Mini Metro vs VelociDrone
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
VelociDrone
Experience realistic drone racing on your mobile device. Compete against others on leaderboards with full flight playback. Supports various drone classes and cross-platform play with the desktop version.
- Multiple drone classes
- Leaderboard racing
- Full flight playback
- Cross-platform play
- Track downloads from desktop
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Drone racing simulator for mobile devices. Includes 5" racing drones, 5" freestyle drones, Mega class drones, Toothpick drones and micro drones. Race against the leaderboards with full playback of other racers flights from the leaderboards. Race against desktop players as well as mobile. Integrated with the desktop version of velocidrone so that tracks can be downloaded from the desktop version of the simulator. The simulator has touch controls but for best results we recommend using your own real life racing drone controller, for example RadioMaster T16, Frsky Taranis, TBS Tango or Mambo. Controllers can be connected via ELRS wifi or by using an apple approve MFi bluetooth device.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Mini Metro at 89% against VelociDrone's 42%. Mini Metro also leads on rating (4.9 vs 3.2) and ratings volume (31K vs 37). On update cadence, 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
Mini Metro costs $3.99 and VelociDrone $7.99 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 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mini Metro has 31K ratings behind it against 37, 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 42% of VelociDrone's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mini Metro | VelociDrone |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 — better | $7.99 |
| Rating | 4.9 (31K ratings) — better | 3.2 (37 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 88.8% of reviews — better | 41.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 31K — better | 37 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #13 — better | #44 |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 179 MB | 915 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dinosaur Polo Club | Bat Cave Games Limited |
Customer experience
Mini Metro
VelociDrone
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
VelociDrone
From 37 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Great physics simulation
- 🚀 Good performance on mobile
- 📱 Works on iPhone and iPad
- 💻 Similar to PC version
- ✨ Best mobile simulator
Room to improve
- 🐛 Controller connection issues
- 🤔 Difficult controller setup
- 📉 Dated graphics
- 🤷♂️ Lack of clear instructions
- 💸 Not worth the price for some
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
VelociDrone
Reported bugs
17 issues- ELRS WiFi controllers not connecting reliably
- Camera FOV resets to default
- Controller connection takes multiple restarts
- No stick movement shown in visualization
- Drone resets to start
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- Throttle and yaw stop working inexplicably
- Controller not recognized in input page
- App gets stuck at loading after connecting WiFi controllers
- Sporadic WiFi controller connection
- Settings for quality, resolution, and FPS don't work
- Controller link breaks, input screen no longer shows controller
- Cannot connect to DJI FPV Controller 3
- Cannot connect to Tango 2
- Cannot connect to TX16S
- TBS Tango 2 not found by game
- Sign in issues every time app is opened
- Digital controllers are buggy
Requested features
10 requests- Add more levels/maps
- Implement a level editor
- Add battery mode
- Improve controller setup instructions/tutorials
- Add Russian language support
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- Add Chinese subtitles/localization
- Allow direct Bluetooth controller connection
- Add tutorial for beginners
- Allow offline play without login
- Improve sound design
In-app purchases
Mini Metro
No in-app purchases
VelociDrone
No in-app purchases
