Mini Metro vs 00
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mini Metro
Design and manage a subway system for a growing city. Draw lines, start trains, and adapt your network as new stations open. Strategically use limited resources to keep the city moving and achieve the highest score.
- Design subway maps
- Draw lines between stations
- Manage train routes
- Adapt to random city growth
- Utilize limited resources
- Over two dozen real-world cities
- Variety of upgrades
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Mini Metro, the sublime subway simulator, now on iPhone and iPad. • Included in the App Store Best of 2016 • Mac Game of the Year in over 30 countries • BAFTA-nominated • IGF award-winning • IGN Mobile Game of the Year nominee • Included in Gamespot's Best Mobile Games of 2016 Mini Metro is a game about designing a subway map for a growing city. Draw lines between stations and start your trains running. As new stations open, redraw your lines to keep them efficient. Decide where to use your limited resources. How long can you keep the city moving? • Random city growth means each game is unique. • Over two dozen of real-world cities to test your planning skills. • A variety of upgrades so you can tailor your network. • Normal mode for quick scored games, Endless to relax, or Extreme for the ultimate challenge. • Build your metro exactly how you want to with the Creative mode. • Compete against the world every day in the Daily Challenge. • Colorblind and night modes. • Responsive soundtrack created by your metro system, engineered by Disasterpeace. "If you love the city-planning aspect of Sim City but can't handle the pressure of playing god, then you may have just found your new favorite time-waster." - Ashley Feinberg, Gizmodo "Take my word for it that a game about mass-transit system design can be a tense, white-knuckle thriller." - Owen Faraday, Pocket Tactics "Mini Metro: fun game simulates planning and running public transit system." - Cory Doctorow, Boing Boing
00
A challenging yet simple game where players guide a pink dot to a green dot. Avoid touching any black dots to succeed. This minimalist puzzle experience is handcrafted.
- Simple one-goal gameplay
- Avoid black dots
- Guide pink dot to green dot
- Handmade in Australia
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00 is a difficult but simple game with 1 goal. Get the pink dot to the green dot without touching black dots. Handmade in Australia, General Adaptive
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: 00 at Free against Mini Metro's $3.99. 00 also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). Mini Metro's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 3.4) and review sentiment (89% vs 47%). On 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
00 is free to download; Mini Metro costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Mini Metro holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mini Metro has 31K ratings behind it against 57, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of Mini Metro's written reviews are positive against 47% of 00's.
Mini Metro ships an update every 2 months, 00 every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mini Metro | 00 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.9 (31K ratings) — better | 3.4 (57 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 89.0% of reviews — better | 46.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 31K — better | 57 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #18 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 179 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dinosaur Polo Club | General Adaptive Apps Pty Ltd |
Customer experience
Mini Metro
00
User reviews
Mini Metro
From 31K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Simple and relaxing gameplay
- 🎨 Beautiful minimalist design
- ⏱️ Addictive and time-killing
- 🌐 Wide variety of cities to play
- 💰 Good value for money
Room to improve
- 🐛 Trains skipping stations
- 🤯 Overwhelming difficulty at times
- 🔍 Lack of clear instructions
- 🔀 Difficulty removing/rerouting lines
- 🕰️ No ability to save progress
00
From 57 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Addictive gameplay
- 👍 Challenging levels
- 👍 Fun and engaging
- 👍 Skill and patience required
- 👍 Good for timing practice
Room to improve
- 😠 Too hard at low levels
- 😠 Frustrating difficulty
- 😠 Unfair difficulty spikes
- 😠 Control issues
- 😠 Glitches and bugs
Bugs and requests
Mini Metro
Reported bugs
3 issues- Leaderboard issues with daily challenges
- Crashes and compatibility problems on certain devices
- Unexpected behavior when trains skip stations
Requested features
5 requests- Undo/redo functionality
- Ability to create branching lines
- More detailed statistics and analytics
- Additional game modes (e.g. career, scenarios)
- Integration with real-world transit data
00
Reported bugs
9 issues- Game glitches out
- Last five levels auto-beat
- Moving dots are impossible
- Pink dot difficult to control
- Fails for no reason
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- Message appears too fast
- Too aggressive slowdown message
- Touch controls too sensitive
- Game glitches make no sense
Requested features
6 requests- More levels needed
- Fix level 5 difficulty
- Change level 23 difficulty
- Add more levels
- Make levels less impossible
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- Add more levels to come out
In-app purchases
Mini Metro
No in-app purchases
00
No in-app purchases
