Comparison

iRollerCoaster 3 vs Pong

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

Head to head
About

iRollerCoaster 3

Experience thrilling roller coaster rides with realistic physics and stunning graphics. Design and build your own custom tracks, then ride them from multiple camera angles. Collect and manage amusement parks in cities worldwide to generate revenue and expand your collection.

Highlights
  • Custom track designer and builder
  • 60 different track types
  • Realistic physics simulation
  • Global amusement park management
  • Multiple camera angles
  • Revenue generation from tracks
Features
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The iRollerCoaster team is proud to present: iRollerCoaster 3 - The Extreme Roller Coaster Simulation Game! Includes the iRollerCoaster custom track designer and builder! The Amusement Parks features 60 different tracks with: - Normal Roller Coasters - Inverted Roller Coasters - Hovercraft Racer - Water Slides Ride perfectly engineered realistic roller coaster tracks all over the world. Buy land in different cities from around the world and then buy your favorite tracks. Each track you buy generates more revenue to buy more tracks with! You can view the real time tracks in multiple different camera angles while the cars are moving. Ride world-class tracks in the following cities: - Orlando, Florida - Sandusky, Ohio - Rome, Italy - Shanghai, China - Monte Carlo, Monaco - Williamsburg, Virginia - Cape Town, South Africa - London, England - Zermatt, Switzerland - Las Vegas, Nevada - Los Angeles, California - Canberra, Australia - Paris, France - Tokyo, Japan - Atlantic City, New Jersey Our roller coasters use a realistic lift hill cable to pull the cars to the peak of the track. Once the cars reach the peak, potential energy accumulated by the rise in height transfers to kinetic energy and the cars race downwards. Some energy is lost to friction on the track itself. The effects of gravity are taken into account to increase speed and accelerations accurately. You can experience several G's of force on high-speed turns! iRollerCoaster 3 features: - Advanced OpenGL shader graphics - Music and sound effects - High-resolution textures - Made for iPhone 5, iPad retina, and all other iOS 4.0+ devices iRollerCoaster 3 is brought to you by the makers of World Winter Games and iBASEjump.

About

Pong

Experience a visually stunning rendition of the classic Pong game, powered by advanced neural rendering and real-time ray tracing on mobile devices. Explore realistic lighting effects and dynamic material properties, with gameplay that evolves as you score.

Highlights
  • Real-time ray tracing
  • Neural rendering
  • Global illumination
  • PBR materials
  • Dynamic themes
  • Adjustable settings
Features
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Pong-RT is a simple game of Pong that showcases the power of neural rendering by running ray tracing on phones. Real-time GI, sub-surface scattering, refraction, reflections, and caustics with PBR materials are showcased in this tech demo. Change the theme by scoring points. First to 3 points, wins. Tap the cog on the top right and adjust settings to improve quality or performance. Also try changing the device to CPU/GPU.

Screenshots

iRollerCoaster 34 screens
Pong4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pong at 100% against iRollerCoaster 3's 10%. Pong also leads on rating (4.3 vs 2.3) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). iRollerCoaster 3's advantage is ratings volume (278 vs 7) and iOS requirement (4.3 vs 12.0). On price, ads and device support 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. iRollerCoaster 3 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Pong asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pong holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iRollerCoaster 3 has 278 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 10% of iRollerCoaster 3's written reviews are positive against 100% of Pong's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
iRollerCoaster 3 versus Pong: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriRollerCoaster 3Pong
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.3 (278 ratings)4.3 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews10.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings278 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 4 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS4.3 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB588 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSea Venture LLCAmrithkiran Manavedan

Customer experience

iRollerCoaster 3

All ratings278 ratings
Positive30.2%
Neutral3.2%
Negative66.5%
Written reviews115 reviews
Positive10.4%
Neutral6.1%
Negative83.5%

Pong

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

iRollerCoaster 3

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Frequent crashes and glitches
  • Laggy and stuttering frame rates

Requested features

3 requests
  • Allow users to build their own roller coasters
  • Improve graphics and performance
  • Provide more free content and features

Pong

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

iRollerCoaster 3

One-time1
  • iRollerCoaster 3$4.99
None

Pong

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iRollerCoaster 3 free?
iRollerCoaster 3 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pong free?
Pong is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, iRollerCoaster 3 or Pong?
Pong is rated higher. iRollerCoaster 3 averages 2.3 out of 5 from 278 ratings, while Pong averages 4.3 from 7 ratings.
Do iRollerCoaster 3 or Pong have ads?
Neither iRollerCoaster 3 nor Pong shows ads.

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