • Ability to purchase new islands without losing progress
  • Ability to share resources between theme parks
  • Ability to switch between theme parks
  • Ability to name islands
  • Ability to visit friends' islands
  • Ability to customize ride colors and designs
  • Ability to see why visitors are angry and improve on that
  • Ability to control how often visitors come and manage crowding
  • Ability to save progress when moving to new island
  • Ability to keep some rides when moving to new island
  • Faster progression in Aqua Park
  • Separate figures/collectibles for Aqua Park
  • More parks/islands to explore

Train Simulator Roller Coaster

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

25 purchases

Idle Theme Park

One-time25
  • 80 Tokens$0.99
  • Power Pack Offer$1.99
  • Starter offer$1.99
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  • Token Pack 1$1.99
  • Starter Pack$2.99
  • Piggy Bank B x25$3.99
  • Last Chance Offer$4.99
  • Energy Pack$4.99
  • Last Chance$4.99
  • Token Pack 2$4.99
  • Golden Gates$5.99
  • Aquapark Golden Gates$5.99
  • Special offer$9.99
  • Dice Pack 2$9.99
  • Rise Pack$9.99
  • General Manager$9.99
  • Token Pack 3$9.99
  • Elite Start$14.99
  • No more Ads$14.99
  • VIP Ticket$15.99
  • Ultimate All in One Magic Pack$17.99
  • Legendary Pack$19.99
  • Viking Boat$19.99
  • Big Bundle$29.99
  • Founder's Statue$29.99
2 purchases

Train Simulator Roller Coaster

One-time2
  • No Ads$1.99
  • Unlock All Coasters$9.99

Questions

Is Idle Theme Park free?
Idle Theme Park is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Train Simulator Roller Coaster free?
Train Simulator Roller Coaster is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Idle Theme Park or Train Simulator Roller Coaster?
Idle Theme Park is rated higher. Idle Theme Park averages 4.6 out of 5 from 159K ratings, while Train Simulator Roller Coaster averages 3.3 from 7 ratings.
Do Idle Theme Park or Train Simulator Roller Coaster have ads?
Both Idle Theme Park and Train Simulator Roller Coaster show ads.
Which is updated more often, Idle Theme Park or Train Simulator Roller Coaster?
Idle Theme Park ships an update every 2 weeks, and Train Simulator Roller Coaster every 16 months. Most recently, Idle Theme Park was updated on September 24, 2026 and Train Simulator Roller Coaster on August 17, 2026.

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