Train Out vs Herding Cats
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Train Out
Guide trains of matching colors through a grid to pick up passengers. Once full, the train can exit through its tunnel. Plan your moves carefully to solve increasingly complex puzzles.
- Color-matching puzzles
- Train pathfinding
- Passenger pickup
- Grid-based strategy
- Increasing difficulty
- Tunnel escape
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Train Out is a clever and colorful puzzle game where you guide trains through a grid to pick up passengers of the same color. Once a train is full, the matching barrier opens, allowing the train to escape through its tunnel. Drag each train across the grid carefully, avoid getting stuck, and plan your moves wisely. As levels progress, the layouts become more challenging, requiring sharper thinking and smarter strategies.
Herding Cats
Gently gather wandering cats back into their cozy boxes in this relaxing puzzle game. Explore storybook-inspired rooms with sleepy kittens and playful chaos, designed for unwinding with satisfying, calm gameplay.
- 100 cozy handcrafted levels
- Relaxing gameplay at your own pace
- Adorable cats with playful personalities
- Cozy chapter progression
- Gentle sound design and calming atmosphere
- Designed for short relaxing play sessions
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Welcome to Herding Cats. The cats have wandered all over the house again, and it is your job to gently gather them back into their cozy little boxes. Explore warm storybook-inspired rooms filled with sleepy kittens, playful chaos, and relaxing puzzle gameplay designed to help you slow down and unwind. Herding Cats is a calm, cozy puzzle experience focused on atmosphere, comfort, and simple satisfying gameplay. No timers forcing you to rush. No stressful mechanics. Just soft music, warm rooms, and a house full of cats with personalities of their own. FEATURES • 100 cozy handcrafted levels • Warm storybook-inspired art • Relaxing gameplay at your own pace • Adorable cats with playful personalities • Cozy chapter progression through a growing home • Gentle sound design and calming atmosphere • Simple intuitive controls • Designed for short relaxing play sessions Each chapter introduces new rooms, moods, and cozy spaces to explore as you move deeper into the house. Some cats are sleepy. Some are curious. Some refuse to stay where they belong. And somehow… it always becomes your job to gather them home. This first release is only the beginning. More rooms, chapters, cats, and cozy surprises are already planned for future updates. Thank you for spending a little time in our cozy little world.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Train Out at none against Herding Cats's 1. Train Out also leads on update cadence (every 11 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (24 vs 1). Herding Cats's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, ads 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. Herding Cats sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Train Out asks for nothing beyond the download.
Herding Cats holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Train Out has 24 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Train Out ships an update every 11 days, Herding Cats every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Train Out | Herding Cats |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (24 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 24 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 126 MB | 88 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Samet Ersan | LUCIN DIGITAL SERVICES LLC |
Customer experience
Train Out
Herding Cats
In-app purchases
Train Out
No in-app purchases
Herding Cats
- Support the Cats$2.99









