Comparison

Whopping Diggers vs Train Sounds Effects

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

Head to head
About

Whopping Diggers

This app offers a collection of videos, photos, and games featuring construction machines for young children. Designed for easy navigation by little fingers, it provides hours of entertainment with diggers, tractors, and dumpers. It works offline for on-the-go fun.

Highlights
  • Automatic video playback
  • Swipe navigation for videos/photos
  • Over 70 minutes of video content
  • Memory matching game
  • Mini puzzle game
  • Offline functionality
Features
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Vroom, vroom! Does your little one love diggers and other construction machines? Whopping Diggers is a simple entertainment app for small kids and toddlers, delivering endless fun with excavators, tractors, dumpers and other heavy machinery. The app is 100% free to use forever. Over a million downloads since 2011 – join the team of happy kids now! Whopping Diggers offers tons of videos (more than 70 minutes) and photos and an awesome digger themed games all in one toddler-sized app for iPhone or iPad. It's made for little fingers (ages 1+) to explore on their own, and works without an internet connection so you can take the fun anywhere! Designed for free use, In-App purchase just optional. -= DESCRIPTION =- TODDLER VIDEO PLAY - Videos start automatically, no buttons to press - Swipe left or right to move to the next photo or video - Now whopping 44 free videos and 100+ photos (more than 70 minutes of machine action!) - HD-quality resolution and sound MEMORY GAME — DIGGERS - Simple to learn, easy to play - Fun sounds whether you guess right or wrong - Learn and play at the same time! - Global hi-scores MINI PUZZLE - Find the right spot for a piece - Super-easy gameplay - Many different image sets -= MORE WHOPPING APPS AVAILABLE =- The entire Whopping Apps collection of video apps was created by a father of three rambunctious toddlers. All content has therefore been thoroughly evaluated, critiqued, banged on, and licked by an entire in-house staff of discerning toddlers with sticky fingers. Your little tike will love it too! ;) Check out the other Whopping Apps including: Whopping Trains, Whopping Fire Trucks, Whopping Planes and more. -= USER COMMENTS =- My 3 year old loves these - Got this for my son who is fascinated with heavy trucks and he loves it. We have all the whopping apps now. The fire trucks one is his favorite. Great for tractor loving boys - Since tractor loving boys picked the videos, it's just great for boys who loves to watch machines in action, and then immediately afterwards watch different machines in different action.Watch out though, because there's videos of little boys driving lawn tractors, and you may get put on the spot to buy your kid his own lawnmower (again). Two year old loves it - Brilliant. If you have a digger-mad child like me you will find this app invaluable. We have this and Whopping Diggers 2, and he never tires of watching either - we have to ration it as a treat! -= TATTLE ON US =- Please rate and write a review for Whopping Apps if your toddler loves it as much as ours. For questions, concerns, bug reports, or improvements, please write directly to us via the app's Parents Zone or: Email: support@whoppingapps.com Facebook.com/whoppingapps YouTube.com/whoppingapps

About

Train Sounds Effects

Enhance your model railway experience with a variety of realistic train sound effects. Control playback with switches for continuous loops or buttons for single plays, and adjust individual volumes. Import your own sounds to further personalize your setup.

Highlights
  • Expand model railway with sound effects
  • Use iPad or external speakers
  • Control playback with switches (loop) or buttons (once)
  • Individually adjust volume for each element
  • Import custom sound effects
Features
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With Train-Sounds you expand your model railway with additional sound effects. Thus the joy deepens around your model railway. Use your iPad speakers or external speakers to listen these effects. The combination of switches and buttons allow you to determine how these effects are to be played. With switches, the effects are playing in a continuous loop and with buttons only once. At each switching element, you can adjust the volume individually. Buy through the in-app you add value to your version of Train-Sounds, you can bring your own sound effects into the program.

Screenshots

Whopping Diggers4 screens
Train Sounds Effects3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Whopping Diggers at 105 against Train Sounds Effects's 10. Whopping Diggers also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.3). Train Sounds Effects's advantage is review sentiment (73% vs 64%). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Whopping Diggers sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Train Sounds Effects sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Whopping Diggers holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Whopping Diggers has 105 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 64% of Whopping Diggers's written reviews are positive against 73% of Train Sounds Effects's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Whopping Diggers ships an update every 2 months, Train Sounds Effects every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Whopping Diggers versus Train Sounds Effects: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWhopping DiggersTrain Sounds Effects
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (105 ratings) — better4.1 (10 ratings)
Positive reviews63.5% of reviews73.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings105 — better10
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better12.3
Further details — not scored
Size623 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAppsipaja OyJanko Enke

Customer experience

Whopping Diggers

All ratings105 ratings
Positive79.0%
Neutral11.4%
Negative9.5%
Written reviews74 reviews
Positive63.5%
Neutral12.2%
Negative24.3%

Train Sounds Effects

All ratings10 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive73.3%
Neutral6.7%
Negative20.0%

Bugs and requests

Whopping Diggers

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • Paid version still has ads
  • App freezes after updates
  • App won't open after updates
  • Half of the videos don't work
  • Zombie ad appeared
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  • Banner ads are inappropriate
  • Shop icon broken
  • App doesn't work on older devices

Requested features

8 requests
  • Remove ads from paid version
  • Option for ad-free paid version
  • More video content
  • Improve usability
  • Add interactive features (looping, pinch/zoom, pause)
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  • Automatic advancement between videos/stills
  • Minimize touch/swipe actions
  • Alternative contact methods for support

Train Sounds Effects

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Whopping Diggers

One-time1
  • The Pro Pack$1.99
1 purchases

Train Sounds Effects

One-time1
  • Extra Package$0.99

Questions

Is Whopping Diggers free?
Whopping Diggers is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Train Sounds Effects free?
Train Sounds Effects is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Whopping Diggers or Train Sounds Effects?
Whopping Diggers is rated higher. Whopping Diggers averages 4.3 out of 5 from 105 ratings, while Train Sounds Effects averages 4.1 from 10 ratings.
Do Whopping Diggers or Train Sounds Effects have ads?
Neither Whopping Diggers nor Train Sounds Effects shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Whopping Diggers or Train Sounds Effects?
Whopping Diggers ships an update every 2 months, and Train Sounds Effects every 3 months. Most recently, Whopping Diggers was updated on October 20, 2026 and Train Sounds Effects on October 6, 2026.

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