Train Manager! vs Train Idle Master
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Fuel management
- Fare collection
- Passenger service
- Train operations
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Manage the train. Put coal on the train, collect the money for meals and tickets for the passengers
Train Idle Master
Manage your own train service, fulfilling customer orders and earning money. Upgrade your trains to serve more passengers and expand your business. Experience a simple yet engaging idle simulation game.
- Serve customers
- Earn money
- Upgrade trains
- Idle gameplay
- Train management
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You are the owner of the train. Serve customers and earn money!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Train Idle Master at 3.7 against Train Manager!'s 2.0. Train Manager!'s advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (33% vs 0%). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Train Idle Master holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 3 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 33% of Train Manager!'s written reviews are positive against 0% of Train Idle Master's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Train Manager! ships an update fortnightly, Train Idle Master every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 8, 2026.
| Parameter | Train Manager! | Train Idle Master |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (7 ratings) | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 127 MB | 169 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mood Games OU | Sergey Brashchenko |
Customer experience
Train Manager!
Train Idle Master
In-app purchases
Train Manager!
No in-app purchases
Train Idle Master
No in-app purchases
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