Idle Water Slide vs Model Railways
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Idle Water Slide
Design and build an exciting water park with a variety of slides. Attract new visitors and upgrade your park to maximize profits and become the ultimate manager.
- Unlock water slides
- Welcome new clients
- Upgrade park facilities
- Earn money
- Become a park manager
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Build the coolest water amusement park in the world! - Unlock CRAZY WATER SLIDES - Welcome NEW CLIENTS - Upgrade your park to MAKE MORE MONEY Would you become the best manager in town ?
Model Railways
Build and expand your dream model railway system. Collect and merge trains to level up, earn money, and unlock new track layouts. Experience the joy of creating your own miniature world.
- Build model railway systems
- Collect and merge trains
- Level up trains
- Earn in-game money
- Unlock new layouts
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Fulfill your childhood dream of building a wonderful model railways system! This is the game you’ve been waiting for the whole time! Add trains, merge them to level up, make tons of money and unlock magnificent railways layouts! What are you waiting for?
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Verdict
Idle Water Slide and Model Railways both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 72% of Idle Water Slide's written reviews are positive against 24% of Model Railways's. Idle Water Slide also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ads (none vs shown). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Model Railways sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Idle Water Slide asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Idle Water Slide against 4.7 for Model Railways. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3.8K and 2.4K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 72% of Idle Water Slide's written reviews are positive against 24% of Model Railways's.
Idle Water Slide ships an update every 3 weeks, Model Railways every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Idle Water Slide | Model Railways |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (3.8K ratings) — better | 4.7 (2.4K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 72.2% of reviews — better | 24.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3.8K — better | 2.4K |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 352 MB | 444 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 文辉 江 | Linh Vu Pham |
Customer experience
Idle Water Slide
Model Railways
User reviews
Idle Water Slide
From 3.8K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Fun and relaxing game
- 🚀 Easy to earn money
- 💎 Satisfying gameplay
- 🎨 Cute and polished visuals
Room to improve
- 🔍 Lack of content and progression after reaching max level
- 📺 Excessive advertisements
- 🕰️ Slow progression at higher levels
- 🔋 Battery-draining due to offline earnings
Model Railways
From 2.4K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Good game
- 🚀 Lovely game to play
Room to improve
- 🐛 Lots of bugs
- 🔒 Ads not removed despite purchase
- 🐛 Unable to unlock third area/track
- 🐛 Rewards not granted after watching ads
Bugs and requests
Idle Water Slide
Reported bugs
2 issues- Money counting stops at certain thresholds
- Ads sometimes freeze or fail to load properly
Requested features
4 requests- Add more track pieces and gameplay elements
- Introduce prestige system or additional worlds
- Reduce advertisement frequency or provide ad-free option
- Improve performance and battery optimization
Model Railways
Reported bugs
4 issues- Unable to unlock third area/track
- Rewards not granted after watching ads
- Inconsistent progression and maxed out trains
- Game crashes after unlocking second track
Requested features
3 requests- More levels/areas
- Fix bugs and issues
- Improve progression and unlock system
In-app purchases
Idle Water Slide
No in-app purchases
Model Railways
- Engineer of Train$0.99
- Engineer of Roller Coaster$0.99
- Accountant of Train$0.99
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- CEO of Train$1.99
- CEO of Roller Coaster$1.99
- Super Deal of Train$2.99
- Epic Deal of Roller Coaster$2.99
- Super Deal of Roller Coaster$2.99
- Epic Deal of Train$2.99
- No Ads$4.99
Questions
Is Idle Water Slide free?
Is Model Railways free?
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Do Idle Water Slide or Model Railways have ads?
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