Ship Handling Simulator vs Olympic 4D Simulator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ship Handling Simulator
Experience realistic ship handling, maneuvering, and mooring with tugboats. Pilot a vast array of vessels, from historical steamships to modern carriers, through challenging scenarios. Navigate narrow passages, avoid hazards, and master complex docking procedures.
- Realistic ship handling and maneuvering
- Mooring with tugboat assistance
- 30 detailed ship models
- Hazard navigation and AI vessel interaction
- Dynamic weather and environmental conditions
- Sandbox mode for custom levels
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Original simulator of ship-handling, maneuvering and mooring to a pier with tugboats. 30 high-detailed ships, included passenger ships, cruise liners, cargo ships, battleships and aircraft carriers, from historical steam ships of 19th century till modern nuclear. Realistic control of single and multi-screw vessels (including famous Titanic, Britannic 1874 and 1914, Carpathia, Mauretania, Aquitania, Californian) and azimuth propulsion. Maneuvering with thrusters. Mooring the vessel to the berth using two tugboats with separate control. Departure from the berth and arrive into target area. Narrow-swimming, bypass of hazards, minefields, passing with other AI vessels. Sea marks of hazards and channels according to international rules. Day and night modes, different environment and weather conditions, calm or storm water with ocean waves and icebergs. Sandbox mode. You can create and pass your own levels. Damage and sinking of ships at collisions, splitting in half while sinking.
Olympic 4D Simulator
Explore the decks of a historic ocean liner in this immersive virtual tour. Experience the ship's atmosphere with interactive modes, including driving and walking on its decks.
- Virtual tour of the Olympic
- Drive the ship
- Night mode
- Launch the ship
- Walk on decks
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Olympic 4D Simulator is a real Olympic simulator for iOS! Take an amazing walk around the outer decks of the Olympic, the Titanic's older twin brother! This virtual tour will allow you to fully immerse yourself in the atmosphere that prevailed on this ship. In our simulator you can find the following mods: Free Modes: - Exposition (Olympic 1911, 1913); - Night mode; - Harland & Wolff; Premium Modes: - Driving the Olympic; - Olympic 1917-1918
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Olympic 4D Simulator at Free against Ship Handling Simulator's $10.99. Olympic 4D Simulator also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.2). Ship Handling Simulator's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On review sentiment, device support and iOS requirement 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
Olympic 4D Simulator is free to download; Ship Handling Simulator costs $10.99 up front. Olympic 4D Simulator sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Ship Handling Simulator asks for nothing beyond the download.
Olympic 4D Simulator holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 332 and 100 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Ship Handling Simulator's written reviews are positive against 88% of Olympic 4D Simulator's.
Ship Handling Simulator ships an update every 3 months, Olympic 4D Simulator every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ship Handling Simulator | Olympic 4D Simulator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $10.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.2 (332 ratings) | 4.6 (100 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 82.7% of reviews | 87.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 332 — better | 100 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 633 MB | 735 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Aleksandr Turkin | Gennady Bortnik |
Customer experience
Ship Handling Simulator
Olympic 4D Simulator
Bugs and requests
Ship Handling Simulator
Reported bugs
4 issues- Icebergs not spawning in sandbox mode
- Telegraphs not loading on some ships
- Game crashing when sinking large ships
- Issues with ship speed controls
Requested features
6 requests- Add more ships (Lusitania, Queen Mary, Poseidon, etc.)
- Improve sinking animations (funnel collapse, split in half, etc.)
- Implement working lifeboats and passengers
- Add underwater view and ocean floor
- Introduce more gameplay modes (tug control, port management, etc.)
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- Improve graphics and water physics
Olympic 4D Simulator
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Ship Handling Simulator
No in-app purchases
Olympic 4D Simulator
- Discount$3.49
- Premium$6.99
Questions
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