googolChooChoo3D vs Model Railroad Set
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.
Model Railroad Set
Experience the nostalgic joy of a virtual model train set. Drive trains on pre-made or shared layouts, control speed, honk the horn, and operate switches. Capture and share snapshots of your railway adventures.
- Drive trains on built-in layouts
- Operate switches and control speed
- Multiple camera angles
- Take and share snapshots
- Build custom train layouts
- Share layouts via email
- Animated scenery elements
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Relive the childhood joy of playing with a virtual model train set. Free version allows driving the train on our several built-in layouts or any that you receive via email from friends. Move the train forwards and backwards, faster or slower. Honk the horn. Operate upcoming switches. Instantly change between multiple camera angles to view and follow the train. Easily take in game snapshots to share via text, email, or social media. Purchase the optional Train Builder Kit to build your own train layout and share it via email with your friends. Others only need the free version and your email. Create your own model railroad from our extensive menu of train cars, track pieces, roadways, automobiles, rivers, buildings, trees and other items. Automobiles automatically follow the roadway, and stop at train crossings. Windmills and Merry Go Rounds are animated. Purchase the Train Builder Kit as an In-App purchase on either iOS or Apple TV and use on both. Layouts are stored in the cloud and accessible from both. Email your layout (using iOS version) to a friend and they can easily download the free version to play. They can later purchase the Train Builder Kit to add additional features themselves. Fun for all ages. Universal App - supports all iPhone and iPad models, including standard and Retina displays. Works with iOS 6, 7, 8 or 9.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: googolChooChoo3D at 3.6 against Model Railroad Set's 2.5. googolChooChoo3D also leads on review sentiment (47% vs 11%). Model Railroad Set's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. googolChooChoo3D sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Model Railroad Set sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
googolChooChoo3D holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 70 and 74 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 47% of googolChooChoo3D's written reviews are positive against 11% of Model Railroad Set's.
googolChooChoo3D ships an update every 3 months, Model Railroad Set every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | googolChooChoo3D | Model Railroad Set |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (70 ratings) — better | 2.5 (74 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 47.5% of reviews — better | 11.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 70 | 74 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 6.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 30 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | Kouichi Hayashi | Magnin & Associates |
Customer experience
googolChooChoo3D
Model Railroad Set
Bugs and requests
googolChooChoo3D
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Model Railroad Set
Reported bugs
10 issues- Won't take to the actual game
- Zoomed in, out of shape, glitched
- Buttons off screen
- Freezes phone
- Cannot be shut down, requires reboot
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- Items disappear when playing
- Tracks don't meet
- Purchase button does nothing
- Crashes frequently
- Tracks don't always connect
Requested features
8 requests- Make the game free to build
- Connect roads, waterways, and railways
- Better overall design
- Improve graphics
- Make own track functionality
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- Add hills
- List add-on details and prices clearly
- Combine building bits for custom creations
In-app purchases
googolChooChoo3D
- Remove Ads$1.99
Model Railroad Set
- Train Builder Kit$3.99
Questions
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