Comparison

Farming Simulator 20+ vs Thomas & Friends™

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

Head to head
About

Farming Simulator 20+

Experience a realistic farming simulation where you can cultivate crops, raise livestock, and explore vast landscapes on horseback. Utilize over 100 licensed vehicles and tools to manage your farm, sell produce in a dynamic market, and expand your operations. Enjoy new crops and a North American setting with enhanced 3D graphics.

Highlights
  • Over 100 realistic vehicles and tools
  • Cultivate diverse crops
  • Raise and manage livestock
  • Ride horses to explore
  • New North American environment
  • Detailed 3D graphics
  • Cockpit driving view
Features
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Step into the exciting world of farming with Farming Simulator 20+! Harvest many different crops, tend to your livestock of pigs, cows, and sheep, and now ride your own horses, letting you explore the vast land around your farm in a brand-new way. Sell your products in a dynamic market to earn money which you can invest in additional machinery and the expansion of your farm. In Farming Simulator 20+ you take control of over 100 vehicles and tools faithfully recreated from leading brands in the industry. For the first time on mobile platforms this includes John Deere, the largest agriculture machinery company in the world. Drive other famous farming brands such as Case IH, New Holland, Challenger, Fendt, Massey Ferguson, Valtra, Krone, Deutz-Fahr and many more. Farming Simulator 20+ features a new North American environment in which to develop and expand your farm. Enjoy many exciting farming activities, including new machinery and crops with cotton and oats. Features of Farming Simulator 20+ include: • Use over 100 realistic vehicles and tools from some of the biggest agriculture machine makers • Plant and harvest different crops: Wheat, barley, oat, canola, sunflowers, soybean, corn, potatoes, sugar beet and cotton • Feed your cows and sheep to produce and sell milk and wool • Take care of horses and ride on them to freely explore the world around your farm • New 3D graphics show even more detail on your machinery and the Northern American environment • Cockpit view lets you drive in your vehicles in an even more realistic way than before

About

Thomas & Friends™

Children can drive their favorite engines and build custom train tracks on the Island of Sodor. This app offers a safe, inclusive, and imaginative play experience for preschoolers, encouraging skill development through interactive journeys and creative track design.

Highlights
  • Drive favorite engines
  • Build custom train tracks
  • Explore the Island of Sodor
  • Kid-friendly driving controls
  • Enhance tracks with scenery
  • Develops spatial awareness and motor skills
Features
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Thomas & Friends: Let’s Roll+ invites kids to drive their favorite engines and build their own tracks, fueling big imaginations and tons of hands-on fun. Perfect for preschoolers ages 2-6 and thoughtfully made for all kids to enjoy! • Drive around the Island of Sodor to enjoy lots of exciting journeys! • You can pick a different engine for each journey, including Thomas, Bruno, Percy, and more.  • Even very young children can enjoy a rewarding driving experience with our kid-friendly driving controls. • The TRACK BUILDER feature lets you build a train track and drive a toy train on it! • You can enhance your track with lots of fun and interesting scenery options. • Watch your trains chug along the track and the landscape you created! • This app helps kids develop spatial awareness, fine motor skills, and self-expression. FUN FOR EVERYONE Designed for ALL kids, (especially little neurodivergent engineers) this app brings expert input from autistic writer Jody O'Neill to create a playful, inclusive experience. Kids set their own pace, are offered clear choices, and can safely explore alongside Bruno the Brake Car, a neurodivergent friend from Sodor. Designed for repeated play sessions, this app will offer joy and comfort to kids, over and over again! JOURNEYS The Old Mine, Whiff’s Recycling Plant, Norramby Beach, McColl’s Farm, and Winter Wonderland CHARACTERS Thomas, Bruno, Gordon, Percy, Nia, Diesel and Kana FEATURES - Safe and age-appropriate - Designed responsibly to let your child enjoy screen time while developing healthy digital habits at a young age - Regular updates with new content - No third-party advertising. SUPPORT For any questions or assistance, please reach out to us at support@storytoys.com. ABOUT STORYTOYS Our mission is to bring the world's most popular characters, worlds, and stories to life for children. We make apps for kids that engage them in well-rounded activities designed to help them learn, play, and grow. Parents can enjoy peace of mind knowing their kids are learning and having fun at the same time. PRIVACY & TERMS StoryToys takes children's privacy seriously and ensures that its apps comply with privacy laws, including the Child Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). If you would like to learn more about the information we collect and how we use it, please visit our privacy policy at https://storytoys.com/privacy. Read our terms of use here: https://storytoys.com/terms/ © 2026 Gullane (Thomas) Limited. The Thomas name and character and the Thomas & Friends™ logo are trademarks of Gullane (Thomas) Limited and its affiliates and are registered in many jurisdictions throughout the world.

Screenshots

Farming Simulator 20+4 screens
Thomas & Friends™4 screens

Verdict

The call

Farming Simulator 20+ and Thomas & Friends™ both sit at 3.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 87% of Thomas & Friends™'s written reviews are positive against 41% of Farming Simulator 20+'s. Thomas & Friends™ also leads on monetization model (free vs paid) and ratings volume (6.8K vs 445). On price, rating, 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

Thomas & Friends™ holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Thomas & Friends™ has 6.8K ratings behind it against 445, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 41% of Farming Simulator 20+'s written reviews are positive against 87% of Thomas & Friends™'s.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Farming Simulator 20+ versus Thomas & Friends™: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFarming Simulator 20+Thomas & Friends™
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (445 ratings)3.9 (6.8K ratings) — better
Positive reviews41.0% of reviews86.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings4456.8K — better
Update frequency—Monthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size701 MB559 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGIANTS Software GmbHStoryToys Limited

Customer experience

Farming Simulator 20+

All ratings432 ratings
Positive65.0%
Neutral8.6%
Negative26.4%
Written reviews222 reviews
Positive41.0%
Neutral18.0%
Negative41.0%

Thomas & Friends™

All ratings6,572 ratings
Positive69.4%
Neutral14.0%
Negative16.6%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive86.7%
Neutral6.7%
Negative6.7%

Bugs and requests

Farming Simulator 20+

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Game crashes on launch
  • Vehicles get stuck and can't be reset
  • Unable to fill water tank
  • Game freezes during rain
  • Crops stop growing after a few days

Requested features

14 requests
  • Add more old tractors and harvesters
  • Increase field sizes
  • Add more vehicles
  • Implement sandbox mode
  • Allow multiplayer
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  • Add ability to customize character
  • Add more maps
  • Allow access to buildings
  • Add goats and chickens
  • Implement loans
  • Add ability to change gender
  • Add ability to change vehicle color
  • Add ability to set weather as a setting
  • Add ability to reset flipped vehicles

Thomas & Friends™

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Farming Simulator 20+

No in-app purchases

None

Thomas & Friends™

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Farming Simulator 20+ free?
Farming Simulator 20+ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Thomas & Friends™ free?
Thomas & Friends™ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Farming Simulator 20+ or Thomas & Friends™?
Thomas & Friends™ is rated higher. Farming Simulator 20+ averages 3.7 out of 5 from 445 ratings, while Thomas & Friends™ averages 3.9 from 6.8K ratings.
Do Farming Simulator 20+ or Thomas & Friends™ have ads?
Neither Farming Simulator 20+ nor Thomas & Friends™ shows ads.

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