Comparison

googolChooChoo3D vs Car Maker Games

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

Head to head
About

googolChooChoo3D

Create and explore 3D model railroad layouts with ease. Design your own tracks and scenery by dragging and dropping elements. Experience your creations from various viewpoints, including the driver's seat of a moving train.

Highlights
  • 3D model railroad simulation
  • Drag-and-drop layout creation
  • Customizable track and item placement
  • Multiple camera views
  • Driver's seat perspective
  • Scenery design
Features
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googolChooChoo 3D is a 3D model railroad simulation program. It is easy to make your own layout by dragging and dropping track items, or other items, on your layout. You can see the layout in 3D from driver's seat of a running train or from several other locations.

About

Car Maker Games

Design and build your dream car from scratch using a variety of parts. Test your creations on a 2D track with realistic driving mechanics. This app offers a fun and educational experience for aspiring car builders of all ages.

Highlights
  • Build custom cars
  • Variety of car parts
  • Test drive creations
  • 2D driving simulation
  • Kid-friendly interface
  • Learning potential
Features
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+++ In Car Maker you have to prove yourself as an accomplished master car builder! +++ Car Maker is the perfect metal construction app for all gamers ages 3 to 103! +++ Professionally designed and brilliantly created car making app! Great for all who enjoy car crafting!! Build your car through a simple to use interface that will allow you to build the car of their dreams. Use a variety of different parts to build your ride. Add brakes, wheels, engines, headlights and more. There is no limit to what you can build! Test your car on the test track in a beautiful 2D environment. Use the gas pedal, acceleration and brakes while cruising down the highway.  The best part is, this game is not just fun, it can also help increase your I.Q. Car Maker can give you a greater sense of spatial-relationships, mechanical understanding, and the physics of machinery. FEATURES: • Kid friendly interface • Amazing learning potential • Simple and fun car building mechanics • Build your own cars and test them in the app • A variety of parts to add to your car, beautiful and fun 2D graphics • Awesome car upgrades to power up make your cars even cooler • Driving sound effects, simulation of gas pedals, acceleration and brakes • Cool graphics and game animations that totally rock • Fantastic in game test track to push your cars to the limits of your engineering skills You don’t have to be an auto maker to build cars, just this app!

Screenshots

googolChooChoo3D4 screens
Car Maker Games4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Car Maker Games at none against googolChooChoo3D's shown. Car Maker Games also leads on ratings volume (1.4K vs 70) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months). googolChooChoo3D's advantage is review sentiment (47% vs 30%). On price, rating, 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. googolChooChoo3D sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Car Maker Games sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 3.6 for googolChooChoo3D against 3.4 for Car Maker Games. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Car Maker Games has 1.4K ratings behind it against 70, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 47% of googolChooChoo3D's written reviews are positive against 30% of Car Maker Games's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

googolChooChoo3D ships an update every 3 months, Car Maker Games every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
googolChooChoo3D versus Car Maker Games: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametergoogolChooChoo3DCar Maker Games
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (70 ratings) — better3.4 (1.4K ratings)
Positive reviews47.5% of reviews — better29.6% of reviews
Number of ratings701.4K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.68.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKouichi HayashiRaymond NG

Customer experience

googolChooChoo3D

All ratings69 ratings
Positive59.4%
Neutral5.8%
Negative34.8%
Written reviews59 reviews
Positive47.5%
Neutral6.8%
Negative45.8%

Car Maker Games

All ratings1,427 ratings
Positive57.6%
Neutral8.2%
Negative34.2%
Written reviews199 reviews
Positive29.6%
Neutral3.5%
Negative66.8%

Bugs and requests

googolChooChoo3D

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Car Maker Games

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Frequent crashes and freezes
  • Inability to save or access created cars
  • Ads not loading properly

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add ability to test/drive created cars without paying
  • Reduce frequency of ads
  • Improve performance and stability

In-app purchases

1 purchases

googolChooChoo3D

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99
1 purchases

Car Maker Games

One-time1
  • Full Version$2.99

Questions

Is googolChooChoo3D free?
googolChooChoo3D is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Car Maker Games free?
Car Maker Games is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, googolChooChoo3D or Car Maker Games?
googolChooChoo3D is rated higher. googolChooChoo3D averages 3.6 out of 5 from 70 ratings, while Car Maker Games averages 3.4 from 1.4K ratings.
Do googolChooChoo3D or Car Maker Games have ads?
googolChooChoo3D shows ads; Car Maker Games does not.
Which is updated more often, googolChooChoo3D or Car Maker Games?
googolChooChoo3D ships an update every 3 months, and Car Maker Games every 5 weeks. Most recently, googolChooChoo3D was updated on October 23, 2026 and Car Maker Games on October 21, 2026.

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