Comparison

Flagtown vs Engine Lab

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

Head to head
About

Flagtown

Features
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Gather round and prove your flag knowledge, earn gems by playing the streak challenge and build your island up to show off you shiny new flag collection. Don't know the flags of the world yet? Well test yourself and learn the ones you don't know! If you love flags you'll love flag town. (Now featuring optional capital cities learning! I still don't know em all... but I'm learning :)

About

Engine Lab

Explore engine mechanics with a touch-first simulator. Build, tune, and test custom engines, observing animations and hearing synthesized exhaust sounds. Export your creations as WAV files.

Highlights
  • Touch-first engine simulation
  • Build and save custom engines
  • Tune engine parameters
  • Simulated dyno pulls
  • Crank and piston animation
  • Native exhaust synthesis
  • Export WAV audio
Features
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Build an engine and hear it run. Engine Lab is a touch-first engine simulator: design anything from a single to a V12, then hear it idle, rev and pull to the limiter, live on your iPhone or iPad. BUILD BENCH • Set the layout, 1 to 12 cylinders, bore, stroke, firing order and redline. • Hear each change as you make it, and hold to rev. • Try different headers, exhausts and mufflers. • Compare against a saved version by ear or on the dyno. SEE IT IN 3D • Every engine, including your own builds, becomes a 3D model driven by the live simulation: pistons, crank, cams, valves and glowing headers. • Orbit, zoom, slow it down, switch between X-ray and solid, and tap any part for live readings. The classic 2D cutaway is one tap away. DRIVE IT • Manual or automatic gearbox with clutch and road speed, plus a gearing chart with top speed in each gear. • Simulated dyno pulls with torque and power curves. • Six built-in engines: Honda B18C5 VTEC, Honda TRX520 single, BMW M52B28, Toyota 2JZ, Audi 2.3 inline-5 and GM LS V8. IMPORT AND SHARE • Import engine-sim .mr scripts and share your builds as .mr files. • Export a WAV recorded by the on-device simulator. No account, network service or microphone permission is required. An optional one-time Pro purchase unlocks advanced tuning and unlimited saved builds; the free plan keeps three. Values are simulated estimates for exploration, not certified engineering measurements.

Screenshots

Flagtown4 screens
Engine Lab4 screens

Verdict

The call

Flagtown and Engine Lab are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Flagtown sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Engine Lab sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Flagtown versus Engine Lab: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFlagtownEngine Lab
PriceFreeFree
Rating—3.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequency—Every 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJericho Rock-ArcherJan Sokol

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Flagtown

One-time3
  • 20 Gems$6.99
  • 50 Gems$12.99
  • 200 Gems$24.99
1 purchases

Engine Lab

One-time1
  • Engine Lab Pro$4.99

Questions

Is Flagtown free?
Flagtown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Engine Lab free?
Engine Lab is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Flagtown or Engine Lab have ads?
Neither Flagtown nor Engine Lab shows ads.

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