Tiny Trains vs Smash Dash RTS
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.
Smash Dash RTS
Engage in fast-paced real-time strategy battles, commanding individual units and groups. Build and defend your base, capture territory, and outmaneuver opponents in quick 5-minute matches. Challenge friends to private PvP battles or practice offline.
- Real-time strategy battles
- Base building and defense
- Territory capture
- 1v1 PvP matches
- Offline tutorial and target range
- Unit customization
- Battle replays and sharing
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Build your base. Give the orders. Take the battlefield. Smash Dash RTS puts you in direct command of individual units and whole groups in real-time strategy battles designed to last around five minutes. Capture territory, outmaneuver other players or AI opponents, and challenge friends to private 1v1 matches. BUILD, DEFEND AND EXPAND Capture tiles to expand your territory. Place walls and defensive weapons, protect your base and choose when to push forward. Collapsing base shields change the opening battle as protected areas gradually shrink. COMMAND YOUR FORCES Deploy tanks, aircraft and specialist units. Select individual units or groups, position your defenses and use orbital weapons to turn the battle. Different battlefields bring variety to every encounter. CHALLENGE YOUR FRIENDS Add friends, arrange private 1v1 battles and meet in a private room before the match. Compare player stats and communicate through preset messages. LEARN OFFLINE Learn the controls in the guided offline tutorial, then experiment with units and tactics in the offline Target Range. The game follows your device language, and you can switch languages in Settings. PROGRESS AND PERSONALIZE Complete quests, progress through seasonal rewards and customize your battlefield identity with army colorways and other cosmetics. REPLAY AND SHARE Revisit completed matches in your Battle Log. Choose your highlights, export a video and share your battles with friends. An internet connection is required for multiplayer. Optional in-app purchases are available.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Smash Dash RTS at 5.0 against Tiny Trains's 4.7. Smash Dash RTS also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). Tiny Trains's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks) and ratings volume (12 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 Smash Dash RTS sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Smash Dash RTS holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tiny Trains has 12 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Tiny Trains ships an update every 3 days, Smash Dash RTS every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tiny Trains | Smash Dash RTS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (12 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 907 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Murat Yilmaz | CutEsy Holdings |
Customer experience
Tiny Trains
Smash Dash RTS
In-app purchases
Tiny Trains
- Full Puzzle Pack$3.99
Smash Dash RTS
- 500 Coins$1.99
- Starter Pack$2.99
- 550 Gems$3.99
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- 1,500 Coins$3.99
- 1,200 Gems$8.99
- 4,000 Coins$8.99
- 3,000 Gems$17.99
- 12,000 Coins$22.99
- 8,000 Gems$44.99
- 15,000 Gems$89.99









