Mini Metro vs Right or Left Challenge
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
Right or Left Challenge
Engage in a game of absurd choices where each level presents a simple Left or Right decision. Navigate increasingly ridiculous situations, encounter bizarre characters, and face unexpected consequences based on your picks. Enjoy humorous outcomes and new challenges with every playthrough.
- Simple Left or Right gameplay
- Choose journey length
- Unexpected and humorous outcomes
- Redo choices
- Bonuses and surprises
- New challenges each play
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Right or Left Challenge is a delightfully absurd game of choices, luck, and questionable decision-making. Every level gives you one simple decision: Left or Right? Pick wisely and continue your journey through increasingly ridiculous situations. Pick poorly and... well, things may not go according to plan. Along the way you'll encounter bizarre characters, unexpected consequences, bonuses, surprises, and plenty of reasons to question your instincts. Features: • Simple Left or Right gameplay • Choose the length of your journey • Unexpected and humorous outcomes • Redos when you aren't quite ready to accept your fate • Bonuses and surprises along the way • New challenges every time you play There is no complicated strategy to learn. No giant rulebook. Just two choices and the eternal question: Are you going Left... or Right?
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Right or Left Challenge at Free against Mini Metro's $3.99. Right or Left Challenge also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 89%). Mini Metro's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On rating 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
Right or Left Challenge is free to download; Mini Metro costs $3.99 up front. Right or Left Challenge sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Mini Metro asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Mini Metro against 5.0 for Right or Left Challenge. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mini Metro has 32K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 89% of Mini Metro's written reviews are positive against 100% of Right or Left Challenge's.
Mini Metro ships an update every 2 months, Right or Left Challenge daily. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mini Metro | Right or Left Challenge |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.9 (32K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 88.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 32K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #18 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 191 MB | 171 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Dinosaur Polo Club | Brian Kellar |
Customer experience
Mini Metro
Right or Left Challenge
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
Right or Left Challenge
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Mini Metro
No in-app purchases
Right or Left Challenge
- Remove Ads$1.99
Questions
Is Mini Metro free?
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