Comparison

Riffgame vs RailMaker

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

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About

Riffgame

Describe your game idea in plain language and watch an AI agent build it live. The app generates playable games with touch controls, shareable via a URL. No installation or sign-in required for players.

Highlights
  • AI-powered game generation
  • Text-to-game creation
  • Live agent building process
  • Playable in-browser games
  • Shareable game URLs
  • Mobile-first portrait design
  • Source code export for Pro users
Features
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Riffgame is an AI game maker and a home for 3D games made by players. Play free, remix what you like, or describe a new game in one sentence and the AI builds it for you in about ten minutes. No code needed. PLAY 3D GAMES FREE Browse Trending, New and Top, or explore by genre: racing, shooter, horror, survival, tycoon, puzzle, sports and adventure. Games open in a tap and playing is always free. Like the games you enjoy and follow the creators behind them. MAKE GAMES WITH AI Riffgame is your AI game creator and no-code 3D game maker. Type an idea like "a drift racer through a neon city at night" or "a rooftop parkour run collecting cash bags". The AI shows you a plan, writes the code, tests the game and hands it back ready to play, with touch controls built in. Then keep going: "add a boss fight", "make it night", "add a lap timer". Every version is saved. REMIX GAMES Pick a starter game and turn it into your own version. With Pro you can remix community games too. Creators decide whether their games can be remixed, and their prompts stay private. SHARE A LINK Every game has its own link. Friends tap it and play in their browser, with no download and no account. YOUR CREATOR PROFILE You get a username and an avatar. Post your games, see who plays, likes and remixes them, and follow other creators. Link your account to keep your games on any phone. Posting publicly is for ages 13 and up. RIFFS Creating uses riffs, at a flat price you see before you start: a new game, a remix or an edit. Failed builds are free. New players get free riffs for their first game. Top up with a riff pack (pack riffs never expire) or go Pro. RIFFGAME PRO Riffs every week or month, up to three builds at once, remix community games, private games, Pro avatars, a username you pick, and source code export for your own games. Riffgame Pro is an auto-renewing subscription, billed weekly or monthly at the price shown in the app. Payment is charged to your account when you confirm the purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and renewal is charged within the 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage or cancel it in your account settings after purchase. Terms of use: https://riffgame.com/terms Privacy policy: https://riffgame.com/privacy Support: https://riffgame.com/support

About

RailMaker

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Draw a line. Get a railway. Sketch a loop with your finger or Apple Pencil and RailMaker lays real wooden track along it, using only the pieces in your box. Cross your line and the road gets a bridge. Touch it with a second stroke and it gets a branch. Then follow the numbered steps and build it on the floor. RailMaker works with IKEA LILLABO and with the BRIO-compatible family: BRIO, Hape, Bigjigs, Lidl Playtive and other classic wooden track. Piece sizes were measured from the makers' own 3D models and photos, so a loop that closes on screen closes on the floor. YOUR BOX • Add the sets you own with a tap: LILLABO 20, 10, 5, 45 and 50-piece sets, BRIO 33028, 33401, 33402, 33307 and 33772, Hape Figure 8 and E3700, Playtive track and switch sets. Or count loose pieces by hand. • One box per place you build in: home, grandma's, the summer house. Each keeps its own pieces and its own floor. • Set the longest side of your rug or room, and nothing built will be bigger than that. DRAW IT • One stroke becomes a closed loop or an open route with sidings. • A crossing becomes a bridge with two ramps. A second stroke that touches the road becomes a branch with two splitters. • RailMaker tells you what your box can afford before it builds, and never shows a crossing without a bridge. OR LET RAILMAKER INVENT ONE • Tap Create and get a spread of layouts, from the biggest circuit down to a simple oval, all from your pieces. • A closed loop for a train that runs forever, or an open route from A to B with stops. • Toddler-friendly: no crossings, no switches. • Must-use pieces: pick a ramp and every layout gets a real bridge. BUILD BY HAND • A track editor where every piece clicks onto the red dot, and nothing goes where it would not really fit. • Close the loop: the fewest pieces that join the two ends. • Pieces you don't have are marked with a basket and go on a shopping list. • Undo, redo, flip, a grid, and save to the Gallery with instructions. THEN ASSEMBLE IT • Every plan comes with numbered steps: which piece, how many to take from the bin, where it goes. • A dark, full-screen build mode for the floor, one step at a time. • "Pieces you'll need" shows what the plan uses against what you own. • Simplify: rounder corners and fewer pieces from the same drawing. • Share the steps as text, or export the layout as a file. GALLERY • 30 ready-made layouts for both track families: figure eights, viaducts, double-track loops, switchyards, terminals. Each one is matched against your box. • Your saved railways, with their steps. Open a layout file a friend sent you. FREE, AND WHAT PREMIUM ADDS Drawing, generating, the editor and the assembly steps are free, without a counter. Free keeps 3 saved plans and opens 6 ready-made layouts. RailMaker Premium opens the whole gallery, keeps every plan, and adds layout files in and out, plus turning a built track back into a drawing. Choose monthly, yearly with a free week, or a one-time lifetime unlock. All three support Family Sharing. No account, no ads, no tracking. Everything stays on your device and works offline. For iPhone and iPad, in English, German, French, Spanish and Polish. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel them in Settings › Apple Account › Subscriptions. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://yevgenii.dev/projects/railmaker/privacy RailMaker is an independent app. It is not made by, or affiliated with, IKEA, BRIO, Hape, Bigjigs or Lidl. Their names are used only to say which track the app works with.

Screenshots

Riffgame4 screens
RailMaker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Riffgame at 15.0 against RailMaker's 26.2. On price, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Riffgame sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per month and RailMaker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Riffgame versus RailMaker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRiffgameRailMaker
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size100 MB7 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperDigiDetoxYevgenii Kryzhanivskyi

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Riffgame

Subscriptions1
  • RiffGame Pro Subscription$19.991 Month
One-time4
  • RiffGame Starter Pack$5.99
  • RiffGame Booster Pack$9.99
  • RiffGame Power Pack$24.99
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  • RiffGame Mega Pack$59.99
3 purchases

RailMaker

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Premium$2.991 Month
  • Yearly Premium3 Days trial$17.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime premium$24.99

Questions

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

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