Comparison

Design & Run Train vs Train Evolution

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

Head to head
About

Design & Run Train

Design and build custom trains from various parts and templates. Then, drive your creations on tracks, controlling speed, horns, and switches while experiencing realistic station announcements.

Highlights
  • Design and build custom trains
  • Control train speed and horns
  • Use railroad switches
  • Experience realistic station announcements
  • Add and remove train wagons
  • Craft train parts from brick pieces
Features
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Design & run train games allow you to play and learn everything about train craft and driving. You will learn how to control a train as it goes around a track, activate different horns, control speed, add and remove wagons, use railroad switches, listen to real train station announcements, and train riding around tracks. Design & craft all the parts of the train to ride on railway tracks. You can build unique trains by putting together pieces of colorful bricks like a puzzle. You can select from multiple varieties of classical locomotive templates, which range from old steam train to powerful diesel locomotive to modern high-speed train. Optionally, they can create entirely new designs using various brick styles and train parts. Once a train has been built, you can thus go on the railway and experience exciting train riding adventures.

About

Train Evolution

Progress through different eras of train technology, starting with vintage models and advancing to high-speed bullet trains. Collect and transport passengers to their destinations in this engaging simulation game.

Highlights
  • Train evolution mechanic
  • Passenger collection and delivery
  • Vintage to bullet train progression
  • Station arrival and departure
  • Multiple train eras
Features
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Do you like Trains, then this game is for yours. Evolve the trains by choosing right years and don't get fallback to olden vintage trains. Game starts with classic vintage train and travels to fastest bullet train. Collect the passengers in oddly satisfying way and de board them once you reached the station.

Screenshots

Design & Run Train4 screens
Train Evolution4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Design & Run Train at 1.8 against Train Evolution's 1.5. Design & Run Train also leads on ratings volume (20 vs 2). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Design & Run Train holds the better App Store score, 1.8 against 1.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Design & Run Train has 20 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 0% and 0% positive.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Design & Run Train versus Train Evolution: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDesign & Run TrainTrain Evolution
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.8 (20 ratings) — better1.5 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings20 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 47 months—
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB77 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFarrukh AhmadTaninty Game Studio

Customer experience

Design & Run Train

All ratings20 ratings
Positive15.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative75.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative50.0%

Train Evolution

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Design & Run Train

No in-app purchases

None

Train Evolution

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Design & Run Train free?
Design & Run Train is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Train Evolution free?
Train Evolution is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Design & Run Train or Train Evolution?
Design & Run Train is rated higher. Design & Run Train averages 1.8 out of 5 from 20 ratings, while Train Evolution averages 1.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Design & Run Train or Train Evolution have ads?
Both Design & Run Train and Train Evolution show ads.

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