Mechanic vs Engine Simulator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mechanic
Build, customize, and tune your dream car from individual parts. Experience realistic mechanics, street racing, and a career mode to become a garage legend. Capture your creations in photo mode.
- Build custom cars from scratch
- Realistic engine and suspension tuning
- Extensive visual customization
- Multiple racing modes
- Career progression
- Photo mode
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Welcome to Mechanic Car Tuning Simulator — the ultimate car tuning, building, and street racing simulator where every nut, bolt, and pixel is yours to master. Build your custom car from scratch Install pistons, crankshaft, gearbox, and turbo with full control over performance. True mechanic gameplay Disassemble and rebuild engines, tweak suspension, camber, and offsets. Master realistic tuning. Customize with style Paint, apply vinyls, body kits, rims, spoilers — define your identity on the street. Race across cities and tracks Drift, sprint, drag, time attack, or free roam in a detailed 3D open world. Upgrade everything Nitro, gearbox, tires, turbo — every part affects real performance. Unlock rare mods. Career story mode Climb from rookie to garage legend. Race bosses, earn respect, build your empire. Real-time photo mode Capture every upgrade and race moment with your car in focus. Play in 15+ languages Full localization for global access. Multiplayer coming soon Online races, garage showcase, chat, friends, trading parts — stay tuned. Download Mechanic Car Tuning Simulator now and start your journey as the master of your garage and the streets.
Engine Simulator
Explore the physics of piston engines by building, tuning, and testing them. Simulate combustion and rigid body motion in real-time. Compete with others on a global leaderboard by posting your creations.
- Physics-based engine simulation
- Build engines from scratch
- Tune fuel and ignition maps
- Real-time power and torque readings
- 3D engine visualization
- Global leaderboard
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Engine Simulator is a physics-based piston engine sandbox. The sound and motion come from a real rigid body simulation of the crank, pistons, valves, and combustion, not recordings. Start an engine, work the throttle, and tune its fuel and ignition maps in the ECU. Build one from scratch (layout, bore, stroke, cam, firing order) or describe what you want and have it generated on device. Watch it run in 3D, read live power and torque on the dyno, or push it past the limiter until it breaks. Post your engines to the global leaderboard and compare against other builders. Engine Simulator for iOS is an unofficial port. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or supported by AngeTheGreat (Ange Yaghi), the creator of the original open source Engine Simulator. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Community Guidelines: https://saada7553.github.io/community-guidelines.html Privacy Policy: https://saada7553.github.io/privacy-policy.html Support: https://saada7553.github.io/support.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Mechanic at 4.7 against Engine Simulator's 4.3. Mechanic also leads on update cadence (every 11 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (679 vs 98). Engine Simulator's advantage is review sentiment (81% vs 60%) and chart position (#45 vs unranked). On price, ads, 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. Mechanic sells 31 one-off in-app purchases and Engine Simulator sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Mechanic holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mechanic has 679 ratings behind it against 98, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 60% of Mechanic's written reviews are positive against 81% of Engine Simulator's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Mechanic ships an update every 11 days, Engine Simulator every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mechanic | Engine Simulator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (679 ratings) — better | 4.3 (98 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | 80.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 679 — better | 98 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #45 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1.9 GB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LLP Take Top Entertainment | MUHAMMAD SAAD ATA |
Customer experience
Mechanic
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In-app purchases
Mechanic
- Infinity battery$0.99
- Purchase Car Vaz$0.99
- Purchase Car w124$1.99
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- +20k cash$1.99
- Hints +10$1.99
- Game Energy +10 points$1.99
- Purchase m5$1.99
- Purchase Car Cooper$1.99
- Purchase Car Redrockrevenant$1.99
- Auto Assemble Car$2.99
- Remove Ads$2.99
- Starter pack NC$2.99
- Purchase Car HellCat$2.99
- Purchase Car Ryokuzenith$2.99
- Welcome Pack$3.99
- +50k cash$3.99
- No Ads Rewarded$3.99
- Game Energy +50 points$3.99
- Purchase Car AstMartin$3.99
- Starter Pack$4.99
- Purchase Car R35$5.99
- Warhorse Pack$6.99
- Cruser Pack$6.99
- Purchase Car Corvette$7.99
- +100k cash$7.99
- Purchase Car Bugat$7.99
- Motorcycle Garage Pack$9.99
- Royal Prestige Pack$14.99
- Golden Pack$14.99
- Silver Pack$17.99
- VIP Pack$69.99
Engine Simulator
- Lifetime$8.99
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