Mini Metro vs Geometry Derby
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
Geometry Derby
Engage in a unique demolition game where you break down opponent shields to collect fruit and advance through levels. Manage your shields carefully, as any damage can lead to failure. Customize your character with various shapes, colors, and icons.
- Break down opponent shields
- Collect fruit to advance
- Manage and refresh shields
- Customize character shapes and colors
- Unlock new icons
- Offline gameplay
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You have been captured by aliens and forced to entertain them by making fruit salad. Well, that seems a bit too simply, right? In order to collect the fruit you have to use break down the shields of the other players in order to steal their fruit. Once you collect the required fruit, you can then move onto the next level. While you play, you'll find that some items don't work in the current recipe. These items will also be collected and can be eaten in order to refresh your shields. You can also collect already collected fruit if you need a bit more of a boost to your shield. Be careful, your shields are also damaged by any hits. Each sides shield is independant, so you can use that to your advantage, but if any one side is destroyed, you will die - not only losing the game, but also failing at the simple task of making fruit salad. You can also modify yourself to several included shapes, colors and even your Icons. As you complete levels, you will earn additional icons.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Mini Metro at 32K against Geometry Derby's 1. Mini Metro also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months) and chart position (#15 vs unranked). Geometry Derby's advantage is price ($2.99 vs $3.99). On rating, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 Geometry Derby $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Mini Metro against 5.0 for Geometry Derby. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mini Metro has 32K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Mini Metro ships an update every 2 months, Geometry Derby every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mini Metro | Geometry Derby |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | $2.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.9 (32K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 88.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 32K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #15 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 191 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dinosaur Polo Club | Ducky Planet LLC |
Customer experience
Mini Metro
Geometry Derby
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
Geometry Derby
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Mini Metro
No in-app purchases
Geometry Derby
No in-app purchases









