Comparison

Metro Connect vs ThePaperPlane

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

Head to head
About

Metro Connect

Build and expand your own subway system in a famous metropolis. Connect points with tunnels, launch trains, and transport residents to discover new regions and earn money. Upgrade your trains and stations to manage growing passenger flow.

Highlights
  • Build metro lines
  • Upgrade trains and stations
  • Transport residents
  • Discover new regions
  • Fascinating gameplay
  • Excellent graphics and music
Features
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Metro Connect - Train Control - exciting puzzle game for building up metro lines! Start an exciting adventure of launching and improving your own subway system! You have to become a great mayor and build your own subway line based on the map of the famous metropolis - New York. You start moving by connecting the points with tunnels, and you will be able to launch trains, transport residents and discover new regions! The flow of passengers is growing and you need to build up new metro lines, increase number of stations and add new trains. As you discover new regions, you can earn more money and improve your metro even more! What awaits for you: - Fascinating gameplay - Improvement of trains and stations - Excellent graphics and music

About

ThePaperPlane

Control a paper plane through various backyard challenges. Master simple tap-and-hold controls to navigate hoops, pop balloons, and knock over objects. Maintain your daily streak to progress through increasingly difficult levels.

Highlights
  • Tap-and-hold controls
  • Backyard obstacle courses
  • Balloon popping
  • Object knocking
  • Daily seeded challenges
  • Unlockable named planes
Features
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Throw a folded paper plane across a chain of back gardens. Tap to throw. Hold anywhere to lift the nose and climb. Keep holding and the dart loops over the top and flies the other way. Pull down to dive. Let go to glide. That is the whole control scheme. Thread hula hoops, pop every balloon, and knock over the stacks people left lying around: cardboard, bottles, crates, bricks. Clear a yard to walk into a harder one without leaving the sitting. There is one seeded chain of yards each day. Finish the first garden to keep your streak. Miss a day and it goes back to one. Coins, planes, and stickers stay on your phone. Fold named planes in the Shed, each with its own power, plus a workshop that never runs out of scraps. No accounts, no ads, no in-app purchases.

Screenshots

Metro Connect4 screens
ThePaperPlane3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: ThePaperPlane at 100% against Metro Connect's 17%. ThePaperPlane also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.4) and in-app purchases (none vs 4). Metro Connect's advantage is ratings volume (235 vs 5) and iOS requirement (12.5 vs 16.4). 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. Metro Connect sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. ThePaperPlane asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ThePaperPlane holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Metro Connect has 235 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 17% of Metro Connect's written reviews are positive against 100% of ThePaperPlane's.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Metro Connect versus ThePaperPlane: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMetro ConnectThePaperPlane
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (235 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews17.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings235 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.5 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size269 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDEVGEIMShazad Devani

Customer experience

Metro Connect

All ratings235 ratings
Positive57.4%
Neutral6.8%
Negative35.7%
Written reviews167 reviews
Positive17.4%
Neutral12.0%
Negative70.7%

ThePaperPlane

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Metro Connect

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Game getting stuck at certain levels
  • Inconsistent track connectivity issues

Requested features

3 requests
  • More cities/maps to unlock and explore
  • Ability to customize and control track layout
  • Reduced ad frequency or ad-free option

ThePaperPlane

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Metro Connect

One-time4
  • First Pack$0.99
  • Second Pack$2.99
  • Disable Ads$4.99
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  • Super Pack$4.99
None

ThePaperPlane

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Metro Connect free?
Metro Connect is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ThePaperPlane free?
ThePaperPlane is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Metro Connect or ThePaperPlane?
ThePaperPlane is rated higher. Metro Connect averages 3.4 out of 5 from 235 ratings, while ThePaperPlane averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Metro Connect or ThePaperPlane have ads?
Metro Connect shows ads; ThePaperPlane does not.

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