Comparison

Spooky Express vs Constellation

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

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About

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.

Highlights
  • Plan routes and lay train tracks
  • Transport undead passengers
  • Over 200 thoughtfully designed levels
  • Unique monster destinations
  • Playful puzzler with spooky theme
  • Haunting soundtrack
Features
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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.

About

Constellation

Features
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CONSTELLATION The night sky holds patterns that human eyes have traced for thousands of years. Now it's your turn. Constellation is a star-tracing puzzle game built around one deceptively simple idea: a shape is hidden among the stars. Find it. Connect it. Do it before the sky goes dark. Each round places a dotted outline on screen — a constellation waiting to be traced. The board fills with coloured stars, only one colour forming the real shape. The rest are decoys. Drag through the matching stars in order, start from either end, and connect the dots before the wave decay timer runs out. Stars don't disappear one at a time — they fade together, in pulses, putting every player under the same pressure. Faster runs score more. Cleaner runs score more. The best players learn to read the shape instantly, commit to a direction, and trace without hesitation. FOUR WAYS TO PLAY * Sprint puts you on the clock for 90 seconds. Shapes come in waves. Each successful trace keeps the run alive. Your score is the number that lands on the leaderboard — chase your personal best, then chase everyone else's. * Daily Sky gives every player the same five shapes on the same day. Your total time is what counts. Share your result, compare with friends, and come back tomorrow for a fresh sky. The leaderboard here resets daily, so yesterday's champion starts from zero. * Progression is a campaign through the sky. Twenty-five named constellations — from the geometric simplicity of Triangulum to the sprawling complexity of Orion — each split into individual stars to master. Earn medals on every level. Return to improve your rating. There are no power-ups, no shortcuts: just you, the shape, and how cleanly you can trace it. * Versus lets you play against other people without waiting for them to be online. Tap Quick Match and you're matched with a real player who traced the same sky before you. Beat their time and the point is yours. Your run enters the pool for the next person to race. No lobbies. No scheduling. Just load up, play, and find out where you rank. If you want a direct challenge, generate a code and send it to a friend. They enter it, you both trace the same sky, and the result screen tells you who came out ahead. THE LEADERBOARD Every mode feeds its own board — sprint scores, daily times, versus wins. Weekly, monthly, and all-time windows let you track improvement over time or just see who in the world is best right now. A single anonymous identity carries your scores across sessions, sign-in to secure your name and history permanently. CLEAN BY DESIGN No energy meters. No lives. No wait timers. Constellation gets out of the way and lets you play. The interface is built around the star field — dark backgrounds, minimal chrome, everything in service of the shapes on screen. One optional purchase removes ads entirely. That's it. MADE FOR THE NIGHT SKY The constellations in Progression are the real ones — the shapes navigators read, the patterns myth-makers named, the outlines that appear in the same positions every clear night. You won't become an astronomer by playing Constellation, but you might find yourself looking up on a clear night and recognising something. --- Constellation requires iOS 16 or later. Game Centre not required. Leaderboards and Versus require a network connection.

Screenshots

Spooky Express4 screens
Constellation4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Spooky Express at none against Constellation's shown. Spooky Express also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 2 days). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Spooky Express sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Constellation sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Spooky Express ships an update daily, Constellation every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Spooky Express versus Constellation: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpooky ExpressConstellation
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (93 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews67.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings93 — better—
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 2 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size420 MB17 MB
Age rating9+12+
DeveloperDraknek LimitedMark McCoy

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

Constellation

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Spooky Express

One-time1
  • Unlock Full Game$5.99
3 purchases

Constellation

One-time3
  • 5 Boosts$0.99
  • Remove Ads$2.99
  • 20 Boosts$2.99

Questions

Is Spooky Express free?
Spooky Express is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Constellation free?
Constellation is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Spooky Express or Constellation have ads?
Constellation shows ads; Spooky Express does not.
Which is updated more often, Spooky Express or Constellation?
Spooky Express ships an update daily, and Constellation every 2 days. Most recently, Spooky Express was updated on October 30, 2026 and Constellation on October 31, 2026.

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