Comparison

Subway Master vs Pingu Drop

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

Head to head
About

Subway Master

Test your knowledge of global subway systems by identifying the next station on a moving train. Explore real metro networks across dozens of cities and challenge yourself to complete lines with speed and accuracy. Compete on leaderboards and track your progress.

Highlights
  • Global metro network exploration
  • Identify next station quizzes
  • Real subway lines from major cities
  • Track completed lines and personal bests
  • Leaderboard rankings
  • Multi-language support for interface and station names
Features
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Think you know the next stop? Subway Master is a fast-paced metro station quiz game built around real subway lines from major cities around the world. Choose a country, city, and line, then identify the next station as your train moves across a clean schematic map. EXPLORE GLOBAL METRO NETWORKS Play across 42 cities in the United States, Canada, Korea, Japan, China, Taiwan, France, Spain, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Australia. Practice familiar routes or discover new transit systems. TEST YOUR STATION KNOWLEDGE Each question gives you three station choices. Pick the correct next stop and complete the line as quickly as you can. Wrong answers add time, so accuracy matters. PLAY YOUR WAY โ€ข Select a country, city, and subway line โ€ข Learn station order through visual route progression โ€ข Replay lines to improve speed and accuracy โ€ข Track completed lines in Achievements โ€ข Leaderboard rankings supported. โ€ข View station names in English, Korean, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, or Traditional Chinese Whether you are a metro enthusiast, transit map fan, traveler, geography learner, or quiz player, Subway Master turns subway routes and station names into quick, focused challenges. Master the map. Remember the stops. Complete every line. METRO MAP QUIZZES ACROSS CITIES From Seoul and Tokyo to New York, Toronto, London, Paris, and Berlin, learn station names and stop order along each city's metro map. Get familiar with station names before a trip or challenge yourself on a route you already use. BEAT YOUR PERSONAL BEST After completing a line, check your best time and recent completion records. Compare times on monthly leaderboards for each city and line, and track the routes you have finished in Achievements. PLAY IN YOUR LANGUAGE The interface supports English, Korean, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, German, and Spanish. Station names are available in five languages, separately from the interface language. Made with love in Canada.

About

Pingu Drop

Features
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A whole colony of penguins needs sorting - and the clock is already ticking. Slide a colored tray across the ice, and every penguin of that color tumbles straight in. Fill every tray before time runs out. Easy to pick up. Very hard to put down. HOW IT WORKS Drag a tray anywhere on the board. Matching penguins drop in automatically - but a tray is blocked by any penguin of a different color. Clear the right ones first, open a path, and empty the board before the timer beats you. 500 LEVELS, EACH ONE HAND-TUNED Start with a few penguins and one tray. Finish with dense boards, layered goals and puzzles that take three attempts and a plan. Every tenth level gives you extra breathing room on the clock. MECHANICS THAT KEEP EVOLVING Just as you get comfortable, the ice shifts: - Nested trays - clear the inner color first, then the outer - Keys and locked trays - collect keys to break the locks - Dispensers - feed penguins into place one at a time - Rails - some trays only slide on one axis - Linked trays - move one, they all move - Frozen trays - thaw them by clearing others first - Rope barriers - find the scissor penguin to cut through - Unstable penguins - a lit fuse, and it is counting down - Butterfly penguins - get too close and they flutter away - Hidden trays - the color stays secret until you touch it - Bonus-time penguins - grab them for precious extra seconds FOUR BOOSTERS FOR TIGHT SPOTS Freeze stops the clock. Magnet pulls a stuck penguin off the board. Rocket clears a single tile. Solvent dissolves an entire tray. Save them - the late levels will ask for them. BUILT FOR ONE-HANDED PLAY One thumb, no tutorials to sit through, no timers between sessions to wait out. Perfect for a commute, a queue, or five quiet minutes. RELAX UNDER THE NORTHERN LIGHTS Soft aurora skies, chunky penguins and a calm arctic soundtrack. Satisfying when you win. Never stressful when you lose. Can you sort the whole colony?

Screenshots

Subway Master4 screens
Pingu Drop4 screens

Verdict

The call

Subway Master and Pingu Drop are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Subway Master sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Pingu Drop sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Subway Master versus Pingu Drop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSubway MasterPingu Drop
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysโ€”
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” better
Requires iOS16.415.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size49 MB301 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJisu JungGentlemen's s.r.o.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Subway Master

One-time2
  • Unlimited Ticket Pass$4.99
  • Premium Pass$6.99
10 purchases

Pingu Drop

One-time10
  • 1000 Coins$1.99
  • 5000 Coins$8.99
  • Plus Bundle$9.99
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  • 10000 Coins$17.99
  • 25000 Coins$34.99
  • Premium Bundle$39.99
  • 50000 Coins$59.99
  • Royal Bundle$89.99
  • Ultimate Bundle$99.99
  • 100000 Coins$99.99

Questions

Is Subway Master free?
Subway Master is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pingu Drop free?
Pingu Drop is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Subway Master or Pingu Drop have ads?
Both Subway Master and Pingu Drop show ads.

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