Comparison

Iron Roads vs Sol de Cuba

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

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About

Iron Roads

Optimize and grow your railway network in this challenging 2D train management game. Lay tracks, buy trains, and set routes to efficiently transport passengers and cargo. Enjoy board game-inspired mechanics for a cerebral optimization experience.

Highlights
  • 2D top-down train management
  • Lay tracks and set routes
  • Transport passengers and cargo
  • Board game-inspired mechanics
  • Resource token system
  • Universal purchase for iOS and macOS
Features
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"Finally, a deep and fun train management game designed perfectly for phones. Iron Roads is so much more than just a desktop game crammed onto a small screen!" Optimise and grow your railways in this challenging train management game. Earn resource tokens by refining your network until your towns are thriving. Avoid queues, jams, or angry passengers to be recognised as the unsung train hero you know you are. Iron Roads is a top-down 2D train management game in which you lay tracks, buy trains, and set their routes until you have an efficient network carrying passengers and cargo between your towns and factories. With board game-inspired mechanics such as resource tokens, geographically-induced space constraints, and innovative track order systems, Iron Roads will appeal to players who relish the more cerebral, optimisation elements of train simulation games, as opposed to more realistic business sim/tycoon-type games. Ultimately, your goal is to set up an efficient rail network that keeps your passengers happy and on-time. Features: - "Try before you buy" model. Download for free, and unlock the entire game with a one off purchase - Universal purchase. Buy once for iOS, macOS, tvOS - iCloud saves, enabling seamless gameplay across your devices

About

Sol de Cuba

Features
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The island runs on diesel. It is loud, it is filthy, and it eats the budget every single night. You are the new energy minister. You have the sun, the trade winds, and a map. That is the job. BUILD WHERE IT COUNTS Panels want open sand and bare hillsides — jungle shade costs you output. Turbines want the coast and the high ground, and they steal the wind from each other if you crowd them. Every tile is a small decision. THE SUN GOES DOWN Demand does not stop at dusk. Bank the afternoon surplus in batteries and run the island through the night on what you stored. Run short and the lights go out, and people notice. FOUR CHAPTERS, ONE ISLAND AT A TIME Puerto Vista is a gentle start. Bahía Verde is hungrier. Sierra Alta throws hurricanes at you. Habana Libre is the capital, and everyone is watching. New kinds of station unlock as you go: biogas that burns cane waste through the night, offshore turbines out in the shallows. ENDLESS MODE Finish the campaign and keep going. No targets, just your own record: how many days can you hold the whole island on clean power? — Four campaign chapters plus an unlockable Endless mode — Six kinds of station, each upgradable three levels — A living island: day and night, weather, drifting cloud, hurricanes — Choice-driven events with real consequences and no game over

Screenshots

Iron Roads4 screens
Sol de Cuba3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sol de Cuba at none against Iron Roads's 10. Sol de Cuba also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). Iron Roads's advantage is device support (4 vs 1). On price and ads 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. Iron Roads sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Sol de Cuba asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Iron Roads versus Sol de Cuba: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIron RoadsSol de Cuba
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (36 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews43.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings36 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size74 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCowleyfornia StudiosAlper Unlu

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Iron Roads

One-time10
  • Horseshoe Isle$1.99
  • Forgotten Valley$1.99
  • Desert Dew$1.99
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  • Mistra$1.99
  • Futura$1.99
  • Full game$2.99
  • Full game$4.99
  • Full game$6.99
  • Full Game$6.99
  • Full game$8.99
None

Sol de Cuba

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Iron Roads free?
Iron Roads is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sol de Cuba free?
Sol de Cuba is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Iron Roads or Sol de Cuba have ads?
Neither Iron Roads nor Sol de Cuba shows ads.

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