Comparison

Train Crew Sim 3 (Bus Edition) vs Zero4Racer Drive

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

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About

Train Crew Sim 3 (Bus Edition)

Experience driving a Japanese route bus on various themed routes. Manage fares, make announcements, and ensure safe stops to support city life. Customize your bus with different paint, designs, and sounds.

Highlights
  • Operate unique Japanese bus routes
  • Manage passenger fares and announcements
  • Customize bus paint, designs, and sounds
  • Score accuracy for stops and driving
  • Experience urban, park, and mountain routes
Features
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The latest installment in the Driver Simulator series, celebrating its 5th anniversary since its initial release, is the long-awaited “Route Bus Edition.” Based at the Ushihara Depot, you can operate a variety of uniquely themed routes: * Yumemidai Depot: An urban route passing through a university area and streets shared with trams * Kuchikawa Wharf: A route heading toward the amusement park * Business Park: An office district route behind Kuchikawa Station * Summit Observatory: A challenging route via Peace Park that includes mountainous sections 7 different bus models are available. Using in-game coins or optional purchases, you can customize: * Paint colors (5 types) * Designs (4 types) * Turn signal chimes (4 types) * LED destination sign colors (2 types) * Rear door buzzer sounds (3 types) In the game, safe driving is essential, as well as making proper stop decisions and providing onboard announcements at each bus stop.
The bus must stop within the designated area, and your accuracy is scored. Passengers may also request special fares such as “for two people” or “with a student discount.”
Operate the settings panel and handle fare adjustments accurately. Have you ever taken a route bus while traveling in Japan? Become a Japanese bus driver and support the daily lives of people in the city! Drive Japan’s unique buses and relive your journey through the scenery and sounds.

About

Zero4Racer Drive

Experience realistic 3D driving with road tests, city drives, and competitive racing. Practice for your learner's permit or advanced license with live traffic and spoken examiners. Explore Japanese driving environments and customize your vehicles for time attack challenges.

Highlights
  • Scored road tests with live traffic
  • Practice driving in US and Japan
  • Vehicle customization and painting
  • Time attack and CPU races
  • Online multiplayer car tag
  • Offline solo car tag mode
Features
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Road tests, city drives and racing in 3D. This is a game. It is not affiliated with any DMV or driving school and does not issue a license. ■ ROAD TEST (CITY) LEARNER'S PERMIT, CLASS C and ADVANCED: three scored routes each with live traffic, a spoken examiner and shareable pass certificates. ■ ROAD DRILLS Generated US road scenes explain critical errors and let you retry. Share a DRILL CLIP. HARBOR uses OpenStreetMap routes with fictional names. ■ HEADING TO JAPAN? Before a trip or move to Japan, practice keeping left in a right-hand-drive school car on a driving-school course and in MACHI, a Fukuoka-style town with Japanese signs, buses and level crossings. Take a provisional-license test (70 of 100 points to pass) with an English or Japanese examiner. Nine lessons come with the Driving Test plan. A game for getting used to the feel, not driving instruction or legal advice. ■ RACE THE CAR YOU PAINTED SHORT, LONG, GYMKHANA and RIDGEWAY 2K. Time attack, supported CPU races, ghosts and Game Center rankings. Climb from Class A to International. ■ QUICK MATCH Match with a random driver online: two people, approved names or a generated fallback, stock paint and no prizes. SHORT and LONG add four CPU drivers; other venues add none. One entry a day is free (resets 00:00 UTC); Multiplayer Host or All Access makes it unlimited. ■ SOLO CAR TAG Free offline CITY/MACHI/GYMKHANA Tag: you and up to 7 CPUs. CPUs cycle your car's shuffled class pool; keep yours. Caught runners become chasers. Escape earns 300 points plus seconds near opponents; catches/assists score. See overall rankings and winning TEAM MVP. Nets mark confirmed catches. Results and match videos name cars to help you choose. ■ CAR TAG & PRIVATE ROOMS Three-minute car Tag with a 10-second head start. Stop and repaint to hide. Race or Tag: 2–8 on Wi-Fi, 2–4 in Internet rooms by code. Host one game/UTC day per Apple account free across both, separate from Quick Match; guests join free. ■ PAINT EVERY CAR Free-hand paint with four brushes, zoom, undo and a 3D preview. Designs pass an online check before racing. ■ TWO TOWNS CITY: US-style streets, a freight train, car wash and parking garage. MACHI: Japanese streets and the hillside suburb of IKENODAI. ■ GARAGE 20 cars (8 added), all with refreshed designs, 148 parts and service items. Automatic or clutchless sequential shifting, DRIVER camera with mirrors, controller support, race digest videos. ■ INCLUDED, AND WHAT NEEDS A PLAN - Free drive, solo and CPU races, painting, joining a friend's room: included - Every day: one driving test (US and Japan combined, resets 00:00 UTC), one Road Drills episode, one online paint check, one Quick Match - Unlimited tests and Road Drills plus the nine Japanese lessons: Driving Test plan - Unlimited paint checks: Unlimited Paint plan - Unlimited private-room hosting and Quick Match: Multiplayer Host or All Access - All Access: every plan above plus Premium Driver Portraits - Premium Driver Portraits (8 portraits plus your approved photo): one-time ■ SUBSCRIPTIONS Driving Test (1 month, Family Sharing supported), Unlimited Paint, Multiplayer Host (1 month each) and All Access (1 month or 1 year), auto-renewing, in one group: one active plan at a time. Prices are shown in the app. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the period ends; renewal is charged within 24 hours before the end. Manage or cancel in your App Store account settings. Restore purchases in the app. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.jtechs.com/zero4racer-track/privacy-policy/index.html All cars, places, schools and organizations are fictional. An in-game pass is not a real license or permit. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); elevation USGS.

Screenshots

Train Crew Sim 3 (Bus Edition)4 screens
Zero4Racer Drive4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Zero4Racer Drive at none against Train Crew Sim 3 (Bus Edition)'s shown. Zero4Racer Drive also leads on device support (4 vs 2). Train Crew Sim 3 (Bus Edition)'s advantage is ratings volume (8 vs 2). On price, rating, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. Train Crew Sim 3 (Bus Edition) sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Zero4Racer Drive sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Train Crew Sim 3 (Bus Edition) against 5.0 for Zero4Racer Drive. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Train Crew Sim 3 (Bus Edition) ships an update every 6 days, Zero4Racer Drive every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Train Crew Sim 3 (Bus Edition) versus Zero4Racer Drive: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTrain Crew Sim 3 (Bus Edition)Zero4Racer Drive
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (8 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews97.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size303 MB179 MB
Age rating17+12+
DeveloperHiromi HakozakiJ-Tech Creations, Inc.

Customer experience

Train Crew Sim 3 (Bus Edition)

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews42 reviews
Positive97.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative2.4%

Zero4Racer Drive

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Train Crew Sim 3 (Bus Edition)

One-time5
  • Unlock this stage2 variants$1.99
  • Unlock the point unlock system.$1.99
  • Ad-Free Play$1.99
Show 2 more
  • Unlock vehicle design change.$1.99
  • Unlock ReiwaA Bus$1.99
6 purchases

Zero4Racer Drive

Subscriptions5
  • Unlimited Paint$0.991 Month
  • Multiplayer Host7 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Driving Test$0.991 Month
Show 2 more
  • All Access Monthly$1.991 Month
  • All Access Yearly$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Driver Portraits$0.99

Questions

Is Train Crew Sim 3 (Bus Edition) free?
Train Crew Sim 3 (Bus Edition) is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Zero4Racer Drive free?
Zero4Racer Drive is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Train Crew Sim 3 (Bus Edition) or Zero4Racer Drive?
Train Crew Sim 3 (Bus Edition) and Zero4Racer Drive are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 8 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Train Crew Sim 3 (Bus Edition) or Zero4Racer Drive have ads?
Train Crew Sim 3 (Bus Edition) shows ads; Zero4Racer Drive does not.
Which is updated more often, Train Crew Sim 3 (Bus Edition) or Zero4Racer Drive?
Train Crew Sim 3 (Bus Edition) ships an update every 6 days, and Zero4Racer Drive every 4 days. Most recently, Train Crew Sim 3 (Bus Edition) was updated on October 30, 2026 and Zero4Racer Drive on October 31, 2026.

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