googolChooChoo3D vs TrainCanCan
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 3D model railroad simulation
- Drag-and-drop layout creation
- Customizable track and item placement
- Multiple camera views
- Driver's seat perspective
- Scenery design
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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.
TrainCanCan
Engage in fun train simulations with various locomotive types, including bullet trains and maglevs. Interact with the environment by tapping icons to trigger events like crossings, tunnels, and scenery changes. Special items offer unique gameplay enhancements.
- Multiple train types (bullet, maglev, steam)
- Interactive environment elements (crossings, tunnels, bridges)
- Special item power-ups
- Manual and automatic train control modes
- Scenery and vehicle variety
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You can have fun running various trains, including bullet trains, regular trains, steam locomotives, and maglev trains. Simply tap the icons to easily switch between different types of trains and enjoy! Icons will appear from the bottom left, so try tapping them. You can transform into various trains, and crossings, tunnels, and bridges will also appear. Freight trains and trams will also make an appearance. In addition, various vehicles will appear on the screen, so try tapping them! Something fun might happen! Icon Descriptions - Maglev Train Icon: Transforms into a maglev train for a limited time. - Regular Train Icon: Changes into various types of regular trains. - Bullet Train Icon: Transforms into a bullet train for a limited time. - Steam Locomotive Icon: Transforms into a steam locomotive for a limited time. - Railroad Crossing Icon: Displays a railroad crossing. - Tunnel Icon: Displays a tunnel. - Bridge Icon: Displays a bridge. - Station Icon: Automatically stops at stations. (In manual mode, you must stop at the station yourself.) - Scenery Change Icon: Changes the scenery to a different route. - Horn Icon: Sounds the train's horn. There are four special item buttons (single-tap version) that can be used without consuming hearts. Pressing the unlimited special item button at the top of the screen consumes 5 hearts and allows you to use special items freely for 60 seconds. The special items are: 1. "Big Button": Makes the train grow bigger in two stages. 2. "Railroad Crossing": Allows you to place railroad crossings as much as you like. 3. "Freight Train": Makes a freight train pass by. 4. "Tram": Makes a tram appear. Hearts regenerate over time. In manual mode, you can control the train manually. Many working vehicles, police cars, ambulances, fire trucks, buses, construction vehicles, sports cars, compact cars, and minivans will also appear, so look forward to them
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: TrainCanCan at 4.4 against googolChooChoo3D's 3.6. TrainCanCan also leads on review sentiment (89% vs 47%) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. googolChooChoo3D sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. TrainCanCan asks for nothing beyond the download.
TrainCanCan holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 69 and 27 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 47% of googolChooChoo3D's written reviews are positive against 89% of TrainCanCan's.
googolChooChoo3D ships an update every 3 months, TrainCanCan every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | googolChooChoo3D | TrainCanCan |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (69 ratings) | 4.4 (27 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 47.5% of reviews | 88.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 69 — better | 27 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 256 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kouichi Hayashi | hiroyuki uchida |
Customer experience
googolChooChoo3D
TrainCanCan
In-app purchases
googolChooChoo3D
- Remove Ads$1.99
TrainCanCan
No in-app purchases
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