Spooky Express vs Leaving home
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Spooky Express
Manage the Spooky Express, a unique rail service for the undead. Plan routes and lay tracks to transport various monsters to their destinations across over 200 challenging levels. Enjoy a playful puzzler with a spooky theme and delightful surprises.
- Plan routes and lay train tracks
- Transport undead passengers
- Over 200 thoughtfully designed levels
- Unique monster destinations
- Playful puzzler with spooky theme
- Haunting soundtrack
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Try before you buy. No ads. A one-time in-app purchase unlocks the full game. Take charge of the Spooky Express; the only rail service willing to carry the undead passengers of deepest, darkest Trainsylvania. In your new role you'll plan routes and lay train tracks to meet your creepy commuters' demands, and create a rail network spanning more than 200 thoughtfully designed levels. Each monster has a home of their own: take the vampires to their coffins and the zombies to their graves, and escort the interloping humans away before they’re snacked upon. There’s only room for one at a time in the passenger car and the track can’t cross itself, so plot your route carefully, lay the tracks, and don't let the train miss its stops. Trainsylvania spans a host of unique locations, with each puzzle forming a cosy diorama, complete with spooky soundtrack. Whether you're puzzling through the Pumpkin Patch, meandering through the Morbid Manor, or investigating the Impish Inferno, you'll find playful touches and surprises around every corner. • An elegant, playful puzzler, jam-packed with monsters and mechanics. • Thoughtfully designed puzzles which expertly balance complexity and approachability. • Created by the award-winning designers of A Monster's Expedition, A Good Snowman Is Hard To Build, Cosmic Express and more. • Featuring several delightful comics from David Hellman and Zac Gorman. • Accompanied by a haunting soundtrack from Priscilla Snow. No generative artificial intelligence (AI) was used in the creation of this game or promotional materials. Draknek & Friends believes in the value of real human labour and inspiration in all of our endeavours.
Leaving home
A handcrafted point-and-click adventure game featuring quirky challenges and surreal surprises. Solve original puzzles across eight interconnected rooms, each with its own soundtrack, to escape.
- Point-and-click adventure gameplay
- Handcrafted puzzles
- Eight interconnected rooms
- Unique soundtrack per room
- Surreal surprises
- Quirky challenges
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It’s 7:00 AM, the alarm rings. Some mornings feel heavier than others... From puzzle maestro Bart Bonte comes a point-and-click adventure filled with quirky challenges, surreal surprises and moody tunes. Undo the knots in your mind, one click at a time... Leaving Home is a completely handcrafted point-and-click adventure that takes you through eight interconnected rooms, each with its own soundtrack, full of original puzzles that you must solve to make your way out.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Spooky Express at none against Leaving home's shown. Spooky Express also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 6 weeks). Leaving home's advantage is review sentiment (93% vs 67%) and rating (4.8 vs 4.5). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Spooky Express sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Leaving home sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Leaving home holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 89 and 394 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Spooky Express's written reviews are positive against 93% of Leaving home's.
Spooky Express ships an update daily, Leaving home every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Spooky Express | Leaving home |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (89 ratings) | 4.8 (394 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 67.3% of reviews | 93.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 89 | 394 — better |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 420 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Draknek Limited | Bart BONTE |
Customer experience
Spooky Express
Leaving home
User reviews
Spooky Express
From 89 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Engaging puzzles
- 👍 Neat graphics
- 👍 Enjoyable gameplay
- 👍 Clever mechanics
- 👍 Forgiving and encourages exploration
Room to improve
- 🐛 Sound glitches
- 🐛 Issues with completing second level
Leaving home
From 394 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎉 Fun and challenging
- 🧠 Good brain workout
- 🌈 Calm background music
- 👍 Cute, elegant, no glitches
- 💡 Interesting puzzles
Room to improve
- 🕰️ Short game length
Bugs and requests
Spooky Express
Reported bugs
2 issues- Crashes on startup
- Track won't finish on second board
Requested features
2 requests- Ability to deliver zombies and vampires
- Fix for level 2 difficulty
Leaving home
Requested features
2 requests- More games like this
- Longer game duration
In-app purchases
Spooky Express
- Unlock Full Game$5.99
Leaving home
- no ads$2.99
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