Tiny Trains vs Arcalis
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tiny Trains
A relaxing logic puzzle game where you build rail networks to guide trains to their destinations. Solve increasingly complex levels by splitting, merging, and routing trains, with a Pro upgrade unlocking 100 handcrafted levels.
- Build rail networks
- Guide trains to stations
- Split and merge train colors
- Solve logic puzzles
- Handcrafted levels
- Route planning mechanics
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TRY BEFORE YOU BUY. 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.
Arcalis
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Hold the line with your archer atop the tower! Arcalis is an addictive one-handed tower defense / idle game. DEFEND AGAINST ENDLESS WAVES • Your archer fires automatically — you manage the upgrades • Spend battle gold on damage, attack speed, crit, range and more • Elite enemies every 5th wave, giant BOSSES every 10th 18 ENEMIES, 10 BOSS FAMILIES • The Raider Forest Tribes: goblins, wolves, bears, golems… • Unique behaviors: charging boars, burrowing moles, phasing forest wraiths PERMANENT PROGRESSION • Gold talent tree: lasting power that carries between runs • 14 items across 4 rarities — collect from chests, merge to upgrade • Go deeper with the Resonance tree and Supply boosts COMPETE • Race other archers on the weekly leaderboards • Daily quests, a daily market and gifts Arcalis is playable offline; no account required. Terms of Use (EULA): https://arcalis.iodigitalstudio.com/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://arcalis.iodigitalstudio.com/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Tiny Trains at none against Arcalis's shown. Arcalis's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.6). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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. Tiny Trains sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Arcalis sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tiny Trains | Arcalis |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (11 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days | Every 3 days |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Murat Yilmaz | ismail Ozturk |
In-app purchases
Tiny Trains
- Full Puzzle Pack$3.99
Arcalis
- Gold Hoard$5.99
- 2x Battle Speed$5.99





