Comparison

Next Stop vs Tycoon LIVE

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

Head to head
About

Next Stop

Features
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Your railway. Europe's cities. How far can you go? Next Stop is an offline train strategy game about building a railway network across Europe. Draw rail routes between cities, add trains and move passengers before stations overflow. Every new connection gives you another way to keep your network running. BUILD A NETWORK THAT WORKS Connect stations with a swipe. Extend railway lines, upgrade trains and expand busy stations. Plan transfers carefully: a shortcut can clear a queue, while one overloaded interchange can put the whole network under pressure. CHOOSE YOUR NEXT CHALLENGE • Campaign: expand across 41 countries and 555 real cities, one border at a time. • Daily challenge: return for a new shared map and a 20-minute run. • Country challenges: explore individual countries at three difficulty levels and beat your passenger records. PLAY ON YOUR TERMS • Core gameplay works offline. No account required. • No ads and no in-app purchases. • One-finger route drawing on phones and tablets. • Nine languages: English, Polish, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, Ukrainian and Russian. Start with a few stations. Build a railway across Europe. City names and coordinates from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), adapted for the game. Sea corridors are fictional connections.

About

Tycoon LIVE

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Turn the real world into your business empire. Tycoon LIVE is a location-based tycoon game built on live public data. Everything you see on the map around you is real and live, and you can own it. TAP WHAT'S AROUND YOU Walk around your city and tap vehicles, stops and chargers within reach to earn TC, the in-game currency. Every asset has a short cooldown, so there is always something new to collect. BUILD YOUR FLEET Buy real vehicles and infrastructure: buses, trams, trains, metro, river buses, planes, scooters, bikes and mopeds, plus stops and stations, piers, EV chargers, wind turbines, cable cars and airports. Put your best assets in your deck and they earn for you 24/7, even when the app is closed. OPEN PACKS Packs drop real assets from across the game, from common scooters to legendary planes. The drop chances for every pack are shown in the app before you open it. COLLECT EVERY CITY Fill your Binder with every asset type and every city you visit. Every new find pays a bonus. PLAY WITH OTHERS Climb the leaderboard, take on the daily challenge, trade assets on the market, join a guild and customise your pins. LIVE DATA FROM 12 COUNTRIES Poland, the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany, France, Japan, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands and Belgium, with more cities on the way. Vehicles move in real time and wind turbines earn with the real wind. Tycoon LIVE needs location access to show what is near you. The game is free to play and offers optional in-app purchases.

Screenshots

Next Stop4 screens
Tycoon LIVE4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Next Stop at none against Tycoon LIVE's 10. Next Stop also leads on ads (none vs shown). Tycoon LIVE's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 5 days). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Tycoon LIVE sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Next Stop asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Next Stop ships an update every 5 days, Tycoon LIVE daily. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 5 level
Next Stop versus Tycoon LIVE: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNext StopTycoon LIVE
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysDaily — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB147 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperFUTUREAPPS AI P S AMobimetry

In-app purchases

None

Next Stop

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Tycoon LIVE

One-time10
  • 50,000 TC$0.99
  • Starter Combo$1.99
  • 300,000 TC$4.99
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  • 1320 Diamonds$9.99
  • 880,000 TC$9.99
  • 2,300,000 TC$19.99
  • 7800 Diamonds$49.99
  • 7,200,000 TC$49.99
  • 17500 Diamonds$99.99
  • 18,500,000 TC$99.99

Questions

Is Next Stop free?
Next Stop is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tycoon LIVE free?
Tycoon LIVE is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Next Stop or Tycoon LIVE have ads?
Tycoon LIVE shows ads; Next Stop does not.
Which is updated more often, Next Stop or Tycoon LIVE?
Next Stop ships an update every 5 days, and Tycoon LIVE daily. Most recently, Next Stop was updated on October 29, 2026 and Tycoon LIVE on October 29, 2026.

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