Design A Train vs TrainSet 3D Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Design A Train
Design and color your own trains with a variety of tools and stickers. Once complete, you can save, share, print, or integrate your creations into other train-themed games.
- Customize train cars and engines
- Easy one-touch coloring
- Add and reposition stickers
- Assemble and rearrange full trains
- Export to other train games
- Save, share, and print creations
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Do you love trains? Do you love coloring? Then Design A Train is the perfect app for you - or your train-loving toddler. Design A Train allows you to select a train car or engine and customize it to your heart's delight. Simply pick a train car or engine, color it in as desired with easy one-touch fill, and then add some stickers for extra fun. When you're done with your locomotive masterpiece you can save it to your device, share it with the family - or perhaps print it out for a prize place on the family fridge. FEATURES: - CUSTOMIZE & COLOR Easily add color to your train. Just tap a color from the palette and then tap your train. - ZOOM (iPhone/iPod Touch only) Easily zoom in to color some of the smaller regions. - STICKERS Browse a range of stickers and then tap to add to your train. Change your mind about a sticker? You can drag stickers to reposition them or just double-tap to delete. - PLAY WITH YOUR TRAIN Once you have customized a car or engine, you can add it to your full train and then rearrange and place your train cars as desired. - INTEGRATION WITH BUILD A TRAIN Customize your train and then with one tap, you can export your very own personal train for use with Build A Train. - INTEGRATION WITH BUILD A TRAIN PUZZLES Customize your train and select the train yard of your choice. Then with one tap, you can export your very own customized puzzle for use with Build A Train Puzzles. - SAVE, SHARE AND PRINT You can save your train cars to your device library, easily send them to friends or print them out. Note: printing is supported for devices running iOS 4.2+ that are connected to AirPrint enabled printers. "Highly recommend" - http://Best10Apps.com Got suggestions for improving Design A Train? Leave a review and let us know! We love to hear constructive feedback - it helps make the app better. -- To learn more about Playtend please visit us at http://playtend.com
TrainSet 3D Pro
Create and operate your own miniature railway world. Design intricate track layouts with a vast selection of pieces and populate your scenes with diverse scenery. Customize your trains with a wide array of cars for a personalized simulation experience.
- Realistic 3D model train simulation
- Design custom track layouts
- Extensive library of scenery pieces
- Mix and match train cars
- Multiple themed scenery sets
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TrainSet 3D Pro is a complete and realistic model-train simulation. Design your layout, build it, and run your train in it. A large library of pieces is available to fill your scene. Choose from 25 different track and road pieces, and hundreds of different scenery pieces; sets include rural, urban, suburban, old west, trees/hedges/shrubberies, and trailer park. Also included are four complete trains, with over 30 different cars that you can mix and match in any combination.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: TrainSet 3D Pro at 5.0 against Design A Train's 4.4. TrainSet 3D Pro also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 71%) and chart position (#196 vs unranked). Design A Train's advantage is monetization model (free vs paid) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 17.0). On price, ratings volume, 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
Design A Train costs $1.99 and TrainSet 3D Pro $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
TrainSet 3D Pro holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 25 and 9 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Design A Train's written reviews are positive against 100% of TrainSet 3D Pro's.
| Parameter | Design A Train | TrainSet 3D Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | $1.99 |
| Rating | 4.4 (25 ratings) | 5.0 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 25 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #196 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 273 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Playtend Apps LLP | Polyhedron Learning Media, Inc. |
Customer experience
Design A Train
TrainSet 3D Pro
In-app purchases
Design A Train
No in-app purchases
TrainSet 3D Pro
No in-app purchases
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