Ticket to Ride® vs Detective Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ticket to Ride®
Embark on a digital train adventure connecting cities across various countries. Compete with players worldwide, friends, or AI in this classic board game adaptation. Enjoy strategic gameplay with multiple modes, including asynchronous play and local couch co-op.
- Online multiplayer with global matchmaking
- Asynchronous play for busy schedules
- Single-player mode against advanced AI
- Local couch play option
- Strategic route building and ticket completion
- Multiple country maps and expansions
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Play the ultimate digital version of the multi-award-winning modern classic board game Ticket to Ride! Journey across various countries, connecting their vibrant cities and exploring their unique gameplay mechanics and bonuses on the way. Ticket to Ride offers a variety of game modes to suit you. Want to get competitive? Head online to challenge other players around the world and climb the leaderboards, or play with friends further afield in a private game. Got a packed schedule? Set up or join an asynchronous game and play across multiple days – we’ll notify you when it is your turn, so you can go at your own pace. Test out new strategies or keep it casual in single-player mode against state-of-the-art AI opponents. You can even make a game night of it with friends and family in couch play! Get to know a cast of unforgettable characters, each bringing their own tales to the table. Add new locomotives and carriages to your fleet with every expansion, and cement your name in railway history on the leaderboard! Become a railway legend in the iconic, fan-favourite modern classic! HOW TO PLAY TICKET TO RIDE®: Players are dealt a number of tickets and must pick a certain number to keep (depending on the map). Players are also dealt four train cards of various colours. This number can also vary depending on the map you’re playing on, but don’t worry – the AI takes care of this! Each turn, players can draw two train cards from the face-up pile, draw two train cards from the face-down pile, draw another ticket to complete, or use their train cards to claim a route! A claimed route is shown by placing train pieces along the route. When a player has three or fewer train pieces left, the last round starts. Whoever has the most points at the end of the game is the winner! FEATURES A TRULY SOCIAL TAKE ON MULTIPLAYER – Play online with friends or enjoy a seamless matchmaking experience when you challenge players from around the world. Alternatively, take on your friend sitting right next to you in couch play – use the free Ticket to Ride Companion App to really boost your couch gaming session! PLAY AROUND YOUR BUSY DAY – Set up a game in async mode and play a game across multiple days. SINGLE-PLAYER MODE DRIVEN BY EXPERT AIs – Powered by an innovative adaptive AI system, single-player mode offers a challenge for new and experienced players alike. AN IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE – Every moment has been brought to life with beautiful graphics that will immerse you in the adventure. STRATEGIC GAMEPLAY – Every game presents fresh challenges, and it’s your mission to work out the most efficient solutions. Collect points by completing tickets, linking destinations and building the longest route. Join the Marmalade Game Studio Discord server to connect with players, organise matches, see the latest news and updates, and take part in events!
Detective Notes
Organize clues, suspects, and locations to solve mysteries. Customize your detective notebook for any game, adjust player counts, and keep your strategies private. Features include marker variety and multilingual support.
- Customizable setup for suspects, tools, and locations
- Flexible player count adjustment
- Private note customization
- Variety of marker tools
- Multilingual support
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The perfect companion for your mystery board games — the detective notebook! Are you ready to take your deduction skills to the next level? This app helps you track clues, organize suspects, and solve mysteries with ease. • Customizable Setup: Add or edit suspects, tools, and locations to create your own unique detective notebook and share it with friends. • Flexible Player Count: Easily adjust the notebook to match the number of participants so you can enjoy the game anytime, anywhere. • Private Strategy: Customize or hide your notes for each game to keep your deductions secret from other players. • Marker Variety: Use a range of markers to help with your deduction process, undo mistakes, or reset everything with one tap. • Multilingual Support: Play and share your detective fun in English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, and Korean. Now is the time to level up your detective game!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Detective Notes at Free against Ticket to Ride®'s $4.99. Detective Notes also leads on review sentiment (72% vs 30%). Ticket to Ride®'s advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (12K vs 218). On rating, update cadence, 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
Detective Notes is free to download; Ticket to Ride® costs $4.99 up front. Ticket to Ride® sells 27 one-off in-app purchases and Detective Notes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Ticket to Ride® against 4.7 for Detective Notes. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ticket to Ride® has 12K ratings behind it against 218, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 30% of Ticket to Ride®'s written reviews are positive against 72% of Detective Notes's.
Ticket to Ride® ships an update monthly, Detective Notes every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ticket to Ride® | Detective Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.6 (12K ratings) | 4.7 (218 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 30.5% of reviews | 72.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 12K — better | 218 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #2 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 917 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Marmalade Game Studio Limited | Kyeong Cheon Yang |
Customer experience
Ticket to Ride®
Detective Notes
User reviews
Ticket to Ride®
From 12K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Smooth gameplay
- 🎨 Nice graphics
- ⏱️ Rapid play mode
- 🤝 Multiplayer functionality
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
- 🔍 Difficulty seeing routes and trains
- 🎨 Confusing color schemes
- 🕰️ Slow animations
- 💰 Expensive expansion packs
Detective Notes
From 218 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 All-in-one solution for Clue
- 🚀 Makes Clue game more efficient
- 😍 Fun for playing with friends
- 👍 Great alternative to paper
- 😊 Fun for family game nights
Room to improve
- 🐛 Reset button stopped working
- 🐛 App blocks for days
- 🐛 Custom settings don't work
- 🐛 Ads not closable
- 🐛 Error on start, unusable
Bugs and requests
Ticket to Ride®
Reported bugs
3 issues- Game freezing and crashing mid-game
- Incorrect scoring and card distribution
- Inability to rejoin interrupted games
Requested features
5 requests- Offline/local multiplayer mode
- Ranking/progression system
- Customizable UI/color options
- Ability to share purchased expansions
- In-game chat and notifications
Detective Notes
Reported bugs
8 issues- Reset button stopped working after update
- Application blocked for 3 days
- Custom setting does not work
- Ads are not closable, requires force close
- Error on main screen, cannot use app
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- Weapons and rooms categories select 2 rows at a time
- App broke when adding more custom suspects, weapons, rooms
- Harry Potter version shows 8 rooms instead of 9
Requested features
5 requests- Add numbering system for cells
- Allow multiple numbers per cell
- Add Harry Potter version rooms (9 rooms)
- Fix custom settings functionality
- Fix weapons and rooms category selection
In-app purchases
Ticket to Ride®
- Bertie Hawkes$1.99
- Rocket Locomotive$1.99
- Erika Ford$1.99
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- Lumberjack Carriage$1.99
- Oil Baron carriage$1.99
- Dolomite Dynamite$1.99
- Mina Larsen$1.99
- Morten Jensen$1.99
- Europe Character Bundle$2.99
- 1910 Ticket Pack$3.99
- San Francisco Map$6.99
- Legendary Asia Map$6.99
- India Map$6.99
- India Expansion$7.99
- Heart of Africa Expansion$7.99
- Switzerland Expansion Bundle$7.99
- Nordic Map$9.99
- Ticket to Ride ChristmasBundle$9.99
- San Francisco City Expansion$12.99
- Japan Expansion$12.99
- Europe Map$12.99
- Nordic Expansion$12.99
- Legendary Asia Expansion$12.99
- Europe Expansion$14.99
- Welcome Offer$29.99
- Ticket to Ride Sale Offer$29.99
- Round the World Ticket$49.99
Detective Notes
- No Ads$3.99
Questions
Is Ticket to Ride® free?
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