Comparison

Thomas & Friends™ vs MySims™

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

Head to head
About

Thomas & Friends™

Children can drive their favorite engines and build custom train tracks on the Island of Sodor. This app offers a safe, inclusive, and imaginative play experience for preschoolers, encouraging skill development through interactive journeys and creative track design.

Highlights
  • Drive favorite engines
  • Build custom train tracks
  • Explore the Island of Sodor
  • Kid-friendly driving controls
  • Enhance tracks with scenery
  • Develops spatial awareness and motor skills
Features
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Thomas & Friends: Let’s Roll+ invites kids to drive their favorite engines and build their own tracks, fueling big imaginations and tons of hands-on fun. Perfect for preschoolers ages 2-6 and thoughtfully made for all kids to enjoy! • Drive around the Island of Sodor to enjoy lots of exciting journeys! • You can pick a different engine for each journey, including Thomas, Bruno, Percy, and more.  • Even very young children can enjoy a rewarding driving experience with our kid-friendly driving controls. • The TRACK BUILDER feature lets you build a train track and drive a toy train on it! • You can enhance your track with lots of fun and interesting scenery options. • Watch your trains chug along the track and the landscape you created! • This app helps kids develop spatial awareness, fine motor skills, and self-expression. FUN FOR EVERYONE Designed for ALL kids, (especially little neurodivergent engineers) this app brings expert input from autistic writer Jody O'Neill to create a playful, inclusive experience. Kids set their own pace, are offered clear choices, and can safely explore alongside Bruno the Brake Car, a neurodivergent friend from Sodor. Designed for repeated play sessions, this app will offer joy and comfort to kids, over and over again! JOURNEYS The Old Mine, Whiff’s Recycling Plant, Norramby Beach, McColl’s Farm, and Winter Wonderland CHARACTERS Thomas, Bruno, Gordon, Percy, Nia, Diesel and Kana FEATURES - Safe and age-appropriate - Designed responsibly to let your child enjoy screen time while developing healthy digital habits at a young age - Regular updates with new content - No third-party advertising. SUPPORT For any questions or assistance, please reach out to us at support@storytoys.com. ABOUT STORYTOYS Our mission is to bring the world's most popular characters, worlds, and stories to life for children. We make apps for kids that engage them in well-rounded activities designed to help them learn, play, and grow. Parents can enjoy peace of mind knowing their kids are learning and having fun at the same time. PRIVACY & TERMS StoryToys takes children's privacy seriously and ensures that its apps comply with privacy laws, including the Child Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). If you would like to learn more about the information we collect and how we use it, please visit our privacy policy at https://storytoys.com/privacy. Read our terms of use here: https://storytoys.com/terms/ © 2026 Gullane (Thomas) Limited. The Thomas name and character and the Thomas & Friends™ logo are trademarks of Gullane (Thomas) Limited and its affiliates and are registered in many jurisdictions throughout the world.

About

MySims™

Transform a struggling town by building and customizing homes and businesses. Befriend locals, discover treasures, and design unique furniture and decorations to make the community thrive.

Highlights
  • Build and customize entire towns
  • Shape the community by choosing residents
  • Explore a world and uncover treasures
  • Create and personalize your Sim
  • Design custom furniture and accessories
  • Discover special decorations and patterns
Features
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Explore a new world with MySims™—it's your world to transform in this retro re-release with updated graphics! Move to a town that has been struggling lately. With a little creativity and some help from the locals, you can make this place thrive. Improve the town to attract characters, from Chef Gino Delicioso and DJ Candy Supergroove to arcade owner, Vic Vector and Cap'n Ginny, the town pirate. Discover what the residents want and need, so that you can help them enjoy life in your Sim's new town. Design a hot tub or jukebox from scratch, build homes and businesses from the roof to the front door. Uncover special decorations and patterns as you explore the growing town. From the furniture and objects to the buildings to the town as a whole – each of your creations is unique. In MySims™, what you make... makes all the difference! Build and customize an entire town — Your town is your own unique creation, from the design of the flower shop to the layout of a Mad Scientist’s laboratory, and beyond. Shape the community —It's your call who lives there and who moves out! Who will you befriend? Who will you ignore? A whole world to explore — Socialize with the locals and uncover all sorts of useful and surprising treasures hidden throughout the town. Create your own Sim —Personalize your Sims appearance from head to toe. Unlock cool clothing as you befriend the neighbors. Design your own stuff– Decorate with your very own furniture and accessories, then customize your creations with things you can grow, harvest, or discover around town. ROW: Requires acceptance of EA’s Privacy & Cookie Policy and User Agreement. EU: Requires acceptance of EA’s User Agreement. EA’s Privacy & Cookie Policy applies. You consent to any personal data collected through your use of EA’s services being transferred to the United States, as further explained in the Privacy & Cookie Policy. See here for information about which territories fall into ROW and EU. Notice at Collection https://www.ea.com/legal/privacy-and-cookie-policy#information-for-california-residents Your Privacy Choices https://www.ea.com/legal/privacy-portal?modal-id=targetedAdvertisingProvidedByThirdParties Requires an Internet connection (network fees may apply).

Screenshots

Thomas & Friends™4 screens
MySims™4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Thomas & Friends™ at free against MySims™'s paid. Thomas & Friends™ also leads on review sentiment (87% vs 54%) and ratings volume (6.8K vs 88). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

MySims™ holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Thomas & Friends™ has 6.8K ratings behind it against 88, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 87% of Thomas & Friends™'s written reviews are positive against 54% of MySims™'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Thomas & Friends™ ships an update monthly, MySims™ every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Thomas & Friends™ versus MySims™: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThomas & Friends™MySims™
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (6.8K ratings)4.1 (88 ratings) — better
Positive reviews86.7% of reviews — better54.1% of reviews
Number of ratings6.8K — better88
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size559 MB1.6 GB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperStoryToys LimitedElectronic Arts

Customer experience

Thomas & Friends™

All ratings6,572 ratings
Positive69.4%
Neutral14.0%
Negative16.6%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive86.7%
Neutral6.7%
Negative6.7%

MySims™

All ratings76 ratings
Positive68.4%
Neutral13.2%
Negative18.4%
Written reviews207 reviews
Positive54.1%
Neutral18.4%
Negative27.5%

Bugs and requests

Thomas & Friends™

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

MySims™

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Inability to turn podium and apples
  • Disappearing gift screen
  • Inconsistent building placement

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more story and NPC interaction
  • Improve building controls and camera
  • Implement autosave feature
  • Add support for Game Center features

In-app purchases

None

Thomas & Friends™

No in-app purchases

None

MySims™

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Thomas & Friends™ free?
Thomas & Friends™ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MySims™ free?
MySims™ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Thomas & Friends™ or MySims™?
MySims™ is rated higher. Thomas & Friends™ averages 3.9 out of 5 from 6.8K ratings, while MySims™ averages 4.1 from 88 ratings.
Do Thomas & Friends™ or MySims™ have ads?
Neither Thomas & Friends™ nor MySims™ shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Thomas & Friends™ or MySims™?
Thomas & Friends™ ships an update monthly, and MySims™ every 3 weeks. Most recently, Thomas & Friends™ was updated on October 23, 2026 and MySims™ on October 20, 2026.

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