Whopping Planes vs Train Sounds Effects
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Whopping Planes
This app provides a collection of airplane-themed videos, photos, and a memory game designed for young children and toddlers. It offers an engaging and interactive experience with content that is easy for little fingers to navigate, even offline.
- Airplane videos and photos
- Train-themed memory game
- Automatic video playback
- Offline functionality
- Toddler-friendly interface
- HD-quality content
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Whopping Planes is a simple entertainment app with games and videos for small kids and toddlers, delivering endless fun with Airplanes, Jet planes, helicopters and everything that flies, lands and takes off! The app is 100% free to use forever. Whopping Planes offers tons of videos and photos and an awesome train themed memory game 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! Whopping Apps have over a million downloads since 2011 – join the team of happy kids now! -= USER COMMENTS =- “Great for 2 year old - My 2 year old son is in love with planes and this keeps him happy. It is his favorite plane app!” “My son's favorite iPad app - My 2.5 yo son LOVES this app. As an adult, it's not all that exciting, but he loves it - that's all that matters.” “Great for toddlers - Most aps for kids are too advanced for the under 3 set, but this one is great. It nurtures his curiosity and holds his attention about as long as you can hold a 2 year olds attention.” TODDLER VIDEO PLAY - Videos start automatically, no buttons to press - Swipe left or right to move to the next photo or video - 21 free videos and 100+ photos - HD-quality resolution and sound MEMORY GAME AND PUZZLE - Simple to learn, easy to play - Fun sounds whether you guess right or wrong - Learn and play at the same time! -= 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 Diggers (1 & 2), Whopping Fire Trucks, Whopping Trains and more. -= 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
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.
- 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
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Whopping Planes at free against Train Sounds Effects's free with in-app purchases. Whopping Planes also leads on ratings volume (57 vs 10) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.3). Train Sounds Effects's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 7 months). On price, rating, review sentiment 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
Both are free to download. Whopping Planes 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.
Whopping Planes holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Whopping Planes has 57 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of Whopping Planes's written reviews are positive against 73% of Train Sounds Effects's.
Whopping Planes ships an update every 7 months, Train Sounds Effects every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Whopping Planes | Train Sounds Effects |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (57 ratings) — better | 4.1 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 79.2% of reviews — better | 73.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 57 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 12.3 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 423 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Appsipaja Oy | Janko Enke |
Customer experience
Whopping Planes
Train Sounds Effects
In-app purchases
Whopping Planes
- Pro Pack$1.99
Train Sounds Effects
- Extra Package$0.99
Questions
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