Mini Metro vs Trestle
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
Trestle
A fast-paced card game where players stack cards on five trestles, creating chains for higher scores. Match the top card to clear a trestle and earn tokens to unlock better cards for future rounds. Enjoy offline play with no ads or in-app purchases.
- Stack cards on five trestles
- Chain runs for bigger scores
- Match top card to clear trestle
- Earn tokens for better cards
- Offline play
- No ads
- No in-app purchases
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A quick card game about building high and knowing when to clear the table. Stack cards on five trestles, chain runs for bigger scores, and match the top card to clear a trestle. Spend the tokens you earn on better cards between runs. No ads. No in-app purchases. Plays offline.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Trestle at Free against Mini Metro's $3.99. Trestle also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 89%). Mini Metro's advantage is ratings volume (32K vs 2) and chart position (#19 vs unranked). On rating, ads and in-app purchases 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
Trestle is free to download; Mini Metro costs $3.99 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 Trestle. 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 Trestle's.
Mini Metro ships an update every 2 months, Trestle weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mini Metro | Trestle |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #19 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 191 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dinosaur Polo Club | Joseph Cox |
Customer experience
Mini Metro
Trestle
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
Trestle
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Mini Metro
No in-app purchases
Trestle
No in-app purchases
