Idle Highway vs Metro Connect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Idle Highway
Build and manage your own highway empire in this engaging idle game. Earn money and expand your network to become a wealthy tycoon. Simple to learn and fun to master.
- Control highway traffic
- Build highway networks
- Manage highway operations
- Earn in-game currency
- Expand your empire
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Fun and easy to play game about controlling, building and managing highway! Become Rich! Idle Highway!
Metro Connect
Build and expand your own subway system in a famous metropolis. Connect points with tunnels, launch trains, and transport residents to discover new regions and earn money. Upgrade your trains and stations to manage growing passenger flow.
- Build metro lines
- Upgrade trains and stations
- Transport residents
- Discover new regions
- Fascinating gameplay
- Excellent graphics and music
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Metro Connect - Train Control - exciting puzzle game for building up metro lines! Start an exciting adventure of launching and improving your own subway system! You have to become a great mayor and build your own subway line based on the map of the famous metropolis - New York. You start moving by connecting the points with tunnels, and you will be able to launch trains, transport residents and discover new regions! The flow of passengers is growing and you need to build up new metro lines, increase number of stations and add new trains. As you discover new regions, you can earn more money and improve your metro even more! What awaits for you: - Fascinating gameplay - Improvement of trains and stations - Excellent graphics and music
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Idle Highway at 4.4 against Metro Connect's 3.4. Idle Highway also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (43% vs 17%). Metro Connect's advantage is iOS requirement (12.5 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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 Highway sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Metro Connect sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Idle Highway holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1.2K and 235 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Idle Highway's written reviews are positive against 17% of Metro Connect's.
Idle Highway ships an update every 2 weeks, Metro Connect every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Idle Highway | Metro Connect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (1.2K ratings) — better | 3.4 (235 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 42.9% of reviews — better | 17.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.2K — better | 235 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 137 MB | 269 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Adept Games Cezary Tabota | DEVGEIM |
Customer experience
Idle Highway
Metro Connect
User reviews
Idle Highway
From 1.2K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fast and addictive gameplay
- 👍 Simple and intuitive design
- 💡 Interesting traffic control concept
Room to improve
- 🔍 Lack of content and progression
- 🔍 Abandoned by developers
- 🔍 Excessive and intrusive ads
- 🐛 Bugs and glitches
- 🔍 Short gameplay experience
Metro Connect
From 235 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🤩 Relaxing gameplay
- 🔥 Addictive and engaging
- 👍 Simple and intuitive interface
Room to improve
- 💸 Excessive ads interrupting gameplay
- 🐢 Slow progression and lack of content updates
- 🤯 Frustrating when unable to connect tracks
Bugs and requests
Idle Highway
Reported bugs
4 issues- Cars phasing through each other
- Blocked in-game reviews
- Crashes after ads
- Locked new maps despite meeting requirements
Requested features
4 requests- More levels and maps
- Improved offline earnings
- Better progression and content
- Reduced ads or optional ad-free mode
Metro Connect
Reported bugs
2 issues- Game getting stuck at certain levels
- Inconsistent track connectivity issues
Requested features
3 requests- More cities/maps to unlock and explore
- Ability to customize and control track layout
- Reduced ad frequency or ad-free option
In-app purchases
Idle Highway
- Remove Ads$7.99
Metro Connect
- First Pack$0.99
- Second Pack$2.99
- Disable Ads$4.99
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- Super Pack$4.99
Questions
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