Comparison

Tiny Trains vs Train Dispatch

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

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About

Tiny Trains

A calm logic game where you draw tracks, plan routes, and guide trains to their stations. Master color mixing, switches, and precise timing to solve intricate railway puzzles. Enjoy a campaign of handcrafted challenges with no ads or subscriptions.

Highlights
  • Draw tracks and plan train routes
  • Master color mixing and train logic
  • Solve intricate railway puzzles
  • Permanent unlock with one purchase
  • No ads or subscriptions
  • Accessibility options
Features
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TRY BEFORE YOU BUY. 200 railway logic puzzles: play 50 free and unlock 150 with Pro through one permanent purchase. No ads. No subscriptions. Today’s Easy and Medium Daily puzzles are free; Pro also includes Hard and unsolved puzzles from past days. Tiny Trains is a calm railway logic game about drawing tracks, planning routes, and guiding every colorful train to the right station. Start with simple connections, then master shared tracks, switches, color mixing, painters, splitters, obstacles, and precise timing. BUILD A WORKING RAILWAY Every level is a compact railway system waiting to be completed. Study the starting points, stations, colors, and special pieces. Draw the tracks, connect the network, and press Play to see your plan come to life. There is no single path you must copy: experiment, rebuild, and discover a route that works. MASTER COLOR LOGIC Stations accept only the correct trains, so every connection matters. Merge trains to create new colors, use splitters to send one train along two routes, pass through painters to change colors, and build around obstacles. Later puzzles combine these rules and ask you to coordinate several trains across the same network. PLAN THE ROUTE AND THE TIMING A railway can look perfect and still fail when two trains arrive in the wrong order. Think ahead, decide which tracks should be shared, and control when trains meet. Pause the simulation, move through time step by step, and watch exactly where your design needs to change. Undo and redo make it easy to refine the tracks without starting over. LEARN WITHOUT THE RUSH Guided, hands-on tutorials introduce each mechanic while you play. The difficulty grows naturally from short connections to layered networks with color changes, merges, splits, and carefully timed arrivals. There are no countdowns or reflex challenges. Take as long as you need and enjoy the satisfying moment when the entire railway finally works. SAVE AND IMPROVE YOUR SOLUTIONS Your unfinished board is saved automatically, so you can leave a puzzle and continue later. Completed routes are saved too, making it easy to revisit an elegant solution, try a completely different design, or share your finished railway. PLAY WITH CLARITY Clean visuals keep tracks, trains, and stations easy to read. Optional letters and symbols distinguish colors without relying on color alone. Larger Text and Reduced Motion support help you adjust the experience to the way you play. FEATURES • A full campaign of handcrafted logic puzzles • Permanent unlock with one purchase, no subscription • No ads • Guided, hands-on tutorial levels • Saved unfinished boards and completed solutions • Game Center achievements • Accessibility options including letters and symbols for colors, Larger Text, Reduced Motion, and play that does not rely on color alone MADE FOR PUZZLE FANS Tiny Trains is a great fit for players who enjoy railway puzzles, route planning, network games, color-matching challenges, brain teasers, and calm strategy. Levels are easy to begin and rewarding to master, whether you solve one puzzle during a short break or settle in to perfect a complicated network. Inspired by the route-planning spirit of classic train puzzles such as Trainyard, Tiny Trains offers its own levels, visual style, progression, and mechanics. Tiny Trains is an independent game and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the creators of Trainyard. Build the tracks. Match the colors. Solve the network.

About

Train Dispatch

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Clear the tracks and dispatch all trains! Train Dispatch is a strategic puzzle game where you must find the right order to send trains out of a crowded rail yard. Tap a train to dispatch it — but only if its path is clear! FEATURES: - Hundreds of handcrafted puzzle levels - Bomb trains with countdown timers — dispatch them before they explode! - Mini army levels with dozens of tiny trains - Edge-cross trains that must travel across the entire grid - Daily challenges to test your skills - Star rating system based on speed - Hints when you're stuck Easy to learn, hard to master. Can you clear them all?

Screenshots

Tiny Trains4 screens
Train Dispatch4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Train Dispatch at none against Tiny Trains's 1. Train Dispatch also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 4 days) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.6). Tiny Trains's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Tiny Trains sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Train Dispatch asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tiny Trains ships an update every 4 days, Train Dispatch daily. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Tiny Trains versus Train Dispatch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTiny TrainsTrain Dispatch
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (31 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews84.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings31 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysDaily — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMurat YilmazSEMIH YAMAC

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Tiny Trains

One-time1
  • Full Puzzle Pack$5.99
None

Train Dispatch

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tiny Trains free?
Tiny Trains is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Train Dispatch free?
Train Dispatch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tiny Trains or Train Dispatch have ads?
Train Dispatch shows ads; Tiny Trains does not.
Which is updated more often, Tiny Trains or Train Dispatch?
Tiny Trains ships an update every 4 days, and Train Dispatch daily. Most recently, Tiny Trains was updated on November 13, 2026 and Train Dispatch on November 5, 2026.

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