SuperTrains 1 vs Trainz Simulator 2
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SuperTrains 1
Experience an adrenaline-pumping train adventure with a vast collection of unlockable trains and challenging levels. Choose from three unique game modes and enjoy stunning graphics with ad-free gameplay. Optional in-app purchases enhance the experience.
- Unlockable dream trains
- 20 epic levels
- 3 electrifying game modes
- Stunning graphics
- Ad-free gameplay
- In-app purchases
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Welcome to the revolution of train gaming - SuperTrains! From the masterminds behind the beloved original SuperTrains and SuperTrains 2, comes an all-new, jaw-dropping experience that will leave you begging for more! Get ready to embark on an adrenaline-pumping, action-packed train adventure that's bigger, better, and more thrilling than ever before! Features: • Unlock and Choose Your Dream Trains - With a vast collection of awe-inspiring trains to unlock and choose from, including the mighty COMANCHE, the colossal FREIGHTER, the unstoppable DESTROYER, the cutting-edge TERMINUS, and many more, you can create your ultimate train fleet and dominate the tracks like a true train tycoon! • 20 Epic Levels - Brace yourself for 20 heart-pounding levels filled with challenging obstacles, cunning opponents, and explosive surprises that will test your strategic skills and keep you on the edge of your seat! • 3 Electrifying Modes - Choose from three electrifying game modes: STEAM, SUPER, or BATTLE, each offering its own unique gameplay mechanics, special power-ups, and intense showdowns that will push your train-driving prowess to the limit! • Stunning Graphics - Get ready to be blown away by the breathtaking graphics of SuperTrains! Optimized for both high and low-resolution devices, every detail, from the meticulously designed trains to the mesmerizing landscapes, has been crafted with stunning visual effects to create a truly immersive and jaw-dropping gaming experience! • Ad-Free Action - Say goodbye to annoying ads and enjoy uninterrupted gameplay that will keep you fully immersed in the thrilling world of SuperTrains! • In-App Purchases - SuperTrains is free to play, with optional in-app purchases available to supercharge your gameplay and unlock exclusive trains, upgrades, and power-ups that will give you the edge in your quest for train domination! Constantly Evolving Content - The SuperTrains team is always hard at work, creating new and original content to keep the excitement rolling! Expect regular updates with new trains, wagons, tracks, features, and games to keep your train adventure fresh and thrilling! Join the SuperTrains community and be part of the train gaming revolution! Share your feedback, likes, dislikes, and issues with us at richard@okidoki-apps.com, including your device make and model. Your feedback fuels our passion for creating the best train gaming experience possible! Follow Us: • Web: https://www.okidoki-apps.com SuperTrains is a registered trademark of okidoki-apps. All rights reserved. Get ready to embark on the train adventure of a lifetime with SuperTrains! Get on board now and experience the rush of high-speed trains, epic battles, and addictive gameplay that will keep you coming back for more! All aboard!
Trainz Simulator 2
Experience the thrill of being a train driver on diverse global routes. Operate a wide selection of steam, diesel, and electric trains, and unleash your creativity with intuitive tools to build your own railway empire.
- Drive various steam, diesel, and electric trains
- Build and customize your own rail lines
- Explore diverse global routes
- Realistic driving and operation
- Intuitive world-building tools
- Multiplayer and online chat
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Try Trainz Sim 2 FREE now. For the latest and greatest experience upgrade to Trainz Simulator 3 - available now. Experience being a train driver on a variety of routes throughout the world, choose from a wide range of steam, diesel or electric trains, and create your own rail line with the intuitive world building tools. Trainz Simulator 2 is for the young, the young at heart or anyone who loves the power of a loco at full throttle! Here's what some of our fans are saying: 5 STARS Hitting the rails by Rijuer - Version - 1.0.4 Wow ... This game is a treat. Fun and skill required. Enjoying this game. Enjoy the varied scenery, weather and other adjustments for some great gameplay. Enjoy! 5 STARS Best Mobile Rail Simulator by Michael Colletti - Version - 1.0.4 Trainz 2 is an amazing mobile rail simulation. Routes Locos & rolling stock will keep the most demanding rail enthusiasts busy for hours! 5 STARS Great application by MattHelm21 - Version - 1.0.4 I really enjoy this new version. Realistic mode is terrific. 5 STARS My 6 yr old loves it by Risaacs - Version - 1.0.4 He's a train and iPad lover - so this is perfect! 5 STARS Amazing App by Pocket Planes = :-) - Version - 1.0.4 This app is absolutely amazing! Although it is not as detailed as computer versions are, it is amazing what they have done considering this for iPads/iPhones. It is very engaging and very fun!! Up The Mountains Part 1 is one of the scenarios that is available for purchase (only 99 cents!), and it is an amazing scenario. The Al traffic is amazing and it is Avery fun scenario. I would very highly recommend Trainz Simulator 2! 5 STARS Amazing game! by Corruptduck - Version - 1.0.4 Has a lot of cool locomotives and steam trains, and I love the fact I can make my own routes >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Features: - New Routes & Sessions - Multiplayer - Online Chat - Redesigned Surveyor Interface - New Surveyor Tools - Improved Drive Controls - Increased Draw Distance - Upgraded Graphics - Retina Display - Drive Loads of Trains. - Operate a complete working rail line. - Build and customize your own living railroad using our advanced route creation tool called “Surveyor”. - Touch input makes driving Trains, laying tracks, creating layouts and completing scheduled tasks a breeze. - Accessibility take Trainz with you anytime, anywhere. Based on the successful PC & Mac franchise, Trainz Simulator 2 allows you to Build and operate the railroad of your dreams. Trainz Simulator 2 for iPad includes everything you need to build and operate your own dream railroad. You can build a fun layout in minutes, faithfully recreate a railroad from days gone by or develop a fully-fledged prototypical route; the choice is yours. Prepare yourself for the most realistic Train Simulator on any mobile device!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Trainz Simulator 2 at 83% against SuperTrains 1's 39%. Trainz Simulator 2 also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.3) and ratings volume (7.8K vs 52). SuperTrains 1's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, 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
Both are free to download. SuperTrains 1 sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Trainz Simulator 2 sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Trainz Simulator 2 holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Trainz Simulator 2 has 7.8K ratings behind it against 52, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 39% of SuperTrains 1's written reviews are positive against 83% of Trainz Simulator 2's.
SuperTrains 1 ships an update every 2 months, Trainz Simulator 2 every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SuperTrains 1 | Trainz Simulator 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (52 ratings) | 4.7 (7.8K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 38.6% of reviews | 83.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 52 | 7.8K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 309 MB | 588 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kathrin Brock | N3V Games Pty Ltd |
Customer experience
SuperTrains 1
Trainz Simulator 2
User reviews
SuperTrains 1
From 52 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Good graphics
- 👍 Fun to play
- 👍 Awesome game
- 👍 Great app
- 👍 Unique RR App Fun
Room to improve
- 😞 Disappointing changes
- 😞 Not like old version
- 😞 Simpler designs were better
- 😞 Horrible graphics
- 😞 Waste of money
Trainz Simulator 2
From 7.8K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Best train game ever
- 👍 Realistic trains and scenery
- 👍 Immersive gameplay
- 👍 Customizable routes
- 👍 Variety of trains and sessions
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and glitches
- 🐛 Disappearing content and lost purchases
- 🐛 Unrealistic physics and controls
- 🐛 Laggy performance on some devices
- 💰 Expensive in-app purchases
Bugs and requests
SuperTrains 1
Reported bugs
258 issues- Train uncouples when going backwards
- Money disappeared, no train bought
- Sentries not appearing
- Train not picking up freight cars
- Glitching flatbeds
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- Cannot buy different trains
- Train gets stuck
- Cannot change view of track
- Red train gets stuck
- Tracks don't change properly
- Crash
- App unresponsive
- Doesn't react when touched
- Giant banner ad at bottom
- Train derails on a bend
- Fall into the void
- Game goes off to menu
- Cannot complete a circuit
- Track glitches out
- Train derails
- Changing track connectors does nothing
- Train flies off track randomly
- Controls are unresponsive
- Red trains don't move
- Camera angles make game difficult
- Hard to get to know where you are going
- Game keeps jumping back to menu
- Train goes under the earth
- Slide for speed malfunctions
- Speed slide does not always go where dragged
- Menu button too easy to hit
- Kicked out of game
- No going back to where left off
- Control buttons too large
- Views of tracks need work
- Kicked to next level too soon
- Let players play for sake of playing
- Too many bugs
- No notifier for level progress
- Too many glitches
- Goes out of map
- Randomly lose carriages
- Teleporting
- Going straight forward knocks off track
- Crashes
- Doesn't work
- App refuses to work
- Laggy
- Train gets stuck
- Won't move forwards or backwards
- Can't change view of track
- Tracks don't change properly
- Crash again
- Unresponsive
- Doesn't react when touched
- Banner ad at bottom
- Train derails
- Fall into the void
- Sentries aren't appearing
- Train not picking up freight cars
- Glitching flatbeds
- Cannot buy different trains
- Money disappeared
- No new train available
- Train uncouples from cargo
- Clips into the abyss
- 2player mode not showing
- Old sounds had charm
- Star orb collection sound missing
- Battle mode for kids
- Simpler designs were better
- Graphics are disgusting
- Game looks disgusting
- Graphics changed
- Game is horrible because of graphics
- Graphics are absolutely disgusting
- Ruins the normal SuperTrains experience
- Better the old way
- Miss the old game
- Old version was way better
- Paid version has problems
- Train gets stuck
- Won't move forwards or backwards
- Can't change view of track
- Red train gets stuck
- Tracks don't change properly
- Crash again
- Wouldn't recommend
- Waste of money
- Laggy
- Pointless
- May have to buy next levels
- Annoying
- Falls off the coast of the track
- Practice makes perfect
- Downloaded app multiple times, refuses to work
- Free version won't work
- Paid version might not work
- Reviews indicate waste
- Very buggy
- Gets old
- Only 4 levels
- Colorful
- Fun to play
- App is unresponsive
- Doesn't react when touched
- Giant banner ad at bottom
- Tricking kids into clicking ad
- Train controls under ad
- Too hard for kids
- Wouldn't interest adults
- Buggiest app
- Entertaining sometimes
- Update promises better links
- Now full of intrusive adverts
- Totally ruined it
- Good graphics
- Not so good cos a bit poor trains
- No fun
- Stupid no good app
- App = 💩 down the 🚽
- Good game
- Fun
- Super awesome
- So awesome
- Come up with Super Trains 2
- Last update gave 20 levels, this one takes back to 4
- Don't give more then take away
- Very dumb game
- Lots of bugs
- Drive over intersections, go under the earth
- Don't waste your time
- Good game
- Steaming pile of horse crud
- App is fun but needs work
- Move menu button
- Too easy to hit accidentally
- Get kicked out
- No going back to where left off
- Make control buttons smaller
- Views of tracks need work
- Get enough stars, get kicked to next level
- Let them just play for sake of playing
- Slide for speed malfunctions
- Does not always go where dragged
- Would not purchase full version unless fixed
- Needs a few tweaks
- So many great things you can do
- If you don't have it, GET IT NOW!
- Could not get through one level
- Track would glitch out
- Train would derail
- DON'T GET THIS APP
- -5 stars
- Not bad but could be better
- Good train simulator
- Camera angles made game difficult
- Hard to get to know where going
- Especially in reverse
- Camera focuses on locomotive
- Could be fun for some
- Disappointed in game overall
- Rubbish man
- Keeps going back to start
- Don't get this game
- Loads too slow
- Please fix
- Really good
- What's up with the sound?
- Train sounds like UFO
- Deleted the game for now
- So fun
- This game rocks
- Super trains is awesomely made
- Congratulate on hard work
- Very boring
- Don't understand it at all
- Don't waste your time
- Difficult to play
- Impossible to track position of other trains
- Large map
- Available camera views
- Nice graphics, but don't do much good
- Considering playability
- Not the kind of challenge I was looking for
- Very glitchy
- Can go out of the map
- Randomly lose carriages
- Teleport
- Signalman
- Fantastic graphics
- Promises to be good
- Keeps jumping back to menu
- Cannot complete a circuit
- Very frustrating
- Not prepared to pay for a game that won't work
- Free level won't work
- Pretty hard
- Very fun
- Annoyed!!
- Game looked amazing
- Every time press 1 2 3 or 4, game goes off to menu
- If this was sorted out, would get 5 stars
- Amazing
- Best 3D train game EVER!!!!
- Hooked for hours
- Unique RR App Fun!
- GR8 1.7 Update :)
- New update continues v. good developer trait
- Smooth on my 3G iDevice w/ iOS 5+
- Can Recommend
- Good to see people like game enough to write reviews with Feedback
- This app really Rocks
- Totally TOPS in the trains action puzzle game genre
- Accessible RR game
- Different
- EZ to pick up
- Excellent 3D fun
- Great graphics and sounds
- Please fix bugs
- Idea of a fun game
- Made almost unplayable
- On track glitches
- Train flies off track at random moments
- Changing track connectors seems to almost do nothing
- Many cases
- Please, just update already or pull this from app store..!
- Warning- this game is broken as it is!
- Do not buy or download until developers fix issues!
- Horrible but better then steam trains
- Really really really good
- I'm kidding
- Playing this is like being hit by that horrid looking train
- Bugs
- Please fix the bugs in a update
- Buggy
- Very entertaining game
- Too many bugs
- No notifier for how much is left on a level
- The pictures promised 8 levels in the free edition
- Too many glitches
- Game has potential
- Just need the bugs fixed
- Glitch a mania
- Good game, but I'm going straight forward and it knocks me off the track
- Ok, not very good
- Crashes!!
- Doesn't work
- Waste of time
- Bad!!!
- Don't even bother
- Waste of time
- Deleted after 30 seconds
- UGH!!!
- This app stinks
- Controls are unresponsive
- Red trains you are supposed to avoid DON'T MOVE
- Rather than being free, they ought to pay you for getting this app
Requested features
14 requests- Revert to original 2014 build
- Make a Super Trains Classic app
- Add more trains (Supertrains 2, STEAMTRAINS)
- Unlock trains
- Add Blue, Red, Yellow, Green, Black, Light Blue trains
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- Add back old sounds
- Bring back old sounds
- Bring back the old version
- Update to the old version
- Make the old version of the game
- Come up with Super Trains 2
- Add more levels
- Add more trains
- Add more features
Trainz Simulator 2
Reported bugs
5 issues- Tracks disappearing and turning into white lines
- Inability to save custom routes
- Frequent crashes when loading certain routes
- Trains getting stuck or behaving unexpectedly
- Download issues and inability to restore purchases
Requested features
7 requests- More free trains and routes
- Add British, Australian, and other international trains
- Improve derailment and collision physics
- Implement a content manager and ability to install third-party mods
- Add more steam locomotives and trams
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- Improve route creation tools
- Introduce Thomas the Tank Engine content
In-app purchases
SuperTrains 1
- 200 gems$1.99
- Unlock all levels$2.99
- Electro$4.99
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- Thumper$4.99
- Trident$4.99
- 600 gems$5.99
- 2000 gems$14.99
- 3500 gems$24.99
- 9000 gems$54.99
- 15000 gems$79.99
Trainz Simulator 2
- Arcade Sessions (Classic)$0.99
- The Black Forest (Classic)$0.99
- Iberia Interior$0.99
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- Queensland$0.99
- Civil War Museum Run - 4-4-0 Steam$0.99
- Tidewater Point Rail$1.99
- Winter in the Alps$2.99
- Marias Pass Approach$2.99
- Maglev Project$2.99
- Northbay County$2.99
Questions
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