Mini Metro vs XPPanels
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
XPPanels
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XPPanels turns your iPad into a fully customizable control panel for X-Plane 11 and 12. Design your own cockpit layouts, then drive your simulator in real time over Wi-Fi. Create as many canvases as you need for radios, lights, engine start, overhead and more. Add buttons, toggles, rotary selectors, labels, status indicators and dataref monitors, then resize, recolor and rearrange everything with simple touch gestures – no coding required. Perfect for home cockpit builders, streamers and VR pilots who want tactile, aircraft-style controls without complex hardware. Use XPPanels to trigger commands, flip virtual switches and watch live simulator values update as you fly. Build layouts for specific aircraft, save different profiles and quickly switch between them during a session. Requires X-Plane 11 or 12 running on the same network, with the free companion plugin/UDP connection enabled. XPPanels is an independent tool and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Laminar Research.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is chart position: Mini Metro at #20 against XPPanels's #188. Mini Metro also leads on price ($3.99 vs $5.99) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). 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 XPPanels $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Mini Metro ships an update every 2 months, XPPanels every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mini Metro | XPPanels |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 — better | $5.99 |
| Rating | 4.9 (32K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 88.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 32K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Best chart rank | #20 — better | #188 |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 191 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dinosaur Polo Club | Aldo Mendes Martins |
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
XPPanels
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Mini Metro
No in-app purchases
XPPanels
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Mini Metro free?
Is XPPanels free?
Do Mini Metro or XPPanels have ads?
Which is updated more often, Mini Metro or XPPanels?
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