Comparison

Gridlock vs MobileBVE

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

Head to head
About

Gridlock

Features
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Free. No ads. No in-app purchases. Just pure gameplay. Draw flight paths, land aircraft, and keep the terminal alive in a fast-paced air traffic control arcade game. The terminal is open. The sky is already too busy. In Gridlock: Terminal, you control a crowded airspace where every aircraft needs a safe route home. Draw flight paths, guide aircraft to the correct runway, avoid hazards, and survive as the skies become increasingly chaotic. One bad route can cause a crash. One missed hazard can end the run. One more landing can beat your high score. Simple to learn. Difficult to master. NEW: Daily Dispatch Take on one official challenge every day. You get one attempt, one score, and one chance to climb the leaderboard before tomorrow's dispatch arrives. Compete on Game Center, unlock achievements, and become Terminal Master. Features - Draw flight paths with one finger - Land planes, jets, heavy aircraft, and helicopters - Match aircraft to the correct runway or helipad - Avoid birds, turbulence, screen edges, and mid-air collisions - Survive increasingly busy airspace - Take on the Daily Dispatch challenge - Compete on Game Center leaderboards - Unlock achievements and milestones - Chase your personal best - Quick arcade sessions built for "one more try" - Free to play Every landing counts. Every decision matters. How long can you keep the terminal alive?

About

MobileBVE

Experience realistic train simulation on your mobile device with direct support for existing routes and trains. Enjoy advanced features and multiplayer capabilities for both online and local LAN play.

Highlights
  • Direct OpenBVE/BVE Trainsim route/train support
  • Easy route/train importing
  • Accurate train simulation
  • Scenery animations
  • Online and LAN multiplayer
Features
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Introducing MobileBVE, an effort at porting OpenBVE to Mobile Devices. Took some time, hours of bugfixing and multiple headaches, but hey, it works. You might ask, why install this when Hmmsim exists? Well, it's free. And it's more advanced. Well what are the features anyways and how advanced is it? • Direct OpenBVE/BVE Trainsim 2/4 routes/trains support, no conversion needed • Easy route/train importing • Accurate Train Simulation just like OpenBVE or Hmmsim • Proper Scenery Animations • And much much more There's even support Multiplayer play(which OpenBVE nor Hmmsim has), which allows for Online or Local LAN Network Multiplayer Play. More updates to come.

Screenshots

Gridlock4 screens
MobileBVE4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Gridlock at every 3 days against MobileBVE's weekly. MobileBVE's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gridlock ships an update every 3 days, MobileBVE weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Gridlock versus MobileBVE: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGridlockMobileBVE
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.7 (21 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—79.5% of reviews
Number of ratings—21 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.413.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB189 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYusuf Yasinco.eggtart.darkchess.app

In-app purchases

None

Gridlock

No in-app purchases

None

MobileBVE

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Gridlock free?
Gridlock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MobileBVE free?
MobileBVE is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Gridlock or MobileBVE have ads?
Neither Gridlock nor MobileBVE shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Gridlock or MobileBVE?
Gridlock ships an update every 3 days, and MobileBVE weekly. Most recently, Gridlock was updated on October 1, 2026 and MobileBVE on October 12, 2026.

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