Comparison

Train Manager! vs School Arcade

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

Head to head
About

Train Manager!

Manage your own train by fueling it with coal and collecting fares from passengers for meals and tickets. A simple simulation game focused on operational tasks.

Highlights
  • Fuel management
  • Fare collection
  • Passenger service
  • Train operations
Features
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Manage the train. Put coal on the train, collect the money for meals and tickets for the passengers

About

School Arcade

Build and manage your dream school. Take students to class, keep the premises clean, and develop the ultimate educational institution. This simulation game lets you create the best school possible.

Highlights
  • Build your school
  • Manage student classes
  • Maintain school cleanliness
  • Develop educational facilities
  • Simulation gameplay
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Manage your school, take your kids to class, clean up after them, build the best school!

Screenshots

Train Manager!4 screens
School Arcade4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Train Manager! at none against School Arcade's shown. Train Manager! also leads on review sentiment (33% vs 0%) and ratings volume (7 vs 1). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 2.0 for Train Manager! against 2.0 for School Arcade. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Train Manager! has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 33% of Train Manager!'s written reviews are positive against 0% of School Arcade's.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Train Manager! versus School Arcade: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTrain Manager!School Arcade
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (7 ratings)2.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings7 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supportedAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size127 MB163 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMood Games OUSergey Brashchenko

Customer experience

Train Manager!

All ratings7 ratings
Positive14.3%
Neutral14.3%
Negative71.4%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%

School Arcade

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Train Manager!

No in-app purchases

None

School Arcade

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Train Manager! free?
Train Manager! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is School Arcade free?
School Arcade is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Train Manager! or School Arcade?
Train Manager! and School Arcade are both rated 2.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 7 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Train Manager! or School Arcade have ads?
School Arcade shows ads; Train Manager! does not.

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