Comparison

Time Control! vs Wonder Rails

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

Head to head
About

Time Control!

Manipulate the flow of time to navigate through challenging levels. Rewind or fast-forward to avoid obstacles and reach your goal. Experience a unique puzzle-platformer with time-bending mechanics.

Highlights
  • Control time-line
  • Go to the past
  • Go to the future
  • Dodge obstacles
  • Puzzle-platformer gameplay
Features
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Control the time-line to go in the past or the future and dodge obstacles!

About

Wonder Rails

Features
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Wonder Rails is a hand-built world of miniature trains to watch, drive and explore. Start in Conservatory Express, free: a botanical railway of bark, twigs and seed pods beneath a grand glass conservatory. Set the trains going, blow the whistle, ride in the cab or follow a train through the gardens. The Original Collection adds four more worlds with one purchase: • Starlight Summit — an alpine railway, a moonlit stone viaduct, shooting stars and Santa's sleigh • Seabreeze Harbor — a coastal railway with a working drawbridge and boats passing through • Sunstone Canyon — a desert railway, a mine circuit and a working turntable • Moonberry Fair — a village fairground with fair lights, a Ferris wheel and a carousel One-time purchase. No ads. No subscription. Future expansion collections may be sold separately. Junior Conductor mode gives little ones big, simple controls — Go, Stop, Whistle, Ride — and nothing else. Purchases and settings for grown-ups sit behind a parents' question. Sound starts only when you play. Works offline once installed.

Screenshots

Time Control!3 screens
Wonder Rails4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Time Control! at none against Wonder Rails's 1. Time Control! also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Wonder Rails's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Wonder Rails sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Time Control! asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Time Control! versus Wonder Rails: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTime Control!Wonder Rails
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (406 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews21.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings406 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size224 MB46 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperYso CorpWILSON GAN

Bugs and requests

Time Control!

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Game crashes frequently
  • Game closes unexpectedly
  • Visual glitch with character positioning after death
  • Game lags during gameplay
  • Game performance issues on public transport/offline areas

Requested features

6 requests
  • Option to pay for ad-free experience
  • Offline gameplay mode
  • Improved art style and graphics
  • Better gameplay mechanics and difficulty
  • Reduce ad frequency significantly
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  • No ads after every level

Wonder Rails

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Time Control!

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Wonder Rails

One-time1
  • Original Collection$9.99

Questions

Is Time Control! free?
Time Control! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Wonder Rails free?
Wonder Rails is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Time Control! or Wonder Rails have ads?
Time Control! shows ads; Wonder Rails does not.

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