Comparison

Design A Train vs Labo Christmas Train(Full)

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Labo Christmas Train(Full)

This game allows children to build and drive their own brick trains using templates or free design. Explore railways with your creations and enjoy mini-games. Share your designs with a community of players.

Highlights
  • Train building with brick pieces
  • Template and free design modes
  • 60+ locomotive templates
  • Customizable train parts and colors
  • Railway exploration with mini-games
  • Share and download player-created trains
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Labo Christmas Train is a game for kids that can stimulate their imagination and creativity. It is an amazing train building and driving app for children. It provides a virtual sandbox where children can freely build and play with brick trains. Labo Christmas Train, children build unique trains by putting together pieces of colorful bricks like a puzzle. They can select from 60+ classical locomotives templates, which range from old steam train to powerful diesel locomotive to modern high-speed train. Optionally, they can create entirely new designs using various brick styles and train parts. Once a train has been built, the children can thus go on the railway and experience exciting adventures. Features: 1. 2 design modes: template mode and free mode. 2. Classical locomotive templates in template mode. 3. Various brick styles, locomotive parts with 10+ colors. 4. Classical train wheels, and a large number of stickers. 5. Amazing railways, built-in a variety of mini-games. 6. Share trains with other players and browse or download trains created by others online. - About Labo Lado: We develop apps for kids that inspire creativity and pique curiosity. We do not collect any personal information or include any third-party advertising. For more information, please see our Privacy Policy: https://www.labolado.com/apps-privacy-policy.html Join our Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/labo.lado.7 Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/labo_lado Support: http://www.labolado.com - We value your feedback Feel free to rate and review our app or feedback to our email: app@labolado.com. - Need Help Contact us 24/7 with any questions or comments: app@labolado.com - Summary Children love transportation games, car games, train games and railway games. Labo Christmas Train is a digital train toy, train simulator and train game for kids. It's an excellent game for kids and preschool. In the app, You will become a train builder and train driver. You can create trains or locomotives freely, or build classic locomotives from templates(George Stephenson's Rocket, Shinkansen High-Speed Train, Big Boy, Bullet, Concept Train, Monster Train, Metro, etc.). You can race your train on the railways. Labo Christmas Train is a game for train fans and locomotive fans. It's a train game that train fans. It's a game for boys 5+ and girls 5+.

Screenshots

Design A Train4 screens
Labo Christmas Train(Full)4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Labo Christmas Train(Full) at 4.9 against Design A Train's 4.4. Labo Christmas Train(Full) also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 71%). Design A Train's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $3.99). On ratings volume, update cadence, 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

Design A Train costs $1.99 and Labo Christmas Train(Full) $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Labo Christmas Train(Full) holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 25 and 18 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Design A Train's written reviews are positive against 100% of Labo Christmas Train(Full)'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Design A Train ships an update every 2 months, Labo Christmas Train(Full) every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Design A Train versus Labo Christmas Train(Full): the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDesign A TrainLabo Christmas Train(Full)
Price$1.99 — better$3.99
Rating4.4 (25 ratings)4.9 (18 ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings25 — better18
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.08.0
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB132 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPlaytend Apps LLPLabo Lado Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

Design A Train

All ratings25 ratings
Positive84.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative12.0%
Written reviews42 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral9.5%
Negative19.0%

Labo Christmas Train(Full)

All ratings16 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral6.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Design A Train

No in-app purchases

None

Labo Christmas Train(Full)

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Design A Train free?
Design A Train costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Labo Christmas Train(Full) free?
Labo Christmas Train(Full) costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Design A Train or Labo Christmas Train(Full)?
Labo Christmas Train(Full) is rated higher. Design A Train averages 4.4 out of 5 from 25 ratings, while Labo Christmas Train(Full) averages 4.9 from 18 ratings.
Do Design A Train or Labo Christmas Train(Full) have ads?
Neither Design A Train nor Labo Christmas Train(Full) shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Design A Train or Labo Christmas Train(Full)?
Design A Train ships an update every 2 months, and Labo Christmas Train(Full) every 3 months. Most recently, Design A Train was updated on October 23, 2026 and Labo Christmas Train(Full) on October 30, 2026.

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