Comparison

Dream Train vs Cotton Candy Shop

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

Head to head
About

Dream Train

Embark on a whimsical railway journey through fantastical lands with adorable animal passengers. Customize your train with various cars and decorations to create a unique adventure. Unlock new wonderlands and enjoy a charming experience.

Highlights
  • Unlockable wonderlands
  • Train personalization
  • Cute animal passengers
  • Decorations and furnishings
  • Railway adventure
Features
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💓✨💘🌟🚃Travel back to a “Long, long time ago” and wake up the kid in you! Open the book of fairytales and let all your dreams come true with 💝Dream Train💝 ●○●•۰🐶🐯🐰🐹🐔🐳🐠 Take the cutest little animals for the railway trip of a lifetime. Hear the train whistle roar and off we go! ✲ Top Features ✲ ✎ Multiple fantastical wonderlands to be unlocked. ✎ Personalize your train with lots of different engine cars and carriages. ✎ All different types of cute animals waiting to board your train. ✎ Gorgeous decorations and furnishings to choose from.

About

Cotton Candy Shop

Learn to create and serve delicious cotton candies in a virtual candy shop. Follow recipes, use a special machine, and decorate your creations to satisfy customers and grow your business.

Highlights
  • Make colorful cotton candies
  • Use a special candy machine
  • Decorate with various toppings
  • Serve different flavors
  • Manage your own candy shop
Features
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Every kid loves sweet cotton candies. A big candy shop is newly opened in the city. Do you want to be the manager of the shop and learn to make cotton candies? Follow the instructions and turn colorful sugar into cotton candies. Serve your customers different flavors of cotton candies. Enlarge your business and boost the income. Features: * Various of delicious ingredients to choose from * Use a special machine to make colorful cotton candies * All kinds of decorations to add * Have fun to run your own candy shop A happy game to teach how to make delicious cotton candies!

Screenshots

Dream Train4 screens
Cotton Candy Shop4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Dream Train at every 2 months against Cotton Candy Shop's every 18 months. Dream Train also leads on review sentiment (53% vs 25%) and ratings volume (194 vs 7). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Dream Train sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Cotton Candy Shop sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dream Train holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dream Train has 194 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 53% of Dream Train's written reviews are positive against 25% of Cotton Candy Shop's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dream Train ships an update every 2 months, Cotton Candy Shop every 18 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Dream Train versus Cotton Candy Shop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDream TrainCotton Candy Shop
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (194 ratings) — better3.1 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews52.7% of reviews — better25.0% of reviews
Number of ratings194 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 18 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS3.2 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB55 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTOPGAMEXi'an Qi Guo Network Technology Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

Dream Train

All ratings194 ratings
Positive53.1%
Neutral13.4%
Negative33.5%
Written reviews150 reviews
Positive52.7%
Neutral10.7%
Negative36.7%

Cotton Candy Shop

All ratings6 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Dream Train

One-time10
  • Handful of Candies$0.99
  • Handful of Coins$0.99
  • Bag of Candies$4.99
Show 7 more
  • Pocketful of Coins$4.99
  • Box of Candies$9.99
  • Pile of Coins$9.99
  • Jar of Candies$19.99
  • Barrel of Coins$19.99
  • Truck of Candies$99.99
  • Chest of Coins$99.99
6 purchases

Cotton Candy Shop

One-time6
  • Get 100 Coins$0.99
  • Remove Ad$0.99
  • Get 250 Coins$1.99
Show 3 more
  • Get 750 Coins$4.99
  • Get 1750 Coins$9.99
  • Get 4000 Coins$19.99

Questions

Is Dream Train free?
Dream Train is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cotton Candy Shop free?
Cotton Candy Shop is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Dream Train or Cotton Candy Shop?
Dream Train is rated higher. Dream Train averages 3.3 out of 5 from 194 ratings, while Cotton Candy Shop averages 3.1 from 7 ratings.
Do Dream Train or Cotton Candy Shop have ads?
Neither Dream Train nor Cotton Candy Shop shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dream Train or Cotton Candy Shop?
Dream Train ships an update every 2 months, and Cotton Candy Shop every 18 months. Most recently, Dream Train was updated on November 1, 2026 and Cotton Candy Shop on November 2, 2026.

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