Design A Train vs Trains IO
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
Trains IO
Engage in a battle royale where you grow your train to be the largest in the arena. Avoid collisions, trap opponents, and customize your train with various skins. Earn in-game currency to unlock new cosmetic options and climb the leaderboards.
- Battle royale survival
- Train growth mechanics
- Opponent trapping
- Train customization
- In-game currency
- Leaderboard competition
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Welcome to the train-verse! Here you have only one goal: survive! In this trains zone, everyone else is your enemy. So to win this fight, you need to be the biggest train in the arena! Here's the recipe for becoming a champion in this battle royale: 1. Find gear. There is always new gear in the arena. That gear will make you bigger, so it'd be easier for you to set traps for your opponents! 2. Don't hit other trains. If you hit your opponents, it will be a game over for you. Nobody wants that, right? So you have to slither between your enemies, avoid getting stuck and never let your guard down! 3. Trap other trains. When you are big enough, you have plenty of ways to defeat other players. Make them hit you, or try to corner them. Or you can use a surprise element: if you use your speed-up ability, you can strike them from the sides and make them hit you! They will never see that coming! By following those simple rules, you will be invincible! Be creative, cunning and use your tactic skills - and you will lead the leaderboard for sure! But the Trains Land isn't all about winning. It's also about your personality. That is why you can choose between a variety of different skins. Show the world how you are different from other players! Choose what represents you as a player! To get the skins, you will need currency. You can get coins by completing simple goals during rounds. The round won't end when you finish your mission so you can play safely. Complete different challenges, get more coins, buy any skin you want and become the champion that you were destined to be! Simple as that! GAME FEATURES: - Cool graphics - Simple controls - Dynamic gameplay - Beautiful 3D art style - All kinds of different challenges - Skins and customization - Intuitive interface - Minimalistic UI But more importantly, Trains Land 3D: Battle Arena is completely free! You can download it right now and enjoy the fun! So what are you waiting for, champion? See you on the battleground!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Trains IO at Free against Design A Train's $1.99. Design A Train's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume 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
Trains IO is free to download; Design A Train costs $1.99 up front. Trains IO sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Design A Train asks for nothing beyond the download.
Trains IO holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 25 and 24 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Design A Train's written reviews are positive against 75% of Trains IO's.
| Parameter | Design A Train | Trains IO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.4 (25 ratings) | 4.6 (24 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 25 — better | 24 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 184 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Playtend Apps LLP | MAD PIXEL |
Customer experience
Design A Train
Trains IO
In-app purchases
Design A Train
No in-app purchases
Trains IO
- ADS FREE$1.99
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