Train Game Assistant vs Turn Timer for Board Games
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Train Game Assistant
This utility app simplifies playing the board games Rail Baron and Boxcars. It provides quick lookups for trip payoffs and new destinations, and helps manage player information like names, colors, and home cities.
- Trip payoff lookup
- New destination lookup
- Player name tracking
- Player color tracking
- Home city tracking
- Player status tracking
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Train Game Assistant helps with the board game Rail Baron® and apparently Boxcars®. It makes it quick and easy to: • Look up the payoff for trips between two cities • Look up new destinations • Keep track of the players' names, colors, home cities, and status in a game (Rail Baron is a registered trademark of Intersystem Concepts, Inc.) (Boxcars is a registered trademark of Rio Grande Games, Inc.)
Turn Timer for Board Games
This app helps manage turn times for board games like Rummikub, Catan, and Monopoly. It allows customizable player names and turn limits, with visual and audio cues for countdowns and timeouts. Enjoy fairer and more engaging game nights.
- Unlimited player count with editable names
- Customizable turn time limits
- Randomized first player selection
- Visual player color assignment
- 10-second countdown warning
- Sound alerts for countdown and timeout
- Pause timer option
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Elevate Your Rummikub, Catan, and Monopoly Games. Set player names, time limits per turn, and enjoy hassle-free gaming with immersive sound effects. Remember to unmute your device! Features: - Unlimited player count with editable names - Customizable time for each turn - Randomized first player selection - Beautiful colors generated for each player - 10-second countdown warning - Intense ticking sound for the last 5 seconds - Loud buzzer alert at timeout - Option to pause the timer at timeout (useful for any cleanup before next player turn begins) Download now and bring fairness and excitement to your board game nights!
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Verdict
Train Game Assistant and Turn Timer for Board Games both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Train Game Assistant's written reviews are positive against 67% of Turn Timer for Board Games's. Turn Timer for Board Games's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.6). On price, rating, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Train Game Assistant against 5.0 for Turn Timer for Board Games. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Turn Timer for Board Games has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Train Game Assistant's written reviews are positive against 67% of Turn Timer for Board Games's.
| Parameter | Train Game Assistant | Turn Timer for Board Games |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 5 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Stasis Software LLC | ByteBrew LLC |
Customer experience
Train Game Assistant
Turn Timer for Board Games
In-app purchases
Train Game Assistant
No in-app purchases
Turn Timer for Board Games
No in-app purchases
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